CHILD POVERTY IN CANADA

Thomas Crossley () and Lori Curtis

Review of Income and Wealth, 2006, vol. 52, issue 2, 237-260

Abstract: The evolution of measured poverty may reflect socio‐economic developments, particular measurement choices or the effect (or lack of effect) of policy initiatives. We report a “case study” of child poverty in Canada between 1986 and 2000, a period when the elimination of child poverty was a stated policy goal, but reported child poverty rates did not change significantly. We find that the apparent persistence of child poverty in Canada is remarkably robust to measurement choices, and cannot easily be explained by socioeconomic developments.

Date: 2006
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