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, school and local area when growing up, on earnings capacity and poverty risk once they reach adulthood. …
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Efforts to attract and retain effective educators in high poverty public schools have had limited success. Dallas ISD …
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This paper documents the variation in living standards of the poorest fifth of children in rich (and some middle-income) nations, with a focus on the relative importance and interaction of social transfers (net of taxes) and labour market incomes. Overall, the cross-national variation in the...
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individuals' incidences to be trapped in poverty. We also provide simulation evidence confirming that our procedures work well. …
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resignation.” This has happened alongside wages stagnating for those in the bottom quintile of the wage distribution, leading to a … significant number of US workers earning below a living wage. This paper asks: when does paying below a living wage increase a … well as focus on low wage job categories specifically since lower wages impact workers in low wage jobs most and generate …
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individuals' incidences to be trapped in poverty. We also provide simulation evidence confirming that our procedures work well …
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The fast food industry has a larger share of its workers in poverty than any other industry. The combination of low …
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The puzzle of why the cycle of poverty persists and upward socioeconomic mobility is so difficult has long captivated … scholars and the public alike. Yet with all of the attention that has been paid to poverty, the crucial role of the law …, particularly state and local law, in perpetuating poverty is largely ignored. This Article offers a new theory of poverty, one that …
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Reducing poverty and social exclusion is an important objective for all French governments. Even though conventionally … measured poverty is in fact lower than in most other countries, it is still higher than can be easily accepted. The current … resources. Concentrations of poverty and social exclusion in certain geographic areas and among certain groups of the population …
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little evidence of a corresponding increase in labor force participation or full-time work. The results suggest large wage …
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