Understanding recent changes in child poverty /

Understanding recent changes in child poverty /

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Author / Creator:	Nichols, Austin.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : Urban Institute, 2006.
Description:	7 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	New federalism ; no. A-71 New federalism. Series A, Issues and options for states ; no. A-71.
Subject:	Poor children -- United States. Child welfare -- United States. Poverty -- United States. Child welfare. Poor children. Poverty. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7639961
Related Items:	Online version: Understanding recent changes in child poverty.

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Other authors / contributors:	Urban Institute.
Notes:	Caption title. "August 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p. 7).
Summary:	Over the past 10 years, U.S. child poverty rates took two sharp turns: a major reduction from 1993 to 2000 followed by a slight hike from 2000 to 2004. Both shifts have been even more dramatic for black and Hispanic children. Such abrupt shifts offer an unusual opportunity to tease out what factors contribute to changes in child poverty. Exploring the driving forces behind trends in child poverty offers insights on policy, as well as on the well-being of children, since child poverty is associated with many negative outcomes in later life -- low earnings, reduced educational attainment, teenage childbearing, and physical and mental health problems. Prior research identities three groups of factors, all of which may be influenced by public policy, that account for fluctuations in child poverty: (1) changes in federal and state economies; (2) changes in family characteristics, such as size and composition; and (3) changes in the behavior of parents, such as their work effort. This brief shows that economic conditions, together with parental education and work, are the dominant factors behind recent changes in child poverty. Changes in the share of families headed by single parents seem to have played almost no role in the recent changes in child poverty. According to the analysis, the 1993 to 2000 drop in child poverty is largely due to improvements in the job market, especially for less-educated workers. The economic downturn beginning in 2000 hit all families, even those with more education, but the families of black children were hit hardest.
Other form:	Online version: Nichols, Austin. Understanding recent changes in child poverty. Washington, D.C. : Urban Institute, 2006

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