mothers' economic well-being. Using 25-years of longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) from 1990 to … parenthood is as strongly linked to reduced income as partner absence. Comparing how these different routes to single motherhood … affect economic outcomes, I show that previously married mothers face larger income penalties than those who were single when …

, forexample, their previous income and employment – and also by the type and severity of theirnewly-acquired impairment or …

setting out the extent of the problem ofchild poverty, the causes are discussed and Britain's problem is set ininternational … perspective. The impact on child poverty of policiesdesigned to raise incomes directly is analysed using micro …-simulationmodelling. A major emphasis of current policy is on the promotion ofpaid work, and we explore the potential for poverty reduction …