This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the conceptualisation and the latest developments in research about child poverty and inequality. Adopting a child rights framework, it demonstrates the importance of a multi-dimensional understanding of poverty specific to children for both research and policy-making. Expert authors analyse inequalities, inequities, and poverty experienced by children. They cover key topics including the voices of children living in poverty, the use of machine learning and big data in research, and the emotional, physical and social dimensions of poverty experienced by children. Recognising the extensive links between child poverty and inequality in practice, the Handbook identifies how to overcome the current disconnect between research on the two topics. Drawing on empirical evidence, it explores how to create and enhance national and international policies to address, reduce, and ultimately eliminate child poverty and inequalities. The Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality is an essential resource for students and scholars across a wide range of disciplines, including of development studies, the sociology of youth and childhood, and social policy in emerging countries. It is also a valuable read for policy-makers seeking to uphold and expand the rights of children.

Table of Contents:
Contents PART I The state of the art 1 SECTION 1 Concepts and measurements Introduction to the Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality 5 1 Brief history of child poverty measurement 15 2 Inequality, children, and the SDGs: a critical enquiry 39 3 Towards a better measurement of child poverty: relative deprivation of socially perceived needs and the consensual approach 57 4 Understanding children’s experiences of poverty in context: a localised qualitative assessment 77 5 Children in monetary poor households 93 6 Child poverty and capabilities 109 7 Quality of life and child poverty 123 SECTION 2 Policies and actions 8 Analysing and redressing (the myriad manifestations of) child poverty and socio-economic and political exclusions 139 9 Families as a resource in the work with disadvantaged children and large institutions 149 10 Child poverty, adolescents’ aspirations, and social change 167 11 The vital role of cash transfers in tackling child poverty 187 12 Macroeconomics and children 207 13 How do we end child poverty? A policy agenda 223 14 Youth at the crossroads: the challenges of unemployment, occupational instability and early labor force entry 237 PART II Future avenues 251 PART 3 FURTHER ANALYSIS 15 Quantifying the policies to reduce and eliminate child poverty 255 16 Fiscal equity for children: the impact of fiscal policies in reducing poverty and inequality 271 17 Are the poorest families the most violent? 285 18 Measuring child poverty in times of shocks and crises 303 19 Examining the links between child multi-dimensional deprivation and distance to health centres and schools 319 20 Micro-projections of multidimensional child poverty in sub-Saharan Africa 337 21 Child poverty in humanitarian contexts: comparing children among refugees and host communities 365 22 Children in monetary poor households and multidimensional child poverty 379 PART 4 EXPANDING HORIZONS/EXPANDING MEASUREMENTS 23 Rights-based policies, processes, and solutions for community public spaces, social integration, and recreational facilities for urban children in poverty 405 24 Measuring gender differences in multidimensional child poverty 429 25 Children with disabilities: rights, discrimination, and poverty 441 26 Child poverty in conflict-caused emergencies 459 27 Time resourcefulness of children: from time poverty to time availability 481 28 Beyond child poverty: material and non-material deprivation 501 29 We have measured child poverty; now what? Using panel data to explore transitions to adulthood 515