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The Cost of Children and the Welfare State
This paper discusses the results from a study on the financial cost of children and the welfare, tax provisions, and income support for families with children in the UK.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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December 1995
Reducing Health Disparities Among Children
This article discusses the benefits and limitations of health insurance for children.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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The Future of Children
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2003
The Direct Cost of Low Birth Weight
This article examines the increased spending on health care, education, and child care for children with low birth weight.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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The Future of Children
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Spring 1995
International Policies Towards Parental Leave and Child Care
This article examines policies relating to parental leave, child care, and child benefits in a variety of industrialized western countries.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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The Future of Children
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2001
A strategic approach and policy document to address the needs of families of offenders
This paper asserts that the family of an offender is an asset which should be encouraged as part of the prisoner's rehabilitation process rather than a problem to be dealt with by the correctional authorities.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Canadian Families and Corrections Network
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2003
Effects of Child Health on Sources of Public Support
This paper documents the financial hardship experienced by mothers who have children in poor health.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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August 2004
Total Estimated Costs of Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States: Statistical Evidence
This paper calculates the direct and indirect costs to society of child abuse and neglect.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Prevent Child Abuse America
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2001
Child Poverty Profile 1998
This report offers a statistical analysis of child poverty in Canada in 1998 as compared to previous years, and considers various factors associated with child poverty.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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National Council of Welfare
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2000
The Dynamics of Child Care Subsidy Use: A Collaborative Study of Five States
This paper looks at patterns of child care subsidy use in terms of the nature of the users, the services received by users, the length of use, and the type of arrangements made while using the subsidy.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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July 01, 2002
The Wage Penalty for Motherhood
This article looks at the impact of motherhood on women's income.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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American Sociological Review
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April 01, 2001
What Does Government Spend on Children: Evidence from Five Cities
This report provides information about government spending on services for children in five economically disadvantaged cities.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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The Brookings Institution
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March 01, 2004
The Impacts of Non-Parental Care on Child Development
This report examines the impact of increasing use of non-parental care.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Human Resources Development Canada
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August 1999
Investing in Quality Child Care: An Agenda for Action on Child Poverty
This paper focuses on child poverty in Ontario, and assesses the strategies undertaken by the government in tackling child poverty.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
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2003
Making Ends Meet: Six Programs that Help Working Families and Employers
This paper reviews six programs intended to support working families: the Earned Income Tax Credit, food stamps, child care, health care, child support, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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June 01, 2002
Family Living Costs: 1999
This paper estimates the costs of various family living expenses such as food, shelter, clothing and childcare, and gives an overall estimate of the yearly costs of living in Canada.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Manitoba Agriculture
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1999
Economic Resources and Children’s Health and Success at School: An Analysis Using the NLSCY
This paper considers the influence economic resources have on children's outcomes, and what role health and educational development should play in the 'longer-term' success of the child.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Human Resources Development Canada
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September 01, 2000
A Follow-up Study of Child Hunger in Canada
This is an analysis of child hunger data from the 1996 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, and looks at the statistics of and factors associated with child hunger ...
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Human Resources and Skills Development of Canada
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2001
Health and Medical Care Costs to Society of Teen Pregnancy: Children from Birth to Age 14
This study examines the health status of children born to teenage mothers and finds that their health tends to be poorer than that of children of older mothers.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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October 01, 1995
The Effects of Marriage and Maternal Education in Reducing Child Poverty
This report examines two questions: 1) Is marriage effective in reducing child poverty? and 2) What is the comparative effect of marriage and maternal education in combating child poverty? ...
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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The Heritage Foundation
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August 02, 2002
Making Marriage Matter
This lecture highlights the efforts of Frank Keating (the Governor of Oklahoma) to strengthen families and strengthen marriage in Oklahoma.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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The Heritage Foundation
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September 27, 2000
Income and the Outcomes of Children
This paper examines the relationship between family income and outcomes for children.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Statistics Canada
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May 2006
How Canadians Feel About the Education System
This survey shows Canadian attitudes toward the effectiveness of the school system.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Leger Marketing
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September 2002
Household Production, Full Consumption and the Costs of Children
This paper critiques existing models for measuring the costs of children and argues that such measurement should incorporate the parental time costs of raising children, as time must be shifted from labour market work, household production and leisure to care for children.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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May 2000
"It's Not for Lack of Wanting Kids": A Report on the Fertility Decision Making Project
This report examines fertility patterns and decision making in Australia.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Australian Institute of Family Studies
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November 2004
Abstract
This paper estimates the costs of various family living expenses such as food, shelter, clothing and childcare, and gives an overall estimate of the yearly costs of living in Canada.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Manitoba Agriculture
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2001
Abstract
This paper estimates the costs of various family living expenses such as food, shelter, clothing and childcare, and gives an overall estimate of the yearly costs of living in Canada.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Manitoba Agriculture
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June 01, 2004
Subsidizing Child Care for Low-Income Families: A Good Bargain for Canadian Governments?
