The Dynamics of Child Poverty: Britain and Germany Compared

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Jenkins, Stephen P ^a,b,c,d   Schluter, Christian ^e   Wagner, Gert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c CHILD Turin   (Italy)

^d IZA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DYNAMICS; GERMANY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; POVERTY; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0348048744     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.34.3.337     Document Type: Review

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