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: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780521803106
Subjects: Child welfare; Microeconomics; Economics - General; Business / Economics / Finance; Business & Economics; Business/Economics; Industrialized / developed countries; Poor children; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Business & Economics / Labor; Children; Social conditions
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.