This paper examines the effects child care has on the employment and income of lone-mothers.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Institute for Research on Public Policy
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May 01, 1998
The National Child Benefit Progress Report: 2002
This paper looks at the aims and accomplishments of the national child benefit program.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Government of Canada
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July 01, 2003
Family Living Costs: 2002
This paper estimates the costs of various family living expenses such as food, shelter, clothing and childcare, and gives an overall estimate of the yearly costs of living in Canada.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Manitoba Agriculture
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December 01, 2002
Giving Mom and Dad a Break: Returning Fairness to Families in Canada's Tax and Transfer System
This paper looks at ways in which the Canadian tax system might be altered in the interests of Canadian families.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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C.D. Howe Institute
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November 26, 1998
Abstract
This paper examines the extent to which parents and their children are aware of the costs of postsecondary education and conclude that many college-bound students and their parents are unaware of the expense.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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National Center for Education Statistics
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September 2003
The Public and Private Costs of Children in Australia, 1993-94
This paper discusses the cost of children to both Australian families and to the government.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling
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April 2000
Expenditures on Children by Families, 2003
This report examines the financial costs of children for two-parent and single-parent families in the United States for the year 2003.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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United States Department of Agriculture
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2004
Expenditures on Children by Families: 1995 Annual Report
This report examines the financial costs of children for two-parent and single-parent families in the United States in 1995.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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United States Department of Agriculture
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1996
Expenditures on Children by Families: 1997 Annual Report
This report updates past data on the financial costs of children for two-parent and single-parent families in the United States in 1997.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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United States Department of Agriculture
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1998
Expenditures on Children by Families: 1999 Annual Report
This report, updates past data on the financial costs of children for two-parent and single-parent families in the United States in 1999.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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United States Department of Agriculture
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2000
Expenditures on Children by Families: 2001 Annual Report
This report updates past data on the financial costs of children for two-parent and single-parent families in the United States in 2001.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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United States Department of Agriculture
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2002
The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children II: What Has Changed Since 1996
This paper examines the allocation of federal, state, and local funds towards child welfare and protection services, and compares government spending in 1998 with that in 1996.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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The Urban Institute
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February 2001
The Mommy Track Divides: The Impact of Childbearing on Wages of Women of Differing Skill Levels
This paper examines differences in the earnings and career consequences of motherhood for women by skill level and timing of birth.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Russell Sage Foundation
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March 2004
The Economics of Assisted Reproduction
This paper outlines some of the economic challenges and dilemmas that have been raised as a result of assisted reproductive technologies.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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January 2005
Time and the Cost of Children
This paper examines the time and expenditure costs of children.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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National Poverty Center
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April 2005
Children and Welfare Reform: Anticipating the Effects of Federal and State Welfare Changes on Systems that Serve Children
This paper is the second brief in a series that discusses children and welfare reform in order to help policymakers, community leaders, and advocates.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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National Center for Children in Poverty
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1997
Child Benefits Levels in 2003 and Beyond: Australia, Canada, the UK and the US
This paper analyzes the child-related tax and child benefits income security system for Australia, Canada, the UK and the US.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Caledon Institute of Social Policy
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April 01, 2003
Taxing Canadian Families: What’s Fair, What’s Not
This report assesses whether the tax system recognizes the responsibilities and costs of caring for children.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Institute for Research on Public Policy
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July 01, 2000
Subsidizing Child Care for Low-Income Families Choices: A good bargain for Canadian Governments
The study’s main objective is to review the current child care subsidy system and highlight the main directions shaping its evolution.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Institute for Research on Public Policy
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May 01, 1998
Defining and Re-Defining Poverty: A CCSD Perspective
This article focuses primarily on redefining what constitutes the poverty line.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Canadian Council on Social Development
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October 01, 2001
The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children III: What Factors Affect States' Fiscal Decisions
This paper examines the allocation of federal, state, and local funds towards child welfare and protection services.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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The Urban Institute
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December 18, 2002
Welfare's Children
This paper examines rates of childbearing among women who are receiving welfare, and discusses the implications of this in terms of costs to the system.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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September 01, 2000
Quebec Family Policy: Impact and Options
This paper offers an overview of Quebec’s policy reforms and social policy objectives regarding government assistance to families, accessibility of daycare, poverty, work incentives for low-income families, and education changes.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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IRPP
