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abstract: 'Poverty during childhood raises a number of policy challenges. The
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earliest years are critical in terms of future cognitive and emotional
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development and early health outcomes, and have long-lasting
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consequences on future health. In this article child poverty in the
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United States is compared with a set of other developed countries. To
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the surprise of few, results show that child poverty is high in the
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United States. But why is poverty so much higher in the United States
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than in other rich nations? Among child poverty drivers, household
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composition and parent''s labor market participation matter a great deal.
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But these are not insurmountable problems. Many of these disadvantages
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can be overcome by appropriate public policies. For example, single
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mothers have a very high probability of poverty in the United States,
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but this is not the case in other countries where the provision of work
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support increases mothers'' labor earnings and together with strong
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public cash support effectively reduces child poverty. In this article
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we focus on the role and design of public expenditure to understand the
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functioning of the different national systems and highlight ways for
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improvements to reduce child poverty in the United States. We compare
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relative child poverty in the United States with poverty in a set of
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selected countries. The takeaway is that the United States under invests
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in its children and their families and in so doing this leads to high
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child poverty and poor health and educational outcomes. If a nation like
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the United States wants to decrease poverty and improve health and life
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chances for poor children, it must support parental employment and
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incomes, and invest in children''s futures as do other similar nations
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with less child poverty.'
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affiliation: 'Smeeding, T (Corresponding Author), Univ Wisconsin, Inst Res Poverty,
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1180 Observ Dr, Madison, WI 53706 USA.
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Smeeding, Timothy, Univ Wisconsin, Inst Res Poverty, 1180 Observ Dr, Madison, WI
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53706 USA.
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Thevenot, Celine, OECD, Directorate Employment Labour \& Social Affairs, Social
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Policy Div, Paris, France.'
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author: Smeeding, Timothy and Thevenot, Celine
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author-email: smeeding@lafollette.wisc.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Smeeding
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given: Timothy
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- family: Thevenot
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given: Celine
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2016.01.011
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eissn: 1876-2867
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files: []
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issn: 1876-2859
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journal: ACADEMIC PEDIATRICS
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keywords: 'child poverty; cross-national; income supports; public expenditure;
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public services'
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keywords-plus: POOR; ACHIEVEMENT; FAMILY; INCOME; CARE
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language: English
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month: APR
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number: 3, S
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number-of-cited-references: '35'
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pages: S67-S75
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papis_id: 412cc318f3ec7c4341936afab7970a7b
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ref: Smeeding2016addressingchild
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times-cited: '28'
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title: 'Addressing Child Poverty: How Does the United States Compare With Other Nations?'
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000373417600014
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usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
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usage-count-since-2013: '27'
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volume: '16'
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web-of-science-categories: Pediatrics
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year: '2016'
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