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Children of austerity : impact of the Great Recession on child poverty in rich countries / edited by Bea Cantillon, Yekaterina Chzhen, Sudhanshu Handa, and Brian Nolan.
LIBRA HV713 .C3968 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor children--Developed countries--Social conditions--21st century--Case studies.
- Poor children.
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009--Social aspects--Developed countries--Case studies.
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
- Social conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Developed countries--Economic conditions--21st century.
- Developed countries.
- Developed countries--Social conditions--21st century.
- Economic history.
- Poor children--Social conditions.
- Social aspects.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom : United Nations Children's Fund ; Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- The 2008 financial crisis triggered the worst global recession since the Great Depression. Many OECD countries responded to the crisis by reducing social spending. Through 11 diverse country case studies (Belgium, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and the United States), this volume describes the evolution of child poverty and material well-being during the crisis, and links these outcomes with the responses by governments. The analysis underlines that countries with fragmented social protection systems were less able to protect the incomes of households with children at the time when unemployment soared. In contrast, countries with more comprehensive social protection cushioned the impact of the crisis on households with children, especially if they had implemented fiscal stimulus packages at the onset of the crisis. Although the macroeconomic 'shock' itself and the starting positions differed greatly across countries, while the responses by governments covered a very wide range of policy levers and varied with their circumstances, cuts in social spending and tax increases often played a major role in the impact that the crisis had on the living standards of families and children.
- Contents:
- Introduction : scope and methods / Yekaterina Chzhen ; Sudhanshu Handa ; Bea Cantillon ; Brian Nolan
- Impact of the economic crisis on children in rich countries / Yekaterina Chzhen ; Brian Nolan ; Bea Cantillon ; Sudhanshu Handa
- Belgium : creeping vulnerability of children / Julie Vinck ; Wim Van Lancker ; Bea Cantillon
- Child poverty during the Recession in Germany / Thomas Bahle ; Peter Krause
- The impact of the Great Recession on child poverty in Greece / Manos Matsaganis
- Recession, recovery, and regime change : effects on child poverty in Hungary / András Gábos ; István György Tóth
- Children of the Celtic Tiger during the economic crisis : Ireland / Brian Nolan ; Bertrand Maître
- The impact of the Great Recession on child poverty : the case of Italy / Luisa Natali ; Chiara Saraceno
- The Recession and the policy response for child poverty in Japan / Aya K. Abe
- Growing up in poverty : children and the Great Recession in Spain / Sara Ayllón
- Sweden : child poverty during two recessions / Jan O. Jonsson ; Carina Mood
- Impact of the Recession on children in the United Kingdom / Jonathan Bradshaw ; Yekaterina Chzhen ; Gill Main
- USA child poverty : the impact of the Great Recession / Christopher Wimer ; Timothy M. Smeeding
- Learning the lessons : enhancing capacity to protect children / Brian Noaln ; Bea Cantillon ; Sudhanshu Handa ; Yekaterina Chzhen.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198797966
- 9780198797968
- OCLC:
- 961409915
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