- Additional Authors
- Adema, Willem
- Series Statement
- OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, 1815-199X ; no.51
- Uniform Title
- OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, no.51.
- Subject
- Social Issues/Migration/Health
- LCCN
- 10.1787/233310267230
- OCLC
- oecd-lib-001587
- Author
Whiteford, Peter.
- Title
What Works Best in Reducing Child Poverty [electronic resource]: A Benefit or Work Strategy? / Peter Whiteford and Willem Adema
- Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2007.
- Description
55 p. ; 21 x 29.7cm.
- Series
OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, 1815-199X ; no.51
OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, 1815-199X ; no.51.
- Summary
Child poverty is firmly on the policy agenda in many OECD countries. One of the main issues in the debate is the appropriate balance between the so-called "benefits strategy" (increasing the adequacy of benefits for low-income families with children) and the so-called "work strategy" (promoting policies to increase employment among poor families). The need to choose between these two apparent alternatives is sometimes seen as a consequence of an unavoidable trade-off between adequacy of benefits, work incentives and the costs of assistance...
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Social Issues/Migration/Health
- Added Author
Adema, Willem.
- Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/233310267230 doi