The dynamics of childhood poverty

Future of Children

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 40-54

  Corcoran, Mary E ^a   Chaudry, Ajay ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; POVERTY; REVIEW; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031403378     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1602386     Document Type: Review

References (41)

1. Danziger, S., Danziger, S.K., and Stern, J. The American paradox: High income and high child poverty. In Child poverty and deprivation in the industrialized countries, 1945-1995. G.A. Cornia and S. Danziger, eds. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997.
2. The 1995 poverty rate of 21% for children under 18 reported in this article differs slightly from the rate of 20.2% reported in the article by Betson and Michael in this journal issue because the former is the rate for all children under 18, while the latter is the rate for related children (children residing in a family unit who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption to the householder) under 18. The source for both figures is U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Poverty in the United States: 1995. Current Population Reports. P-60, no. 194. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996, Table C-2.
3. Lewit, E.M. Child indicators: Children in poverty. The Future of Children (Spring 1993) 3,1:176-82.
4. However, to the extent that social policies designed to aid children (in-kind aid such as school meals and the Head Start program) are not included in the official poverty measure, while policies to aid the elderly (such as Social Security) are, comparing trends in child and elderly poverty rates based on the official poverty measure may overstate the decline in children's well-being relative to that of the elderly.
5. Danziger, S., and Gottschalk, P. America unequal. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1995.
6. National Center for Children in Poverty. Young children in poverty. New York: School of Public Health, Columbia University, 1996.
7. Sawhill, I. Poverty in the U.S.: Why is it so persistent? Journal of Economic Literature (September 1988) 26,3:1073-119.
8. Corcoran, M. Rags to rags: Poverty and mobility in the United States. Annual Review of Sociology (1995) 21:237-67.
9. Brooks-Gunn, J., and Duncan, G. The effects of poverty on children. The Future of Children (Summer/Fall 1997) 7,2:55-71.
10. Hernandez, D.J. America's children: Resources from family, government, and the economy. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1993.
11. Hernandez, D.J. Children's changing access to resources: A historical perspective. Social Policy Report (Spring 1994) 8,1:1-23.
12. Board on Children and Families, National Research Council. Immigrant children and their families: Issues for research and policy. The Future of Children (Summer/Fall 1995) 5,2:72-89.
13. Morales, R., and Bonilla, F., eds. Latinos in a changing U.S. economy. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1993.
14. In 1991-92, approximately 60% of immigrants to the United States originated in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. Applying the 38% earnings-poor rate among Latino males in 1989 from Table 1, of the 5 million children who were foreign-born or born to immigrants in 1990, approximately 38%, or 2 million, were poor. See U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Statistical abstract of the United States: 1995. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1995, pp. 11 and 15, Tables 8 and 14.
15. Duncan, G.J., Yeung, J.W., and Rodgers, W. Lone-parent families in the United States: Dynamics, economic status, and developmental consequences. Unpublished research paper. Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, May 1994.
16. Danziger, S.H., and Gottschalk, P., eds. Uneven tides: Rising inequality in America. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1993.
17. Bound, J., and Dresser, L. The erosion of relative earnings of young black women during the 1980s. In Low wage women and work. I. Browne, ed. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, in press.
18. Corcoran, M., and Parrott, S. African-American women's economic progress. In Low wage women and work. I. Browne, ed. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, in press.
19. Corcoran, M., Heflin, C., and Reyes, B. Latino women in the U.S.: The economic progress of Mexican and Puerto Rican women. In Low wage women and work. I. Browne, ed. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, in press.
20. Gottschalk, P., and Danziger, S. Family structure, family size and family income: Accounting for changes in the economic well-being of children, 1968-1986. In Uneven tides: Rising inequality in America. S. Danziger and P. Gottschalk, eds. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1993.
21. Lewit, E.M. Child indicators: Why is poverty increasing among children? The Future of Children (Summer/Fall 1993) 3,2:198-207.
22. Hill, M.S. Trends in the economic situation of U.S. families and children 1970-1980. In American families and the economy. R.R. Nelson and F. Skidmore, eds. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1983.
23. Duncan, G.J., and Rodgers, W. Single-parent families: Are their economic problems transitory or persistent? Family Planning Perspectives (July/August 1987) 19,4:171-78.
24. Duncan, G.J., and Rodgers, W. Has children's poverty become more persistent? American Sociological Review (1991) 56,4:538-50.
25. Duncan, G.J., and Rodgers, W. Longitudinal aspects of childhood poverty. Journal of Marriage and the Family (November 1988) 50,4:1007-21.
26. Bane, M.J., and Ellwood, D. Slipping into and out of poverty: The dynamics of spells. Journal of Human Resources (Winter 1986) 21,1:1-23.
27. Ashworth, K., Hill, M., and Walker, R. Patterns of childhood poverty: New challenges for policy. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (1994) 13,4:658-80.
28. Stevens, A.H. Measuring the persistence of poverty over multiple spells. Unpublished dissertation. Department of Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1995.
29. Santiago, A.M. Growing up poor or welfare dependent: The impact on the economic status of young adults. In Latino adolescence. F. Villarruel and M. Montero-Siebrith, eds. New York: Garland, in press.
30. Hofferth, S.L. Updating children's life course. Journal of Marriage and the Family (February 1985) 47,1:93-115.
31. Wilson, W.J. The truly disadvantaged: The inner city, the underclass, and public policy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
32. Massey, D.S. American apartheid: Segregation and the making of the underclass. American Journal of Sociology (1990) 96,2:329-57.
33. Cintron, A. Puerto Rican women's labor force participation. Unpublished thesis. School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1994.
34. Corcoran, M., Heflin, C.M., and Reyes, B.I. Latino women in the U.S.: The economic progress of Mexican and Puerto Rican women. Unpublished paper. School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1996.
35. Rivera-Batiz, F.L., and Santiago, C. Puerto Ricans in the United States: A changing reality. Washington, DC: National Puerto Rican Coalition, 1994.
36. Enchautegui, M.E. Policy implications of Latino poverty. Research report. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, 1995.
37. Kerrebrock, Nancy, associate editor, The Future of Children, and Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, Ph.D., director, Center for the Study of Latino Health, University of California, Los Angeles. Personal communication, February 19, 1997.
38. Norton, A.J., and Click, P.C. One-parent families: A social and economic profile. Family Relations (1986) 35,1:9-17.
39. Bumpass, L.L. Children and marital disruption: A replication and update. Demography (1984) 21,1:71-83.
40. Corcoran, M., and Adams, T. Race, sex and intergenerational poverty. In Consequences of growing up poor. G. Duncan and J. Brooks-Gunn, eds. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1997.
41. Santiago, A.M., and Padilla, Y. Persistence of poverty across generations: A comparison of Anglos, Blacks and Latinos. New England Journal of Public Policy (1995) 11,1:116-46.