IMF-欧洲儿童贫困加剧：减轻新冠肺炎疫情的创伤（英）-2023.6-60页.docx

Rising Child Poverty in Europe Mitigating the Scarring from the COVID-19 Pandemic Jean-Jacques Hallaert, Iglika Vassileva, and Tingyun Chen WP/23/134 IMF Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to encourage debate. The views expressed in IMF Working Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management. 2023 JUN * The authors would like to thank Jean-Fran?ois Dauphin, J?rg Decressin, and Alfred Kammer for their suggestions and support to this project. They are grateful for useful comments from Ana Lariau, Augustus Panton, Axel Schimmelpfennig, Céline Thévenot, the Czech National Bank, the Irish authorities, participants to an EUR Seminar, and to Maximilien Queyranne for the many discussions that led us to investigate the issue of child poverty. ? 2023 International Monetary Fund [WP/23/XX] IMF Working Paper European Department Rising Child Poverty in Europe - Mitigating the Scarring from the COVID-19 Pandemic Prepared by Jean-Jacques Hallaert, Iglika Vassileva, and Tingyun Chen Authorized for distribution by Jean-Fran?ois Dauphin June 2023 IMF Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to encourage debate. The views expressed in IMF Working Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the IMF, its Executive Board, or IMF management. ABSTRACT: Child poverty increased dramatically during the COVID- 19 pandemic. In 2020 alone, the number of children suffering from poverty in the EU increased by 19 percent, or close to 1 million. Left unaddressed, this would not only affect individuals’ life prospects and well-being but also have long-term economic implications. This paper argues that, to limit this potential scarring effect of the pandemic, policies should be deployed to reduce rapidly the