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January 01, 2000
The Absence of Father: Effects on Children's Development and Family Functioning
This article aims to examine the long term effect on children due to the father's absence.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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The National Center on Fathers and Families
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August 01, 1995
Family Finances: The Cost of Raising a Child: 1999
This document gives an overview of the costs of raising children and breaks down the various expenses by age and gender.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Manitoba Agriculture
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1999
Family Finance: The Cost of Raising a Child: 2003
This document gives a detailed breakdown of the financial costs of raising a child based on age and gender.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
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October 01, 2003
Options for Revising the Child Credit
This paper analyzes a number of tax reform and child credit initiatives, including an examination of their cost, their effects on marriage penalties, and their variations according to income levels.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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The Urban Institute
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May 03, 2001
The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children
This paper looks at the amount of money that is spent nationally on child welfare services.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Urban Institute
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November 01, 2002
What Happens When the School Year is Over? The Use and Costs of Child Care for School-Age Children During the Summer Months
This paper examines the child care arrangments made by parents of six- to twelve-year-olds during the summer months, and the amount spent on child care during this period.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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The Urban Institute
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June 01, 2002
The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children: Understanding Federal, State, and Local Child Welfare Spending
This paper examines the allocation of federal, state, and local funds towards child welfare and protection services.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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The Urban Institute
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January 01, 1999
Low Income Measures, (LIMs), 1997
This report presents detailed Low Income Measures (LIM) data based on a low-income measure of family income, and discusses employment, poverty, and family needs.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Statistics Canada
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August 01, 1999
Federal Expenditures on Children: 1960-1997
This paper assesses the federal expenditure on eight major budget categories aiding children: tax credits and exemptions, income security, nutrition, health, education, housing, social service, and training.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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The Urban Institute
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April 01, 2001
Measuring social progress, starting with the well-being of Canada's children, youth and families
This presentation addresses how Canada measures its social progress and defines poverty.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Canadian Council on Social Development
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November 25, 1996
Assessing Family Policy in Canada: A New Deal for Families and Children
This research paper analyzes Canadian family policy, focusing on how current family policy affects public support of Canadian families ...
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Institute for Research on Public Policy
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June 01, 2003
Accounting for Kids
This paper discusses the fiscal stress experienced by youth and child nonprofit organizations between 1998 and 2000.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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The Urban Institute Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy
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May 01, 2004
Quebec's Baby Bonus: Can Public Policy Raise Fertility?
This paper assesses the impact and effectiveness of Quebec's child incentive program and weighs it against the program costs in order to determine whether or not it is a feasible strategy for the future.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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C.D. Howe Institute
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January 24, 2002
Expensive Children in Poor Families: The Intersection of Childhood Disabilities and Welfare
This paper examines the public and private costs of welfare programs and of childcare for children with disabilities.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Public Policy Institute of California
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2000
Income in Canada, 1998
This is the latest edition of an annual ...
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Statistics Canada
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June 01, 2000
Growing Child Benefits, Growing Tax Rates
This paper analyzes some of the problems with the national child benefit program and argues that although payments are increasing, the design of the program contains no incentives for the recipients to seek additional work, or to save or invest their money.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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C.D. Howe Institute
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February 17, 1999
Child Care by Default or Design? An exploration of differences between non-profit and for-profit Canadian child care centres using the You Bet I Care! data sets
This study explores the issue of the operation of child care programs, and considers the pros and cons in giving the public the operational responsibilities over child care.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Childcare Resource and Research Unit, University of Toronto
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October 01, 2002
State Child Care Profile for Children With Employed Mothers: New York
This paper provides an extensive account of child care practices in New York, including information on the types and number of child care programs utilized by parents.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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The Urban Institute
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February 01, 2001
To What Extent Are Canadians Exposed to Low-Income?
This article discusses the probability of visible minority groups who are exposed to Low-Income; it analyses the percentage of individuals with low-income during 1993-1996.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Statistics Canada
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March 01, 1999
Two Policy Paradigms: Family Responsibility and Investing in Children
This paper maps the changes in social policy and governance caused by the shift from a “Family Responsibility Paradigm” to an “Investing in Children Paradigm”, and examines the strengths and weaknesses of both paradigms in response to high rates of child poverty in Canada.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Canadian Policy Research Networks
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February 01, 2001
Wives, Mothers and Wages: Does Timing Matter?
This study looked at the impact of marriage and motherhood on women's wages.
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Category:
Children > Costs of Children
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Statstics Canada
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May 01, 2002
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