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Recent years have seen a growth in the literature comparing child well-being outcomes in advanced economies. UNICEF (2007), OECD (2009), the European Commission (2008), as well as efforts by academics (Bradshaw, Hoelscher, & Richardson, 2007; Bradshaw & Richardson, 2009) have contributed to the field. These comparisons are either entirely made up of European countries, or the majority of the countries compared are European. Because of these studies more is known about the regional relative standing of EU countries in terms of their child well-being, than children in any other region of the world.
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Richardson, D. (2010). Regional Case Studies—Child Well Being in Europe. In: Kamerman, S.B., Phipps, S., Ben-Arieh, A. (eds) From Child Welfare to Child Well-Being. Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3377-2_22
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