Title Children of austerity : impact of the Great Recession on child poverty in rich countries / Bea Cantillon, Yekaterina Chzhen, Sudhanshu Handa, and Brian Nolan

Edition First edition Published Oxford : The United Nations Children's Fund and Oxford University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) 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 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 Notes This edition previously issued in print: 2017 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Audience Specialized Notes Online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 20, 2017) Subject Poor children -- Developed countries -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Case studies Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 -- Social aspects -- Developed countries -- Case studies POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Economic history Poor children -- Social conditions Social aspects Social conditions Wirtschaftskrise Armut Kind SUBJECT Developed countries -- Economic conditions -- 21st century Developed countries -- Social conditions -- 21st century Subject Developed countries Industriestaaten Genre/Form Case studies Case studies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book Author Cantillon, Bea, editor Chzhen, Yekaterina, editor Handa, Sudhanshu, 1965- editor. Nolan, Brian, 1953- editor. UNICEF, associated with work. ISBN 9780191839276 0191839272 9780192518880 0192518887

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