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Every wealthy, industrial country has children who are living in poverty. The United States, the wealthiest country of six studied, has a higher poverty rate among children than the other five countries. Each country reduces the poverty of its children with government programs, but substantial differences in the effectiveness of these programs exist among countries. Understanding such differences may be useful in considering how to reduce poverty among children in the United States.
Smeeding et al. (Fri,) studied this question.