Executive Summary
Chapter 1. Summary of Key Findings
-Introduction
-Structure and summary of the report
-How to invest to enhance child well-being
-What to do across a child's life cycle
-Things to do less of and things to keep an eye on
Chapter 2. Comparative Child Well-being across the OECD
-Introduction
-An overview of child well-being across OECD member countries
-What is child well-being?
-A closer look at child well-being
-Selecting child well-being dimensions and indicators
-The OECD child well-being indicator rationalised and compared
-Summary
-References
-Annex 2.A1. Relationships between the OECD Child Well-Being Indicators
Chapter 3. Social Spending across the Child's Life Cycle
-Introduction
-Why consider social spending on children by age?
-The profiling method and data sources
-Limitations
-Discussion of the child age-spending profiles
-Distributional aspects of tax-benefit policy across the child's life cycle
-Method
-Countries considered
-Eight-country comparison of net income and net transfers by family earned income level
-Summary
Chapter 4. From Conception to Kindergarten
-Introduction
-Pre-natal period
-Birth
-Post-natal period
-Summary
Chapter 5. Child Well-being and Single Parenthood
-Introduction
-Family structure across the OECD
-Why might single-parent family structure matter for enhancing child well-being?
-What is the effect on children of growing up in a single-parent family?
-A cross OECD meta-analysis
-Searching for causality
-Policy implications
-Summary
Chapter 6. Childhood and Inter-generational Mobility
-Introduction
-What's wrong with inter-generational inequality?
-How much inter-generational inequality is there and how has it been changing over time?
-Causes of inter-generational inequality
-Is the degree of inter-generational inequality too high, too low, or just right?
-Summary
Chapter 7. Doing Better for Children: The Way Forward
-Introdu tion
-The range of policy choices influencing child well-being
-OECD child well being measures and child policy
-Policy recommendations to improve child well-being