Gerald R . Ford School of Public Policy , University of Michigan # 1 July 2003 Changes in the Distribution of Children ’ s Family Income Over

Changes in children’s family income over the 1990’s The authors find that children’s family income increased at virtually all income levels over the 1990’s, with slightly higher increases among poor families than non-poor families. (See Figure 1) This was true both for poor children generally and for poor children living in families without both parents present (this is predominantly singleparent families). Only among the bottom 4 percent of children is there less than a 10percent increase in income, and only among the bottom 2 percent does income decline.1