The paper considers child poverty in Hungary, a country at the forefront of the transition process. We investigate how household characteristics are associated with the incidence, persistence and dynamics of poverty among children in Hungary, looking at the years 1992-96. We find that children...

This paper compares child poverty dynamics cross-nationally using panel data from seven nations: the USA, Britain, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Hungary and Russia. As well as using standard relative poverty definitions the paper examines flows into and out of the poorest fifth of the children's...

The international surveys of pupil achievement - PISA, TIMSS, and PIRLS - have been widely used to compare socioeconomic gradients in children's cognitive abilities across countries. Socioeconomic status is typically measured drawing on children's reports of family or home characteristics rather...