Downloads
fp244.pdf
PDF | 37.19 KB
<p>The eradication of child poverty is a key objective of the current government, and one they hope to achieve by 2020. Alongside this target, the government also set interim child poverty targets for 2004/05 and 2010/11. But data released last year revealed that - despite substantial progress - the 2004/05 target had been missed, meaning there is even further to go to meet future targets. This article discusses how child poverty has changed in recent years, suggests reasons why the 2004/05 target was missed, and considers the prospects for 2010/11 and 2020.</p>
Authors
Jonathan Shaw
Research Fellow Financial Conduct Authority
Jonathan is a Research Fellow at the IFS and a Technical Specialist in the Economics Department at the Financial Conduct Authority.
Journal article details
- Publisher
- University of Southampton
- Issue
- April 2007
Suggested citation
Shaw, J. (2007). 'Eradicating child poverty' (2007)
More from IFS
Understand this issue
Sure Start achieved its aims, then we threw it away
comment
"We know that poor children grow up with poor life chances. We know how to ameliorate that. The choice is ours." Paul Johnson writes for the Times.
15 April 2024
Social mobility and wealth
presentation
IFS researchers shared findings from ESRC-funded research on social mobility and its drivers.
12 December 2023
How important is the Bank of Mum and Dad?
explainer
Paul Johnson talks us through patterns of financial help for first-time buyers.
15 December 2023
Policy analysis
Living standards since the last election
report
New income statistics suggest this parliament is on course to be the worst for living standards on record.
21 March 2024
Major challenges for education in Wales
report
This report examines the major challenges for education in Wales, including low outcomes across a range of measures and high levels of inequality.
21 March 2024
Sliding education results and high inequalities should prompt big rethink in Welsh education policy
press release
This report examines the major challenges for education in Wales, including low outcomes across a range of measures and high levels of inequality.
21 March 2024
Academic research
Labour market inequality and the changing life cycle profile of male and female wages
working paper
We estimate the distribution of life cycle wages for cohorts of prime-age men and women in the US.
15 April 2024
Measuring wellbeing growth and convergence in multivariate ordered categorical worlds: Has there been any levelling up in the United Kingdom?
working paper
Whilst there is strong evidence of growth, the results indicate that there is little evidence of "levelling up" type growth in the United Kingdom.
21 December 2023
There and back again: women’s marginal commuting costs
working paper
We estimate female and male workers’ marginal willingness to pay to reduce commuting distance in Germany.
2 April 2024