Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/33224 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1574
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper documents levels and changes in child poverty rates in 12 OECD countries using data from the Luxembourg Income Study project, and focusing upon an analysis of the reasons for changes over the 1990s. The objective is to uncover the relative role of income transfers from the state in determining the magnitude and direction of change in child poverty rates, holding other demographic and labour market factors constant. As such the paper offers a cross-country overview of child poverty, changes in child poverty, and the impact of public policy in North America and Europe.
Subjects: 
poverty
children
social policy
JEL: 
I30
I32
I38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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