Antipoverty policies and child poverty

S. Danziger
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This paper reviews changes in the federal government's approach to antipoverty policy, analyzes the trend in child poverty and the antipoverty impacts of current income maintenance programs, and proposes some additional antipoverty policies. No single program or policy can meet the needs of the diverse poverty population. There is now greater variation in economic status among children and among the elderly--for example when they are classified by sex and race--than there is between age groups. Although poverty among the elderly as a group has decreased and poverty has risen among children, many children are much better off than are some of the elderly. And poverty in the mid-1980s remains very high for many demographic groups. While recently enacted programs such as the Family Support Act of 1988 and the Tax Reform Act of 1986 have brought some relief to children in poor families, much remains to be done. Replacing the personal exemption for children in the federal income tax with a refundable children's credit and making the Dependent Care Credit refundable would provide additional assistance. Child support reform is also needed to aid children in single-parent families. Antipoverty Policies and Child Poverty
反贫困政策和儿童贫困
本文回顾了联邦政府反贫困政策的变化,分析了儿童贫困的趋势和现行收入维持计划的反贫困影响,并提出了一些额外的反贫困政策。没有任何单一的方案或政策能够满足不同贫困人口的需求。如今,儿童和老年人在经济地位上的差异——比如按性别和种族分类时——大于年龄组之间的差异。尽管作为一个群体,老年人的贫困率有所下降,而儿童的贫困率有所上升,但许多儿童的生活状况比一些老年人要好得多。1980年代中期,许多人口群体的贫困率仍然很高。虽然最近颁布的《1988年家庭支持法》和《1986年税收改革法》等法案为贫困家庭的儿童带来了一些救济,但仍有许多工作要做。用可退还的儿童抵免取代联邦所得税中对儿童的个人免税,并使受抚养人护理抵免可退还,将提供额外的帮助。儿童抚养改革也需要帮助单亲家庭的儿童。反贫困政策与儿童贫困
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