This study examines income effects on German children's educational pathways, considering all three secondary school tracks (gymnasium, realschule, and hauptschule) and using measures of income and other variables that cover the entire childhood. The study controls for father's and mother's educational qualifications, examining the impact of money…

This study analyzed why child poverty rates were so much higher in Great Britain than in Western Germany during the 1990s, focusing on why child poverty exit rates were lower and child poverty entry rates were higher in Great Britain. Researchers used a form of decomposition analysis comparing cross-nationally the prevalence of events that…

We analyze why child poverty rates were much higher in Britain than in Western Germany during the 1990s, using a framework focusing on poverty transition rates. Child poverty exit rates were significantly lower, and poverty entry rates significantly higher, in Britain. We decompose these cross-national differences into differences in the…