Poor kids in a rich country : America's children in comparative perspective / Lee Rainwater and Timothy M. Smeeding.

Author/creator Rainwater, Lee
Other author Smeeding, Timothy M.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Russell Sage, ©2003.
Descriptionx, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Poor children--United States.
Aid to families with dependent children programs--United States.
Income maintenance programs--United States.
Poverty--United States.
Child welfare--United States.
Poor children--Europe.
Aid to families with dependent children programs--Europe.
Income maintenance programs--Europe.
Poverty--Europe.
Child welfare--Europe.

Contents Taking the definition of poverty seriously -- I: Child poverty and inequity at the end of the twentieth century -- 1. Child poverty in rich countries in the 1990s: an overview -- 2. Patterns of child economic well-being -- 3. Child poverty and population: is demography destiny? -- 4. Periods of poverty: how long are children poor? -- 5. Income packaging: market income and the state -- 6. Child poverty and income packaging in two-parent families -- 7. Child poverty and income packaging in single-mother families -- 8. Is there hope for America's low-income children? -- II: Choice and method in research on poverty -- 9. Establishing a poverty line -- 10. Establishing equivalent family income -- 11. Whence the poverty standard--nations or communities? -- The Luxembourg income study project -- The U.S. state database and regional combinations in other countries in the Luxembourg income study -- From relative income to real income -- Reweighting to assess the impact of demography versus income packaging.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 242-251) and index.
LCCN 2003047050
ISBN0871547023 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HV741 .R33 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold