Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York, UK

• Preface Introduction and overview PART 1: International comparisons of child poverty 1.1 After welfare reform and an economic boom: why is child poverty still so much higher in the U.S. than in Europe? 1.2 The poverty and social exclusion survey of Britain: implications for the assessment of social security provision for children in Europe 1.3 Economic well-being of children in the deep Swedish recession 37 of the 1990s 1.4 Child poverty a la carte? The effects of measurement period for income on poverty estimates PART 2: Child benefit packages 2.1 Cash benefits for children in four Anglo-American countries 2.2 Understanding the generosity of government financial support to families with children 2.3 Re-orienting support for children in New Zealand 2.4 Child expenditure and public pensions: policy issues PART 3: Other aspects of social security provision for children 3.1 Formalising the informal: family obligations in modem Asia 3.2 Child support reforms in the United Kingdom and the United States 3.3 Extending cash social assistance to children and their caregivers: a South African case study 3.4 Is it possible to satisfy people who encounter the system of social services?3.5 Costs and benefits of child care services in Switzerland - empirical results for Zurich

Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York, UK

• Preface Introduction and overview PART 1: International comparisons of child poverty 1.1 After welfare reform and an economic boom: why is child poverty still so much higher in the U.S. than in Europe? 1.2 The poverty and social exclusion survey of Britain: implications for the assessment of social security provision for children in Europe 1.3 Economic well-being of children in the deep Swedish recession 37 of the 1990s 1.4 Child poverty a la carte? The effects of measurement period for income on poverty estimates PART 2: Child benefit packages 2.1 Cash benefits for children in four Anglo-American countries 2.2 Understanding the generosity of government financial support to families with children 2.3 Re-orienting support for children in New Zealand 2.4 Child expenditure and public pensions: policy issues PART 3: Other aspects of social security provision for children 3.1 Formalising the informal: family obligations in modem Asia 3.2 Child support reforms in the United Kingdom and the United States 3.3 Extending cash social assistance to children and their caregivers: a South African case study 3.4 Is it possible to satisfy people who encounter the system of social services?3.5 Costs and benefits of child care services in Switzerland - empirical results for Zurich

Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York, UK

• Preface Introduction and overview PART 1: International comparisons of child poverty 1.1 After welfare reform and an economic boom: why is child poverty still so much higher in the U.S. than in Europe? 1.2 The poverty and social exclusion survey of Britain: implications for the assessment of social security provision for children in Europe 1.3 Economic well-being of children in the deep Swedish recession 37 of the 1990s 1.4 Child poverty a la carte? The effects of measurement period for income on poverty estimates PART 2: Child benefit packages 2.1 Cash benefits for children in four Anglo-American countries 2.2 Understanding the generosity of government financial support to families with children 2.3 Re-orienting support for children in New Zealand 2.4 Child expenditure and public pensions: policy issues PART 3: Other aspects of social security provision for children 3.1 Formalising the informal: family obligations in modem Asia 3.2 Child support reforms in the United Kingdom and the United States 3.3 Extending cash social assistance to children and their caregivers: a South African case study 3.4 Is it possible to satisfy people who encounter the system of social services?3.5 Costs and benefits of child care services in Switzerland - empirical results for Zurich