Child Poverty in Northern Ireland: The Limits of Welfare‐to‐Work Policies
Child Poverty in Northern Ireland: The Limits of Welfare‐to‐Work Policies
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北爱尔兰的儿童贫困：工作福利政策的局限性
DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-9515.2005.00424.x
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发表时间：
2005
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
G. Horgan
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作者：
G. Horgan
北爱尔兰的儿童贫困程度很高； 32% 的儿童生活在唯一收入来自福利的家庭中，而英国有 19% 的儿童生活在完全依赖福利的家庭中。失业、低工资、较高的生活成本、低水平的公共服务（包括为残疾人提供儿童保育和支持服务）、家庭规模稍大、贫困妇女缺乏限制家庭规模的手段，以及比英国更严重的不平等，所有这些都导致了北爱尔兰儿童贫困率较高。本文认为，即使是工作和养老金部在 2003 年底宣布的不太雄心勃勃的儿童贫困目标也无法实现，除非政府的做法发生根本改变。特别是，来自北爱尔兰的证据表明，其坚持将工作作为摆脱贫困的主要（如果不是唯一）途径不会导致儿童贫困水平的大幅下降。
Levels of child poverty in Northern Ireland are high; 32 per cent of children live in households whose only income derives from benefits, compared with 19 per cent of children in Britain living in families totally dependent on benefits. Unemployment, low pay, a higher cost of living, low levels of public services, including childcare and support services for people with disabilities, slightly larger families and a lack of access by poorer women to the means of limiting their family size, together with even greater levels of inequality than in Britain, all contribute to the high levels of child poverty in Northern Ireland. This paper argues that even the less ambitious child poverty targets announced by the Department of Work and Pensions at the end of 2003 will not be met unless there is a fundamental change in the government's approach. In particular, evidence from Northern Ireland suggests that its insistence on work as the primary—if not only—route out of poverty will not lead to a radical reduction in levels of child poverty.
影响因子：
56.9
作者：
DOHRENWEND, BP;LEVAV, I;STUEVE, A
通讯作者：
STUEVE, A