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Child Poverty in Large Families
Bradshaw, Jonathan; Finch, Naomi; Mayhew, Emese; Ritakallio, Veli-Matti; Skinner, Christine
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paperback. The UK child poverty rate for large families is among the highest in the OECD. This study investigates the prevalence and characteristics of poor children in large families in the UK and how we compare with other countries. FREE pdf version available online at www.jrf.org.uk Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHBK; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210. .
The UK child poverty rate for large families is among the highest in the OECD. This study investigates the prevalence and characteristics of poor children in large families in the UK and how we compare with other countries. It also explores how the tax and benefit system has varied by family size over recent years and how this in turn compares with other countries. Given the UK government's commitment to the abolition of child poverty by 2020, the report discusses how the tax and benefit system might be adapted in favour of large families so that this target might be ... Read more
The UK child poverty rate for large families is among the highest in the OECD. This study investigates the prevalence and characteristics of poor children in large families in the UK and how we compare with other countries. It also explores how the tax and benefit system has varied by family size over recent years and how this in turn compares with other countries. Given the UK government's commitment to the abolition of child poverty by 2020, the report discusses how the tax and benefit system might be adapted in favour of large families so that this target might be ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861348760
SKU
V9781861348760
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Ref
99-17
About Bradshaw, Jonathan; Finch, Naomi; Mayhew, Emese; Ritakallio, Veli-Matti; Skinner, Christine
Jonathan Bradshaw is Professor of Social Policy and Head of the Department of Social Policy and Social Work, Naomi Finch and Emese Meyhew are Research Fellows in the Social Policy Research Unit and Christine Skinner is a lecturer in Social Policy, all at the University of York. Veli-Matti Ritakallio is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Turku, Finland. ... Read more
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