In:
Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress), Vol. 40, No. 2 ( 2014-06), p. 111-125
Abstract:
This paper uses longitudinal microdata from the Statistics Canada National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to study the family income dynamics of Canadian children from the time they are 4 or 5 until they are 14 or 15. Dynamics of family income have been studied less often than dynamics of child poverty. Yet we argue that from the perspective of equity, it is important to know the extent to which some children are always affluent while other children are always poor. Also, since our social safety net is designed to shelter Canadians, including children, from both economic hardship and economic loss, it is also important, from the perspective of policy, to assess risk factors for persistent low income as well as correlates of major economic loss.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0317-0861
,
1911-9917
DOI:
10.3138/cpp.2012-034
Language:
English
Publisher:
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
Publication Date:
2014
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2068300-5
SSG:
7,26
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