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Child Poverty in English-Speaking Countries

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John Micklewright

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The paper considers child poverty in rich English-speaking countries - U.S.A., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the U.K. and Ireland. It is sometimes assumed that these countries stand out from other OECD countries for their levels of child poverty. The paper looks at the policies they have adopted to address the problem. 'Poverty' is interpreted broadly and hence the available cross-national evidence on edicational disadvantage and teenage births is considered alongside that on low household income. Discussion of policy initiatives ranges across a number of areas of government activity.

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Paper provided by UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre in its series Innocenti Working Papers with number inwopa03/25.

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Date of creation: 2003
Date of revision: 2003
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Keywords: child poverty; comparative analysis; educational policy; poverty; social policy;

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I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
O57 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries

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  1. Gerry Redmond & Sylke Schnepf & Marc Suhrcke, 2002. "Attitudes to Inequality after Ten Years of Transition," Innocenti Working Papers inwopa02/21, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. [Downloadable!]
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  4. Robert Haveman & Barbara Wolfe, 1995. "The Determinants of Children's Attainments: A Review of Methods and Findings," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 33(4), pages 1829-1878, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  8. Suzie Ballantyne & Simon Chapple & David C. Maré & Jason Timmins, 2003. "Movements Into and Out of Child Poverty in New Zealand: Results from the Linked Income Supplement," Working Papers 03_13, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research. [Downloadable!]
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  10. Rebecca M. Blank, 2002. "Evaluating Welfare Reform in the United States," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 40(4), pages 1105-1166, December.
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  11. Bale, Malcolm & Dale, Tony, 1998. "Public Sector Reform in New Zealand and Its Relevance to Developing Countries," World Bank Research Observer, Oxford University Press, vol. 13(1), pages 103-21, February. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Laura Blow & Ian Walker & Yu Zhu, 2007. "Who Benefits from Child Benefit?," Working Papers 200716, Geary Institute, University College Dublin. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Francesconi, Marco & van der Klaauw, Wilbert, 2004. "The Consequences of ‘In-Work’ Benefit Reform in Britain: New Evidence from Panel Data," IZA Discussion Papers 1248, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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