We argue that child support, the central program specifically targeting single-parent families,
should increase financial resources for children living with a single parent, with a secondary …

BACKGROUND Just over fifty years ago, the War on Poverty marked a significant expansion
of the scope and scale of anti-poverty programs, as well as a considerable change in their …

For more than a century, advocates have promoted minimum wage laws to protect workers
and their families from poverty. Opponents counter that the policy has, at best, small poverty …

Although a growing number of studies suggest that providing poor families with income
supplements of as little as 1,000peryearwillimprovechildren'swell-being,manypoorchildrenmissimportantsourcesofin …

Subsidized employment programs that increase labor supply and demand are a proven,
underutilized strategy for reducing poverty in the short and long term. These programs use …

To address the housing affordability crisis for low-income Americans, we argue for a
refundable renter's tax credit. The proposed credit would be delivered through the tax code …

This work assesses the possibilities and limitations of reducing poverty among families with
children by increasing the work effort of the adults in those families. Following a historical …

Living in poverty is a stressful situation. This quantitative, correlational study ascertained if
and how much of a relationship existed between subjective well-being and positive self …

The main objective of the out-grower schemes was poverty reduction. This was mainly
aimed at improving the well-being of the people living in the rural area of Zambia. However …

Consumer credit has become increasingly costly within the United States, with payday
lending, an industry built on high-interest loans, as a prime example. I consider two supply …