Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality

Minujin, Alberto; Delamonica, Enrique

Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality

Edited by Alberto Minujin () and Enrique Delamonica ()

Abstract: This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the conceptualisation and the latest developments in research about child poverty and inequality. Adopting a child rights framework, it demonstrates the importance of a multi-dimensional understanding of poverty specific to children for both research and policy-making.

Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781802200423
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Chapters in this book:

Introduction to the Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality: Alberto Minujin and Enrique Delamonica
Brief history of child poverty measurement: David Gordon
Inequality, children, and the SDGs: a critical enquiry: Jan Vandemoortele
Towards a better measurement of child poverty: relative deprivation of socially perceived needs and the consensual approach: Hector Najera, Marco Pomati and Shailen Nandy
Understanding children's experiences of poverty in context: a localised qualitative assessment: Alessandro Carraro and Gwyther Rees
Children in monetary poor households: Yélé Batana, John Cockburn and Prudence Magejo
Child poverty and capabilities: Hicham Ait Mansour and Abdelhak Kamal
Quality of life and child poverty: Graciela Tonon
Analysing and redressing (the myriad manifestations of) child poverty and socio-economic and political exclusions: Gabriele Koehler
Families as a resource in the work with disadvantaged children and large institutions: Veronica Barenstein and Ema Genijovich
Child poverty, adolescents’ aspirations, and social change: Cornelia C. Walther
The vital role of cash transfers in tackling child poverty: Silvia Paruzzolo, Sonali Mukherjee and Yolande Wright
Macroeconomics and children: Giovanni Andrea Cornia
How do we end child poverty? A policy agenda: Kate O’Donnell and Sólrún Engilbertsdóttir
Youth at the crossroads: the challenges of unemployment, occupational instability and early labor force entry: Luis Beccaria and Roxana Maurizio
Quantifying the policies to reduce and eliminate child poverty: Ismael Cid-Martinez
Fiscal equity for children: the impact of fiscal policies in reducing poverty and inequality: Oliver Fiala, José Cuesta, Jon Jellema and Lucia Ferrone
Are the poorest families the most violent?: Claudia Cappa and Isabel Jijon
Measuring child poverty in times of shocks and crises: Oliver Fiala and Aristide Kielem
Examining the links between child multi-dimensional deprivation and distance to health centres and schools: Gary R. Watmough, Jodie Brumhead, Charlotte Haddon, Sohan Seth and William C. Smith
Micro-projections of multidimensional child poverty in sub-Saharan Africa: Marina Vicini, John Fitzgerald, Daniela Pinto Veizaga, Arpita Saggar and Oliver Fiala
Child poverty in humanitarian contexts: comparing children among refugees and host communities: Ibrahim Kasirye and Gemma Ahaibwe
Children in monetary poor households and multidimensional child poverty: M. Abul Azad and Caroline Schimanski
Rights-based policies, processes, and solutions for community public spaces, social integration, and recreational facilities for urban children in poverty: Sudeshna Chatterjee and Anupama Nallari
Measuring gender differences in multidimensional child poverty: Lauren Pandolfelli
Children with disabilities: rights, discrimination, and poverty: Nils Kastberg
Child poverty in conflict-caused emergencies: Mario Biggeri, José Cuesta and Lucia Ferrone
Time resourcefulness of children: from time poverty to time affluence: Ayfer Dost-Gözkan and Yasemin Kisbu
Beyond child poverty: material and non-material deprivation: Mohamed Obaidy and Mariela Giacoponello
We have measured child poverty, now what? Using panel data to explore transitions to adulthood: Enrique Delamonica and Alberto Minujin

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