The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries
Contributors: Bruce Bradbury (Editor); Stephen P. Jenkins (Editor); John Micklewright (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 13, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780521004923
Subjects: Child welfare; Microeconomics; Economics - General; Business / Economics / Finance; Business & Economics; Business/Economics; Social conditions; Poor children; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Business & Economics / Labor; Children
First sentence: If one in ten children is currently poor (a child poverty rate of 10 per cent), it could mean that every tenth child is in poverty all the time or, at the other extreme, it could mean that all children are poor for one month in every ten.