RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Why Are Child Poverty Rates Higher in Britain than in Germany? JF Journal of Human Resources JO J Hum Resour FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 441 OP 465 DO 10.3368/jhr.XXXVIII.2.441 VO XXXVIII IS 2 A1 Jenkins, Stephen P. A1 Schluter, Christian YR 2003 UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/XXXVIII/2/441.abstract AB We analyze why child poverty rates were much higher in Britain than in Western Germany during the 1990s, using a framework focusing on poverty transition rates. Child poverty exit rates were significantly lower, and poverty entry rates significantly higher, in Britain. We decompose these cross-national differences into differences in the prevalence of “trigger events” (changes in household composition, household labor market attachment, and labor earnings), and differences in the chances of making a poverty transition conditional on experiencing a trigger event. The latter are the most important in accounting for the cross-national differences in poverty exit and entry rates.