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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.

Format Electronic and Book
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoOxford, United Kingdom : United Nations Children's Fund ; Oxford University Press, 2017.
Descriptionxx, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Economics and Finance
Subject(s)
Poor children--Developed countries --Social conditions --21st century --Case studies.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009--Social aspects --Developed countries --Case studies.
Developed countries--Economic conditions --21st century.
Developed countries--Social conditions --21st century.
Other author/creatorCantillon, Bea.
Other author/creatorChzhen, Yekaterina.
Other author/creatorHanda, Sudhanshu, 1965-
Other author/creatorNolan, Brian, 1953-
Other author/creatorAbe, Aya.
Other author/creatorAyllón, Sara.
Other author/creatorBahle, Thomas.
Other author/creatorBradshaw, Jonathan.
Other author/creatorGábos, András, 1968-
Other author/creatorJonsson, Jan O., 1957-
Other author/creatorKrause, Peter, 1956-
Other author/creatorMain, Gill.
Other author/creatorMaitre, Bertrand.
Other author/creatorMatsaganis, Manos.
Other author/creatorMood, Carina.
Other author/creatorNatali, Luisa.
Other author/creatorSaraceno, Chiara.
Other author/creatorSmeeding, Timothy M.
Other author/creatorTóth, István György.
Other author/creatorLancker, Wim Van.
Other author/creatorVinck, Julie.
Other author/creatorWimer, Christopher.
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
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.
Abstract 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016950867
ISBN0198797966 (hbk.)
ISBN9780198797968 (hbk.)

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