The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialised Countries

by John Micklewright and Stephen P. Jenkins

Book Overview

A child poverty rate of ten percent could mean that every tenth child is always poor, or that all children are in poverty for one month in every ten. Knowing where reality lies between these extremes is vital to understanding the problem facing many countries of poverty among the young. This unique study goes beyond the standard analysis of child poverty based on poverty rates at one point in time and documents how much movement into and out of poverty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521004926
• ISBN13: 9780521004923
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"