| The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries Contributor(s): Bradbury, Bruce (Editor), Jenkins, Stephen P. (Editor), Micklewright, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521004926 ISBN-13: 9780521004923 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2001 Annotation: Leading researchers examine child poverty in industrialized countries--the United States, UK, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Hungary, and Russia--in this major new study. Issues addressed are: definition and measurement in the dynamic analysis of child poverty; cross-national comparisons of child poverty rates and trends; cross-national comparisons of children's movements into and out of poverty; country-specific studies of child poverty dynamics; and the policy implications of taking a dynamic perspective. This unique study, with its cross-national and dynamic analysis of child poverty, will interest academics, international organizations, governments and their advisors. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Business & Economics | Labor |
| Dewey: 362.708 |
| LCCN: 00052996 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.12" W x 9" (1.15 lbs) 328 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Bradbury, Bruce: - Bruce Bradbury is a Senior Research Fellow at the Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales. During 1998 he was a consultant at the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. His research interests include inequality and poverty, income support and labour market policies, household equivalence scales, and intra-household allocation.Jenkins, Stephen P.: - Stephen P. Jenkins is Professor of Applied Economics at the Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex and Research Professor at DIW, Berlin. His current research focuses on poverty, income and labour market dynamics. He was co-editor of The Distribution of Welfare and Household Production (Cambridge, 1998).Micklewright, John: - John Micklewright is Head of Research at the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Florence, and Research Fellow of CEPR, London. His current work focuses on various aspects of child well-being in industrialised and transition countries. He was the co-author of Economic Transformation in Eastern Europe and the Distribution of Income (1992) and The Welfare of Europe's Children (2000). |
