Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-251) and index.
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 equilivalent 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.