LEADER 04907nam 2200637 450 001 9910464815403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-927247-88-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000138822 035 $a(EBL)1718211 035 $a(OCoLC)881887595 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001288464 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12531386 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001288464 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11293549 035 $a(PQKB)10660309 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1718211 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1718211 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10887973 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000138822 100 $a20140710h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---a|a|| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aChild poverty in New Zealand /$fJonathan Boston and Simon Chapple 210 1$aWellington, New Zealand :$cBridget Williams Books,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-927247-86-1 327 $aCopyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: SETTING THE SCENE; SPEAKING TO A MULTI-PARTISAN AUDIENCE; WHY DOES CHILD POVERTY REMAIN A PROBLEM IN NEW ZEALAND?; DIMENSIONS OF CHILD POVERTY; SOME PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES; WHY CHILD POVERTY MATTERS; 1 WHAT IS CHILD POVERTY?; DEFINING CHILD POVERTY; Absolute and relative poverty; Child poverty and well-being; MEASURING CHILD POVERTY; Income and hardship measures of child poverty; SETTING POVERTY LINES; POVERTY LINES IN NEW ZEALAND; HARDSHIP MEASURES; ASSESSING INCOME-BASED AND HARDSHIP-BASED MEASURES 327 $aHOW MANY NEW ZEALAND CHILDREN ARE POOR OR IN HARDSHIP?CHILD INCOME POVERTY AND HARDSHIP IN NEW ZEALAND COMPARED WITH DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO CHILD POVERTY IN NEW ZEALAND OVER TIME?; WHAT ARE THE FAMILY AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF POOR CHILDREN?; Child age and poverty; Family structure and child poverty; Work status and child poverty; Family size and child poverty; Ethnicity and child poverty; Disability and child poverty; Housing tenure and child poverty; Severity and persistence of child poverty; CONCLUSION; 2 WHY CHILD POVERTY SHOULD BE ADDRESSED 327 $aDOES CHILD POVERTY CAUSE ADVERSITY?HOW CAN POVERTY CHANGE CHILD DEVELOPMENT?; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON FAMILY INCOME AND CHILD OUTCOMES; ESTIMATING THE DOLLAR COSTS TO NEW ZEALAND OF CHILD POVERTY; CONCLUSION; 3 MYTHS, MISCONCEPTIONS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS; Claim 1: There is little or no real child poverty in New Zealand; Claim 2: Many parents are lazy or irresponsible or misuse their resources and thus deserve to be poor; Claim 3: The real problem is that some people have too many children; Claim 4: Assisting poor families will simply encourage them to have more children 327 $aClaim 5: The real problem is poor parentingClaim 6: We can't do anything about child poverty; Claim 7: We can't afford to reduce child poverty; Claim 8: Reducing or even eliminating child poverty is relatively easy; Claim 9: Merely increasing the incomes of poor families will not solve child poverty; CONCLUSION; HOW BEST TO REDUCE CHILD POVERTY; 4 FINDING SOLUTIONS - THE BIG ISSUES; DEVELOPING GOOD POLICIES; Ethical considerations; Principles of justice; Investing in the future; The rights of children; APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES; SPECIFIC BIG-PICTURE ISSUES; Increasing the statutory minimum wage 327 $aA benefit strategy versus an employment strategyCASH TRANSFERS VERSUS IN-KIND ASSISTANCE; UNIVERSAL VERSUS TARGETED ASSISTANCE; CONDITIONALITY AND SANCTIONS; ADEQUACY; OTHER RELEVANT POLICY CONSIDERATIONS; Sensible macro-economic policy settings; Indexation; Building on existing policy settings; CONCLUSION; 5 INCENTIVISING ACTION ON CHILD POVERTY; THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CHILD POVERTY: WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?; A LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION; Setting the objective; Defining and measuring poverty; Fixed-line and moving-line measures; Material hardship; Severe poverty; Persistent poverty 327 $aIntegrated poverty measures 330 $aBetween 130,000 and 285,000 New Zealand children live in poverty: these alarming figures are widely discussed, yet often poorly understood. Jonathan Boston and Simon Chapple look hard at the questions, and identify some real options for action. 606 $aPoor children$zNew Zealand$xSocial conditions 606 $aChild welfare$xGovernment policy$zNew Zealand 606 $aPoverty$zNew Zealand 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPoor children$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aChild welfare$xGovernment policy 615 0$aPoverty 676 $a362.70869420993 700 $aBoston$b Jonathan$0801638 702 $aChapple$b Simon 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464815403321 996 $aChild poverty in New Zealand$92285433 997 $aUNINA