OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
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- ISSN: 1815199X (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/1815199X
What Works Best in Reducing Child Poverty
A Benefit or Work Strategy?
Child poverty is firmly on the policy agenda in many OECD countries. One of the main issues in the
debate is the appropriate balance between the so-called “benefits strategy” (increasing the adequacy of
benefits for low-income families with children) and the so-called “work strategy” (promoting policies to
increase employment among poor families). The need to choose between these two apparent alternatives is
sometimes seen as a consequence of an unavoidable trade-off between adequacy of benefits, work
incentives and the costs of assistance...
JEL:
I38: Health, Education, and Welfare / Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty / Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs;
I32: Health, Education, and Welfare / Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty / Measurement and Analysis of Poverty;
H53: Public Economics / National Government Expenditures and Related Policies / Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
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