For children in step-parent families there is some evidence that step parents are “selfish” (Case et al., This chapter has also considered what would happen to poverty and policy under two alternative scenarios, the “Golden Age?” While the outcomes of the first scenario are similar to what would happen if current trends were to continue the second suggests a very different set of challenges for policy. With the “Golden Age?” A substantial number of individuals also move in and out of work as employment is increasingly “flexible”, with more individuals working part-time and in temporary jobs.