Lone parents, poverty and policy in the European Union
Lone parents, poverty and policy in the European Union
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DOI：
10.1177/0958928712456578
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发表时间：
2012-12-01
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3
通讯作者：
Bradshaw, Jonathan
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作者：
Chzhen, Yekaterina;Bradshaw, Jonathan
虽然有大量研究证据表明，单亲家庭的儿童面临更大的贫困风险，但欧洲对单亲家庭的比较分析很少。本文利用2009年欧盟收入和生活条件统计数据（EU-SILC），比较单亲家庭的普遍性和特征，分析儿童的贫困和剥夺风险，并评估社会转移收入计划对儿童减贫的潜在影响。我们使用母亲、父亲和伴侣的独特个人标识符来更精确地定义单亲家庭。使用多层次框架，我们发现，即使在控制了国家生活水平之后，社会转移支付更慷慨的国家的儿童贫困率也更低。在物质匮乏方面则出现了相反的模式：当人均国内生产总值受到控制时，社会转移收入的负面影响就会消失，而人均国内生产总值本身对物质匮乏有着负面和重大的影响。
Although there is considerable research evidence to show that children in lone parent families are at increased risk of poverty, there have been few comparative analyses of lone parents in Europe. Using the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) 2009, this paper compares the prevalence and characteristics of lone parent families, analyses the poverty and deprivation risks of children, and evaluates the potential impact of social transfer income packages on child poverty reduction. We use the unique personal identifiers of mothers, fathers and partners to define lone parent families with greater precision. Using a multi-level framework, we find lower child poverty rates in countries with more generous social transfers, even after controlling for the country standard of living. A reverse pattern is observed for material deprivation: the negative effect of social transfer income washes out when the GDP per capita is controlled for, which itself has a negative and significant effect on material deprivation.