Innocenti Working Papers Macroeconomics and Data on Children AUTHOR(S) John Micklewright Published: 2000 Innocenti Working Papers Putting data on children into macroeconomic debate can be achieved in a variety of ways. Economic policy is about improving the lives of people and the most basic data of all concerning children - demographic data - can be used to underline this fact. The key economic variables on which economic policy operates can all be given a child dimension. And direct measures of various dimensions of child well-being must also be brought into the picture. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 18 | Thematic area: Economic Development | Tags: child welfare, demographic indicators, economic policy | Publisher: Innocenti Research Centre × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION John Micklewright 2000 Macroeconomics and Data on Children. , pp. 18.
Innocenti Working Papers Regional Monitoring of Child and Family Well-Being: UNICEF's MONEE Project AUTHOR(S) Gaspar Fajth Published: 2000 Innocenti Working Papers The project, through a series of reports on child and family well-being, has had a remarkable impact on policy makers, academics, politicians and members of the public. One of the keys to its success has been the comprehensive set of demographic and social indicators and related policy and institutional information collected via a wide network of experts. By drawing a comparison with similar analytical efforts, this paper highlights the distinctive features of the project, including a holistic and regional perspective based on a systematic mix of statistical and analytical investigations. This approach offers some comparative advantages relative to UNICEF's global surveys and national situation analyses in terms of its capacity to grasp key patterns of change and the role of institutional factors. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 42 | Thematic area: Countries in Transition | Tags: child welfare, demographic indicators, economic transition, family policy, family welfare, social indicators | Publisher: Innocenti Research Centre × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Gaspar Fajth 2000 Regional Monitoring of Child and Family Well-Being: UNICEF's MONEE Project. , pp. 42.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series Child Poverty in Spain: What can be said? AUTHOR(S) Olga Cantó Sanchez; Magda Mercader-Prats Published: 1998 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series During the last three decades Spain has undergone a major political and socio-economic transformation. Over the same period, indicators such as average welfare levels as measured by real disposable per capita income or expenditure on social protection have shown a signifiant net rise; this growth has occurred in parallel with both an increasing flexibility in the labour market and a dramatic jump in unemployment. In contrast with many other European countries in which relative poverty has been tending to increase in recent decades, poverty in Spain has been slightly reduced. The effect of these changes on the economic welfare situation of children has not been explored. The aim of this paper is therefore to provide evidence on the static and dynamic aspects of relative poverty among children, namely, its extent, evolution and persistence. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 28 | Thematic area: Child Poverty | Tags: child poverty, child welfare, economic reform, industrialized countries | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Olga Cantó Sanchez; Magda Mercader-Prats 1998 Child Poverty in Spain: What can be said?. , pp. 28.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series EMU, Macroeconomics and Children AUTHOR(S) Anthony B. Atkinson Published: 1998 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series How can EMU be expected to affect the children of Europe? Macroeconomics in OECD countries has tended to become a remote and abstract subject, discussed in aggregate terms which seem far removed from the everyday experience of families. Much of this paper is concerned with making the link between macroeconomic analysis and family welfare, a link which is important for all age groups, but particularly so for children. Childhood is a vulnerable stage of the life-cycle, and children may be especially sensitive to macroeconomic shocks yet the public debate about EMU has been largely divorced from the concerns of families and children. Several proposals emerge from the analysis for improvements in our monitoring of economic performance to make them more family orientated. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 24 | Thematic area: Economic Development | Tags: child welfare, economic development, european communities, family income, family welfare | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Anthony B. Atkinson 1998 EMU, Macroeconomics and Children. , pp. 24.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series Income Inequality and Mobility in Hungary 1992-96 AUTHOR(S) Peter Galasi Published: 1998 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series The first half of the 1990s brought major changes to Hungary. The positive sides of the transformation in the Hungarian economy and society were accompanied by less welcome aspects - a sharp fall in GDP, double-digit unemployment and falling real incomes. How have children fared in these circumstances? This paper considers the changing position of children in the Hungarian income distribution, comparing it to that of the elderly - another potentially vulnerable group whose incomes, like those of households with children, are a concern for policymakers. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 34 | Thematic area: Countries in Transition | Tags: child welfare, economic transition, income distribution, vulnerable groups | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Peter Galasi 1998 Income Inequality and Mobility in Hungary 1992-96. , pp. 34.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series Decentralization: A survey from a child welfare perspective AUTHOR(S) Jeni Klugman Published: 1997 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series This paper develops a framework by which the impact of decentralization of government on child welfare can be assessed. Consistent with the child welfare perspective, it is suggested that equity should be given greatest weight, in terms of both equality of opportunity and progress in reducing disparities in access. Allocative efficiency, a notion that has figured prominently in the economics literature about the merits of decentralization, is shown to have limited value once we accept the existence of externalities and public goods in the provision of basic services. The review of available evidence for Asian and transition countries suggests that there is a significant risk that equity can be adversely affected by the decentralization of education and the associated financing arrangements. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 52 | Thematic area: Countries in Transition | Tags: access to basic services, child welfare, decentralization, economic transition, equal opportunities | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Jeni Klugman 1997 Decentralization: A survey from a child welfare perspective. , pp. 52.
