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Principles and Practicalities for Measuring Child Poverty in the Rich Countries

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Miles Corak () (UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre and IZA Bonn)

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This paper has three objectives. The first is to discuss the major issues involved in defining and measuring child poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are stated. The second objective is to take stock of child poverty and changes in child poverty in the majority of OECD countries since about 1990 when the Convention on the Rights of the Child came into force. Finally, the third objective is to formulate a number of suggestions for the setting of credible targets for the elimination of child poverty in the rich countries. This involves a method for embodying the ideal of children having priority on social resources into a particular set of child poverty reduction targets, it involves the development of appropriate and timely information sources, and finally it involves the clarification of feasible targets that may vary across the OECD.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 1579.

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Keywords: poverty; children; social policy;

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I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - General
I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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  2. Miles Corak & Michael Fertig & Marcus Tamm, 2005. "A portrait of child poverty in Germany," Innocenti Working Papers inwopa05/29, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Madden, David, 2000. "Relative or Absolute Poverty Lines: A New Approach," Review of Income and Wealth, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 46(2), pages 181-99, June.
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