Child poverty in New Zealand / / Jonathan Boston and Simon Chapple

• Autore: Boston Jonathan
• Pubblicazione: Wellington, New Zealand : , : Bridget Williams Books, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.70869420993
• Soggetto topico: Poor children - New Zealand - Social conditions; Child welfare - Government policy - New Zealand; Poverty - New Zealand
• Persona (resp. second.): ChappleSimon
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Copyright; 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 ; HOW 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 ; DOES 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 ; Claim 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 ; A 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 ; Integrated poverty measures
• Sommario/riassunto: Between 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Child poverty in New Zealand
• ISBN: 1-927247-88-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786644103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II