security and lower poverty rates among beneficiaries compared to non-beneficiaries. However, we find no impact on asset …

The detrimental impact of poverty on child behavioral problems is well-established, but the mechanisms that explain … parenting styles and parents’ subjective well-being explain the relationship between poverty and child behavior problems. The … mediate the correlation between poverty and child behavioral problems. …

social policy better reduces poverty than social policies targeted at the poor. This article revisits Korpi and Palme … average share of household income from welfare transfers), low-income targeting, and universalism—and poverty and preferences … developed and developing countries. Consistent with Korpi and Palme, we show (1) poverty is negatively associated with transfer …

direct attention to the fact that diverse communities are also often poor and ask whether poverty, rather than diversity … findings imply that poverty and rising inequality may be a serious threat to social cohesion, especially under conditions of …

been undertaken to reduce cheating in developing countries. Although some field evidence shows that poverty is correlated … with cheating, the causal effect of poverty on cheating in the field and the effectiveness of interventions for financially … Thailand (N = 568), in which we, first, investigate the causal effect of poverty on cheating and, second, test whether poverty …

Lone mothers are among the groups most affected by income poverty in Germany. Previous research shows that both lone … motherhood) and lone motherhood per se (shaped by institutional contexts) on lone mothers’ poverty. Three major routes to lone … motherhood can be identified that differ regarding their timing, selectivity and related risk of poverty: lone motherhood after …

American poverty research largely neglects labor unions. The authors use individual-level panel data, incorporate both … household union membership and state-level union density, and analyze both working poverty and working-aged poverty (among … anchored (<50% of median in 1976) poverty. Both union membership and state union density have statistically and substantively …