Principles and Practicalities for Measuring Child Poverty in the Rich Countries

Miles Corak

No 1579, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper has three objectives. The first is to discuss the major issues involved in defining and measuring child poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are stated. The second objective is to take stock of child poverty and changes in child poverty in the majority of OECD countries since about 1990 when the Convention on the Rights of the Child came into force. Finally, the third objective is to formulate a number of suggestions for the setting of credible targets for the elimination of child poverty in the rich countries. This involves a method for embodying the ideal of children having priority on social resources into a particular set of child poverty reduction targets, it involves the development of appropriate and timely information sources, and finally it involves the clarification of feasible targets that may vary across the OECD.

Keywords: social policy; children; poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I30 I32 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 69 pages
Date: 2005-04
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Published - published in: International Social Security Review, 2006, 59 (2), 3-36

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