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Universalism under siege? Exploring the association between targeting, child benefits and child poverty across 26 countries KU Leuven University of Antwerp
The long-standing wisdom that universally designed benefits outperform targeted benefits in terms of poverty reduction has come under siege. Recent empirical studies tend to find that targeting is not necessarily associated anymore with lower levels of poverty reduction. In this study, we investigate for a broad set of European countries (1) the relationship between child benefits and child poverty reduction; (2) whether a universal or targeted ...
Universalism under siege? Exploring the association between targeting, child benefits and child poverty across 26 countries University of Antwerp
The long-standing wisdom that universally designed benefits outperform targeted benefits in terms of poverty reduction has come under siege. Recent empirical studies tend to find that targeting is not necessarily associated anymore with lower levels of poverty reduction. In this study, we investigate for a broad set of European countries (1) the relationship between child benefits and child poverty reduction; (2) whether a universal or targeted ...
Do families in poverty need child and family social work? Ghent University
Dealing with the wicked issue of child poverty : inter-organizational networks as forums for collective debate and reflection Ghent University
Poverty and decision-making in child welfare and protection: deepening the bias-need debate Ghent University
Combatting child poverty in the childhood moratorium : a representational lens on children’s rights Ghent University
The focus on ‘child poverty’ in policy, practice and academia (in industrialized countries) has increased significantly in recent years. This is in large part due to the increasing number of children growing up in poverty. Child poverty is generally considered as a violation of children’s rights, as they are recognized in the Convention on the Rights. In this chapter we discuss the issue of ‘child poverty’ in relation to children’s rights, ...
The impact of child benefits on single mother poverty : exploring the role of targeting in 15 European countries KU Leuven University of Antwerp
Single mothers are vulnerable to living in poverty. The question of how to safeguard the economic status of single mothers in a context of increasing dual earnership is a crucial one. In the present study we addressed this issue by investigating the impact of child benefits on the poverty risk of single mothers in 15 European countries. We focused in particular on the design of child benefits and investigated whether targeting towards single ...
Child poverty risks in Belgium, Wallonia, Flanders: accounting for a worrying performance KU Leuven
The Belgian welfare state is a mediocre performer with regard to child poverty. Moreover, child poverty is increasing. We decompose cross-country differences and changes over time in child poverty by subdividing the child population in subgroups, based on the work intensity of the household in which they live. We use measures of household work intensity to distinguish ‘work-poor’ and ‘very work-poor’ households, and characterize national ...