amplify differences in child poverty by maternal education. The prevalence of single motherhood has increased in almost all of … maternal education, but only when both the educational gradient of single motherhood and the child poverty gap by single … particularly among the least educated. Educational differences in single motherhood can amplify differences in child poverty by …

This study examines how earnings penalties to motherhood combine with the cost of partner absence to affect single … parenthood is as strongly linked to reduced income as partner absence. Comparing how these different routes to single motherhood …

children as well as to reduce child poverty. In this study the authors critically investigate this assertion by simulating a … states we estimate the impact on poverty and on the government budget using the European microsimulation model EUROMOD. The … findings suggest that to achieve significant poverty reductions among young children, both additional childcare slots and …

Children of single mothers face higher rates of poverty than children in two-parent households in practically every … poverty and, as a result, little consensus on the best way to address poverty among these children. Explanations include both … market activity affect child poverty generally in the expected way. Taking advantage of the longitudinal data at the country …

This paper examines the role of education as causal channel through which growing up poor affects the economic outcomes …, our results reveal a significant role of education in this intergenerational transmission. These results are particularly …