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Rainwater, Lee; Smeeding, Timothy M. – 1995
This paper investigates the real living standards and poverty status of U.S. children in the 1990s compared to the children in 17 other nations, including Europe, Scandinavia, Canada, and Australia. The analysis is based on the Luxembourg Income Study database. It was found that American children have lower real spendable income than do comparable…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Foreign Countries