Children of the recession: the social consequences of an economic downturn

该项目利用了全球金融危机提供的机会。它组建了一个跨学科团队，研究经济衰退对澳大利亚、美国和英国家庭收入和就业、非市场生产、家庭功能和儿童福祉的严重影响。它将改善制定政策的证据基础，提供关于援助复苏的不同政策背景的重要证据，并允许更好地确定福利支出的目标。它还将展示社会科学知识进步的实用价值，并为早期和中期职业学者提供宝贵的培训和机会。

This project exploits an opportunity provided by the Global Financial Crisis. It assembles an interdisciplinary team to study the effects of the severity of the downturn on family income and employment, non-market production, family functioning and child well-being in Australia the US and the UK. It will improve the evidence base for formulation of policy, provide important evidence about different policy settings in aiding recovery, and allow for better targeting of welfare expenditure. It will also demonstrate the practical value of advances in social science knowledge and provide valuable training and opportunities for early and mid career scholars.