Innocenti Publications Child Poverty and Deprivation in the Industrialized Countries 1945-1995 AUTHOR(S) Giovanni Andrea Cornia; Sheldon Danziger Published: 1997 Innocenti Publications The contributors to this volume use a common analytical framework to evaluate how economic, family structure and public policy changes affected the well-being of children in the industrialized countries in the West and the East from the end of the Second World War to the mid-1990s. Throughout the industrialized world, the living standards and social well-being of children improved remarkably over these five decades. But the quarter-century golden age that followed the war gave way to a period of stagnation after the early 1970s. Many of the negative developments of the past two decades could not have been easily prevented. Nonetheless, adverse or neglectful social policies share some of the blame for recent unfavourable changes in child well-being. The evidence presented suggests that, given current economic prospects and family structures, further weakening of social policies targeted at children could erode much of the progress of the past fifty years. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 444 | Thematic area: Industrialized Countries | Tags: child welfare, family structure, industrialized countries, public policy | Publisher: Oxford University Press, UK; UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Giovanni Andrea Cornia; Sheldon Danziger 1997 Child Poverty and Deprivation in the Industrialized Countries 1945-1995. , pp. 444.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series Economic Transition in the Baltics: Independence, market reforms and child well-being in Lithuania AUTHOR(S) Romas Lazutka; Zita Sniukstiene Published: 1995 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 50 | Thematic area: Countries in Transition | Tags: child welfare, economic reform, economic transition, market economy | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Romas Lazutka; Zita Sniukstiene 1995 Economic Transition in the Baltics: Independence, market reforms and child well-being in Lithuania. , pp. 50.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series The Winding Road to the Market Transition and the Situation of Children in Bulgaria AUTHOR(S) Theodora Ivanova Noncheva Published: 1995 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 40 | Thematic area: Countries in Transition | Tags: child welfare, economic transition | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Theodora Ivanova Noncheva 1995 The Winding Road to the Market Transition and the Situation of Children in Bulgaria. , pp. 40.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series East Joins West: Child welfare and market reforms in the 'special case' of the former GDR AUTHOR(S) Magdalena Joos Published: 1995 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series The collapse of communism in East Germany took place alongside unification with its democratic neighbour, West Germany. This made the East German experience of the ‘transition’ - from the planned to the free-market economy - unique among that of the post-socialist states. On the one hand, unification allowed East Germans to benefit from the resource and human capital of one of the world’s richest countries. On the other, the sudden bringing-together of two populations geared to different standards of living had a negative psychological impact among the poorer Easterners. This paper looks at how such specifics of the East German experience have influenced the development of policies and services for the country’s children. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 56 | Thematic area: Countries in Transition | Tags: child welfare, economic transition, standard of living | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Magdalena Joos 1995 East Joins West: Child welfare and market reforms in the 'special case' of the former GDR. , pp. 56.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series Child Well-being in Japan: The high cost of economic success AUTHOR(S) Martha N. Ozawa; Shigemi Kono Published: 1995 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series This Innocenti Occasional Paper examines the counter-intuitive relationship between Japan’s continuing economic achievement and the good of its child population. Although child physical health and school attainment statistics have never looked better, changes in the structure of the family are having a worrying impact upon the collective psychological well-being of young Japanese. Adults and the elderly are harvesting the greater share of the benefits of economic success; the country’s children are missing out. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 56 | Thematic area: Industrialized Countries | Tags: child welfare, family structure, health statistics, school attendance | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Martha N. Ozawa; Shigemi Kono 1995 Child Well-being in Japan: The high cost of economic success. , pp. 56.
Innocenti Occasional Papers, Decentralization and Local Governance Series Development and Decentralization of the National Programme of Action for Children in Namibia AUTHOR(S) Stephen Adkisson; Hugh Hogan Published: 1994 Innocenti Occasional Papers, Decentralization and Local Governance Series + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 32 | Thematic area: National Development Programmes | Tags: child welfare, decentralization, national policies, National Programme of Action | Publisher: UNICEF ICDC, Florence × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Stephen Adkisson; Hugh Hogan 1994 Development and Decentralization of the National Programme of Action for Children in Namibia. , pp. 32.
