Children of austerity : impact of the Great Recession on child poverty in rich countries
edited by Bea Cantillon...[og andre]
Bok Engelsk 2017 · Case studies.
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Omfang | xx, 342 sider : illustrasjoner
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Utgave | First edition
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Opplysninger | 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. The analysis underlines that countries with fragmented social protection systems were less able to protect the incomes of households with children at the time when unemployment soared. In contrast, countries with more comprehensive social protection cushioned the impact of the crisis on households with children, especially if they had implemented fiscal stimulus packages at the onset of the crisis. Although the macroeconomic 'shock' itself and the starting positions differed greatly across countries, while the responses by governments covered a very wide range of policy levers and varied with their circumstances, cuts in social spending and tax increases often played a major role in the impact that the crisis had on the living standards of families and children.
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Emner | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 - Social aspects - Developed countries
Poor children - Social conditions - Developed countries Armut Barnefattigdom : (NO-TrBIB)HUME29028 Vis mer... Economic history. : (OCoLC)fst00901974
Industriland : (NO-TrBIB)HUME09521 Innstrammingspolitikk : (NO-TrBIB)HUME28126 Kind Nyliberalisme : (NO-TrBIB)HUME21718 Poor children - Social conditions. : (OCoLC)fst01071201 Social aspects. : (OCoLC)fst01354981 Social conditions. : (OCoLC)fst01919811 Wirtschaftskrise Økonomiske kriser : (NO-TrBIB)HUME07851 |
Sjanger | Case studies. : (OCoLC)fst01423765
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Geografisk emneord | Developed countries - Economic conditions . - Developed countries - Social conditions . - Developed countries. : (OCoLC)fst01294462. - Industriestaaten
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ISBN | 0198797966. - 9780198797968
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