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IZA
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Child Poverty in English-Speaking Countries
by
John Micklewright
(April 2004)
Abstract:
The paper considers child poverty in rich English-speaking countries – the US, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and Ireland. Do all these countries really stand out from
other OECD countries for their levels of child poverty, as is sometimes assumed? And what
policies have they adopted to address the problem? ‘Poverty’ is interpreted broadly and
hence the available cross-national evidence on educational disadvantage and teenage births
is considered alongside that on low household income. Likewise, discussion of policy
initiatives ranges across a number of areas of government activity.
Text: See Discussion Paper No. 1113
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