Around the globe, young children receive the smallest share of public expenditures on children, in direct contradiction to the growing evidence on the importance of early childhood. At the same time, countries are increasingly adopting Universal Child Benefits (UCBs)—regular cash payments to children, often beginning with policies focused on the youngest. Most recently, China announced a child benefit for children under the age of three. This seminar will examine these trends: spending on children by age and the increasing adoption of UCBs, with a focus on both the role of national and global actors in shaping the landscape of child benefits and the implications for the health and wellbeing of the next generation.
David Harris, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Center on Poverty and Social Policy, Columbia University and President, Children’s Research and Education Institute, will present. He is the President of Children’s Research and Education Institute and a partner at Kids Project, as well as an advisory board member of the Social Policies for Health Equity Research Center at Harvard University, an affiliate of the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Stanford University, and a senior research fellow at UNICEF Innocenti, Global Office for Research and Foresight. He received a Doctor of Philosophy in Social Welfare from Columbia University.
This seminar will be held in E53-482 (Millikan Room). Lunch will be available. Please RSVP here.
Contact Kate Danahy at kdanahy@mit.edu with any questions.
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