Welfare Benefits and Child Poverty: A Cross-National Survey

All high income countries have established social assistance ("welfare") programs to help prevent and alleviate child poverty by providing cash assistance to families with little or no income. However, there are substantial differences in benefit generosity. Social assistance benefits are relatively much lower and child poverty rates much higher in the U.S. than in other high income countries. More...

Welfare Benefits and Child Poverty: A Cross Country Comparison

Did You Know...

Women are 41% more likely to be poor than men. The gender gap is even larger among older women – they are 74% more likely to be poor than men their age.

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Educating the Courts About Sexual Violence in Unexpected Areas
Justice system professionals tend to think of cases involving sexual assault as reaching the courts under the label “Rape” and thus of concern to felony-level criminal courts only. In reality, these cases arise across the spectrum of civil, criminal and family law, but their complex intersections are often ignored. More »