Child well-being, child poverty and child policy in modern nations : what do we know?
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Child well-being, child poverty and child policy in modern nations : what do we know?
Policy Press, 2003
[Rev. ed.]
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Child poverty and the well-being of children is an important policy issue throughout the industrialised world. Some 47 million children in 'rich' countries live in families so poor that their health and well-being are at risk.
The main themes addressed are:
* the extent and trend of child poverty in industrialised nations;
* outcomes for children - for example, the relationship between childhood experiences and children's health;
* country studies and emerging issues;
* child and family policies.
All the contributions underline the urgent need for a comprehensive policy to reduce child poverty rates and to improve the well-being of children. Findings are clearly presented and key focus points identified for policy makers to consider.
Table of Contents
- Contents: Introduction: ending child poverty in industrialised nations ~ Koen Vleminckx (Belgium) and Timothy M. Smeeding (USA)
- Part 1: The extent and trend of child poverty in industrialised nations: Child poverty across the industrialised world: evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study ~ Bruce Bradbury (Australia) and Markus Jantti (Finland)
- Poverty across states, nations, and continents ~ Lee Rainwater (USA), Timothy M. Smeeding (USA) and John Coder (Luxembourg)
- Part 2: Outcomes for children: Values, policies and the well-being of young children: a comparison of Canada, Norway and the United States ~ Shelley Phipps (Canada)
- Child well-being in the EU - and enlargement to the east ~ John Micklewright (Italy) and Kitty Stewart (Italy)
- The relationship between childhood experiences, subsequent educational attainment and adult labour market performance ~ Paul Gregg (UK) and Stephen Machin (UK)
- The impact of poverty on children's school attendance - evidence from West Germany ~ Felix Buchel (Germany), Joachim R. Frick (Germany), Peter Krause (Germany) and Gert G. Wagner (Germany)
- Inequalities in the use of time by teenagers and young adults ~ Anne H. Gauthier (Canada) and Frank F Furstenberg Jr (USA)
- Gender inequality in poverty in affluent nations: the role of single motherhood and the state ~ Karen Christopher (USA), Paula England (USA), Sara McLanahan (USA), Katherin Ross(USA) and Timothy M. Smeeding (USA)
- Part 3: Country studies and emerging issues: From security to uncertainty: the impact of economic change on child welfare in Central Asia ~ Jane Falkingham (UK)
- The evolution of child poverty in Ireland ~ Brian Nolan (Ireland)
- Living conditions of immigrant children in Germany ~ Joachim R. Frick (Germany) and Gert G. Wagner (Germany)
- Who has borne the cost of Britain's children in the 1990s? ~ Hugh Davies (UK) and Heather Joshi (UK)
- The public and private costs of children in Australia, 1993-94 ~ Richard Percival (Australia) and Ann Harding (Australia)
- Health and well-being among school-aged children in Europe and North America: the WHO HBSC study ~ Candace Currie (UK)
- Part 4: Child and family policies: Income inequalities and poverty among children and households with children in selected OECD countries: trends and determinants ~ Howard Oxley (France), Thai-Thanh Dang (France), Michael Foerster (Austria) and Michele Pellizzari (France)
- Reducing child poverty in the European Union: the role of child benefits ~ Herwig Immervoll (UK), Holly Sutherland (UK) and Klaas de Vos (The Netherlands)
- Public policies that support families with young children: variation across US states ~ Marcia K. Meyers (USA), Janet C. Gornick (USA), Laura R. Peck (USA) and Amanda J. Lockshin (USA)
- Income transfers and support for mothers' employment: the link to family poverty risks ~ Cristina Solera (Italy)
- Child support among selected OECD countries: a comparative analysis ~ James Kunz (USA), Patrick Villeneuve (USA) and Irwin Garfinkel (USA)
- Child and family policies in an era of social policy retrenchment and restructuring ~ Sheila B. Kamerman (USA) and Alfred J. Kahn (USA)
- General conclusions: what have we learned and where do we go from here? Koen Vleminckx (Belgium) and Timothy M. Smeeding (USA).
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