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Public Works Programs in India—A Path to Stability or a Low-Wage Track?

June 12, 2020May 22, 2020 admin development, education, poverty, work

Public works programs have become a popular tool for poverty reduction in low-income countries. There are approximately 90 public works

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Partial Schooling Subsidy Puts Kids into the Classroom—And to Work

August 5, 2019August 7, 2019 admin children, development, education, family finances, labor, poverty

Evidence suggests that government subsidies typically increase school attendance and at the same time decrease paid work by children. The

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When There Aren’t Jobs Close to Home—Do Low-Wage Employers Discriminate Based on Commute Distance?

May 28, 2019June 4, 2019 admin employment, inequality, labor, poverty

Everything else equal, employers might respond differently to a person based on where they live, avoiding people from a neighborhood

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Access to food stamps reduces poor health
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Early-Life Access to Food Stamps Has Long-Run Benefits for Children’s Health

April 8, 2019April 8, 2019 admin children, nutrition, poverty, wellness

In the United States, 25 percent of all children and nearly 15 percent of the total population received food stamp

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Ratio of earnings and employment for single mothers vs. single men
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Who Needs a Ring? The 1996 Welfare Reform’s “Independence Effect”

December 19, 2018December 19, 2018 admin family, family finances, poverty, welfare, work

In 1996 federal welfare reform replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, the oldest welfare program for

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Does Parents’ Access to Family Planning Increase Children’s Opportunities? Evidence from the War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X

November 7, 2018June 2, 2020 admin children, family, family finances, family planning, poverty

For the past several decades, the U.S. government has invested heavily in anti-poverty programs, like the Earned Income Tax Credit

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Effective Policy for Reducing Poverty and Inequality? The Earned Income Tax Credit and the Distribution of Income

September 8, 2018June 2, 2020 admin inequality, poverty, work

The United States stands out among industrialized nations as one with high poverty and income inequality. In 2016, the supplemental

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Job Corps effects
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Job Corps Improves Earnings, Employment, and Use of Public Benefits…Even for Eligible Nonparticipants

January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 admin careers, job training, labor, poverty

Government-sponsored job training programs are believed to be essential to improve the job prospects of economically disadvantaged citizens and reduce

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Education Next Highlights JHR Dell Scholars Article

January 10, 2018January 23, 2018 admin college, education, poverty

Researchers Stacy S. Kehoe and Lindsay C. Page unpack the implications of their Dell Scholars research in an article for

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Head Start’s Long-Run Impact

December 15, 2017December 15, 2017 admin children, early childhood, education, poverty

Because experiences in early childhood are known to influence child development, preschool programs are often viewed as policy interventions with

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