Putting Poverty in Political Context: A Multi-Level Analysis of Adult Poverty across 18 Affluent Democracies

Brady, David; Fullerton, Andrew S.; Cross, Jennifer

doi:10.1353/sof.0.0221

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“…Consistent with arguments for welfare universalism, recent studies show that generous welfare states tend to have less poverty for all groups, not just for two-parent families or male breadwinners (Brady 2009;Christopher 2002;Huber et al 2009). In fact, welfare state generosity is one of the most influential factors explaining cross-national differences in poverty (Brady et al 2009;DeFina and Thanawala 2003;Moller et al 2003;Rainwater and Smeeding 2004). Thus, single mother poverty could be lower in an environment of welfare universalism simply because the entire population has less risk of poverty.…”

Section: The Case For Universalismmentioning

confidence: 70%

“…Purportedly, this is because universalist welfare states crowd out more inegalitarian private alternatives to social policy and because even earnings-related social insurance usually has an element of redistribution built into it (Korpi and Palme 1998). Consistent with arguments for welfare universalism, recent studies show that generous welfare states tend to have less poverty for all groups, not just for two-parent families or male breadwinners (Brady 2009;Christopher 2002;Huber et al 2009). In fact, welfare state generosity is one of the most influential factors explaining cross-national differences in poverty (Brady et al 2009;DeFina and Thanawala 2003;Moller et al 2003;Rainwater and Smeeding 2004).…”

Section: The Case For Universalismmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…In contrast, individual-level analyses within countries have incorporated precise data on single mothers, but can only compare national differences in social policy qualitatively. Hence, a multi-level analysis can more rigorously test the effects of social policy on single mother poverty (Brady et al 2009;Misra et al 2007). Third, though there has been a literature on the causes of universal versus targeted social policy (e.g., Nelson 2007), there has been little empirical research comparing their effects.…”

Section: Targeting Universalism and Single Mother Poverty: A Multi-lmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We follow the vast majority of cross-national poverty studies and use the relative headcount measure of poverty (Brady 2003;Brady et al 2009;DeFina and Thanawala 2003;Moller et al 2003;Rainwater and Smeeding 2004;Smeeding 2006). An individual is defined as poor = 1 (non-poor = 0) if s/he resides in a household with less than 50% of the median household income.…”

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Targeting, Universalism, and Single-Mother Poverty: A Multilevel Analysis Across 18 Affluent Democracies

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in TARGETING, UNIVERSALISM AND SINGLE MOTHER POVERTY: A MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS ACROSS 18 AFFLUENT DEMOCRACIES ABSTRACTWe examine the influence of individual characteristics and targeted and universal social policy on single mother poverty with a multi-level analysis across 18 affluent democracies. Although single mothers are disproportionately poor in all countries, there is even more cross-national variation in single mother poverty than for poverty among the overall population. By far, the U.S. has the highest rate of poverty among single mothers. The analyses show that single mother poverty is a function of the household's employment, education, age composition, and the presence of other adults. Beyond individual characteristics, social policy exerts substantial influence on single mother poverty. We find that two measures of universal social policy significantly reduce single mother poverty. Alternatively, one measure of targeted social policy does not have significant effects, while another measure is only significantly negative when controlling for universal social policy. Moreover, the effects of universal social policy are larger. Additional analyses show that universal social policy does not have counterproductive consequences in terms of family structure or employment, while the results are less clear for targeted social policy. Although debates often focus on altering the behavior or characteristics of single mothers, welfare universalism could be an even more effective anti-poverty strategy. 2 TARGETING, UNIVERSALISM AND SINGLE MOTHER POVERTY: A MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS ACROSS 18 AFFLUENT DEMOCRACIES

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Section: The Case For Universalismmentioning

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Section: The Case For Universalismmentioning

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Section: Targeting Universalism and Single Mother Poverty: A Multi-lmentioning

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“…In some European countries lone parents -but mainly lone mothers -represent between 20% and 25% of all families (Jaehrling et al 2011;Kiernan et al 2011). However, lone motherhood is still largely considered either as predictor for overall poverty (Brady et al 2009;Lelkes and Zólyomi 2008;Vandecasteele 2011) or studies emphasize the negative consequences for children growing up in lone parent families (Brooks-Gunn et al 2002;Kiernan et al 2011;Sawhill 2003Sawhill , 2014. There also exist some rich descriptive case studies which focus on lone mothers' family life, employment patterns, welfare reception sometimes also taking lone mothers' poverty risks into account (Bahle et al 2013;Fux 2011;Heimer et al 2009;Jaehrling et al 2011;Ott et al 2011;Zagel 2014).…”

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‘Only a Husband Away from Poverty’? Lone Mothers’ Poverty Risks in a European Comparison

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Building reciprocity: From safety‐net to social transformation programmes

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2019

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Topics of societal concern such as mental health and poverty reduction increasingly require action programmes that operate within broad psychosocial and social justice perspectives. Models of practice centred in individual needs, although important, are not powerful enough to bring about social change when they operate in isolation. In this article, we present the findings resulting from the observation of programmes engaged in collaborating with socio‐economically disadvantaged individuals, families, and communities. The programmes selected for study were nationally or internationally recognized for the quality and innovation of their methodologies or for having been subjected to scientific attention; some met both criteria. Altogether, 15 programmes were visited, in North and South America and Europe. Through a grounded theory methodology, the processes of data collection and analysis led to the development of a theoretical framework that identifies a continuum of programmes aimed at supporting the development of individuals, families, and communities and that has at its core the central process of building reciprocity. This article presents and describes the continuum of programmes and how each type relates to the process of building reciprocity and establishes links with other relevant and significant concepts in the framework. Finally, implications for further research are explored.

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Putting Poverty in Political Context: A Multi-Level Analysis of Adult Poverty across 18 Affluent Democracies

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Targeting, Universalism, and Single-Mother Poverty: A Multilevel Analysis Across 18 Affluent Democracies

‘Only a Husband Away from Poverty’? Lone Mothers’ Poverty Risks in a European Comparison

Building reciprocity: From safety‐net to social transformation programmes

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