Child poverty and the reform of family cash benefits

Arcanjo, Manuela; Bastos, Amélia; Nunes, Francisco; Passos, José

doi:10.1016/j.socec.2012.11.015

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“…The theoretical studies paid more attention to the impact of economic growth, infrastructure investment, income distribution and social equity on poverty, especially emphasized the influence of the policies implemented on poverty and the effective evaluation of poverty reduction (Loayza and Raddatz, 2010;Bagchi and Svejnar, 2015;Lenz et al, 2017). Besides, series of literatures focalized on the relationship of poverty and such factors as food security, energy and fuel, race and ethnicity, social security, and public health (Brummett et al, 2011;Arcanjo et al, 2013;Mitra et al, 2013;Sovacool, 2015;Win, 2015;Damaske et al, 2017;Joshi et al, 2017), and the children and aged people were the main group. The empirical studies paid attention to the measurement of multidimensional poverty based on field survey data (Sadath and Acharya, 2017), as well as the status and causes of poverty and measures of poverty reduction in urban or rural areas (Keet et al, 2015;Ward and Shackleton, 2016;Arouri et al, 2017).…”

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Analyzing Influencing Factors of Rural Poverty in Typical Poverty Areas of Hainan Province: A Case Study of Lingao County

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Rural poverty and poverty reduction are not only the focal issues that have attracted worldwide attention, but also the vital issues on people's livelihood that has attached great importance and aimed to be solved by the central and local governments of China. Based on the survey data of 354 farming households, this paper, taking the national poverty county of Lingao County, Hainan Province for an example, examined the characteristics of rural poverty of the county. Moreover, this paper established the spatial lag model (SLM) from five dimensions, namely, status of the household head, household structure, health status, income composition and traffic accessibility, to analyze the main influencing factors of rural poverty according to the values of Moran's I and the diagnosis of spatial dependence of the OLS model. It is found that the poor farming households gathered mainly in five towns in the north and southwest of the county, and the rural poverty have the characteristics of low educational level of the heads, more minor children, high population of farming peasants, high incidence of disease and low proportion of household wage-equivalent income. The results also showed that the variables such as the number of minor children, the number of migrant worker, the number of farming peasants and the proportion of wage-equivalent income have significant effectiveness on rural poverty, while the status of the household head, health status and traffic accessibility have little influence. It is an important way to realize the goal of poverty alleviation by controlling the number of farmers' fertility, strengthening the vocational skills training of farmers, vigorously developing specialization and large-scale agriculture and increasing the employment opportunities of farmers.

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“…In accordance with the European System of integrated Social Protection Statistics (ESSPROS), expenditure on cash family benefits is comprised of periodic family allowances for each child, parental leave, birth allowances, and benefits for covering the specific needs of single-parent families or families with disabled children (Eurostat, 2019). Several previous works have used expenditure on these types of family allowances as an indicator of family policy (Arcanjo et al, 2013;Luci-Greulich & Thévenon, 2013;Maldonado & Nieuwenhuis, 2015). Spain, Poland, Netherlands, and Portugal have the lowest expenditure levels (see Table 2).…”

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Job insecurity and child well-being in single-parent families in Europe: A matter of family and gender policy

Mínguez¹,

Pérez-Corral²

2022

JFamRes

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Objective: The aim of this article is to extend our knowledge about child deprivation in single-parent families from a comparative European perspective. We first analyse the relationship between the employment status of single parents and child deprivation. Furthermore, we examine whether gender equality in the labour market and family cash benefits reduce deprivation and alleviate the consequences of unemployment and employment precariousness. Background: Children from single-parent families suffer deprivation mainly due to their parents' job insecurity and the fact that, in general, there is only one breadwinner in their households, usually a woman. However, the situation of these children may differ between European countries according to gender equality and family policies. Method: We use cross-sectional data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions 2014 and multilevel logistic regressions. The analysis is based on a sample of single-parent households (N = 5910) from 28 European countries. Results: The results indicate that temporary employment and unemployment are associated with a greater risk of child deprivation in single-parent families. The results also show that gender equality in the labour market reduces child deprivation, especially in families where the parent has a temporary employment. Redistributive family policies have a more limited impact. Conclusion: The main findings indicate that advances in gender equality in the labour market are essential to combat child deprivation in single-parent families in Europe.

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“…Cambodia, the Republic of Congo, Portugal, Brazil, and the Ivory Coast, among other countries, have experienced poverty reduction from the cash transfers (Arcanjo, Bastos, Nunes, & Passos, 2013;Hodges, Notten, O'Brien, & Tiberti, 2013;Meng & Pfau, 2012). In Brazil, the Bolsa Familia programme results show that poverty and inequality were reduced (Sánchez-Ancochea & Mattei, 2011).…”

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The effect of cash transfers from the PROSPERA programme (formerly Oportunidades) on poverty in urban households in Northeast Mexico

Martínez

Coronado-Garcia

Orta‐Aleman

2020

J. int. comp. soc. policy

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ABSTRACT The paper presents the effects of Mexico’s conditioned cash-transfers programme (PROSPERA programme, formerly Oportunidades) on household poverty in the Northeast urban areas. The estimate was calculated using the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke Index. We use three poverty lines (i.e. food, capability, and patrimonial poverty) which costs were established by the National Assessment Council of the Social Development Policy. The results show that, in the three lines, the intensity and inequality of poverty diminished. Regarding incidence, only in extreme poverty was found a significant effect, so, there is no evidence to support that cash transfers help households to escape poverty.

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Child poverty and the reform of family cash benefits

Cited by 10 publications

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Analyzing Influencing Factors of Rural Poverty in Typical Poverty Areas of Hainan Province: A Case Study of Lingao County

Analyzing Influencing Factors of Rural Poverty in Typical Poverty Areas of Hainan Province: A Case Study of Lingao County

Job insecurity and child well-being in single-parent families in Europe: A matter of family and gender policy

The effect of cash transfers from the PROSPERA programme (formerly Oportunidades) on poverty in urban households in Northeast Mexico

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