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Title: The Well-Being of Young Canadian Children in International Perspective: A Functionings Approach
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Phipps, Shelley |
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The Well-Being of Young Canadian Children in International Perspective: A Functionings Approach Review of Income and Wealth 48,4 (December 2002): 493-516. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-4991.00065/abstract Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79 Publisher: International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (I.A.R.I.W.) Keyword(s): Asthma; Birthweight; Canada, Canadian; Children, Well-Being; Cross-national Analysis; Income Distribution; Injuries; Norway, Norwegian The goal of this paper is to compare the well-being of young children in Canada, Norway and the United State's using Sen's (1972) 'functionings' perspective. We compare children cross-nationally in terms of ten 'functionings' (low-birth-weight; asthma, lying, hyperactivity). If we compare young children in Canada and the US in terms of their functionings, there is not a clear ranking overall. Canadian children are better off for 4 of 9 comparable outcomes; US children are better off for 2 outcomes; Canadian and US children are statistically indistinguishable for 3 outcomes. If we compare child functionings in Canada or the US with those experienced in Norway, it is clear that Norwegian children fare better. There is not a single case in which children in either Canada or the US have better outcomes than Norwegian children. |
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Phipps, Shelley. "The Well-Being of Young Canadian Children in International Perspective: A Functionings Approach." Review of Income and Wealth 48,4 (December 2002): 493-516.
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