What Works Best in Reducing Child Poverty [E-Book]: A Benefit or Work Strategy? / Peter Whiteford and Willem Adema
Child poverty is firmly on the policy agenda in many OECD countries. One of the main issues in the debate is the appropriate balance between the so-called "benefits strategy" (increasing the adequacy of benefits for low-income families with children) and the so-called "work strategy&q...
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Personal Name(s): | Whiteford, Peter, author |
Adema, Willem, author | |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing,
2007
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Physical Description: |
55 p. ; 21 x 29.7cm. |
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englisch |
DOI: |
10.1787/233310267230 |
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OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers ;
51 |
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Social Issues/Migration/Health |
Child poverty is firmly on the policy agenda in many OECD countries. One of the main issues in the debate is the appropriate balance between the so-called "benefits strategy" (increasing the adequacy of benefits for low-income families with children) and the so-called "work strategy" (promoting policies to increase employment among poor families). The need to choose between these two apparent alternatives is sometimes seen as a consequence of an unavoidable trade-off between adequacy of benefits, work incentives and the costs of assistance... |