The universal basic income debate has been raging for some years, with politicians and people hotly divided over the notion of their government paying every citizen a set amount of money on a regular basis, without requiring ...
Social Sciences
Jul 11, 2017
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Nearly every country in Latin America has a conditional cash transfer program. Poor households living below the poverty line can receive government subsidies if they agree to the program's stipulations, usually a mandate ...
Social Sciences
Jul 12, 2016
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Republicans and Democrats seem to agree on precious little this election cycle. One point of potential concurrence are issues related to income — or lack thereof.
Social Sciences
Mar 3, 2016
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Single mothers earn significantly less than single fathers, and they're penalized for each additional child they have even though the income of single fathers remains the same or increases with each added child in their family. ...
Social Sciences
Aug 31, 2015
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The majority of the United States' poor aren't sitting on street corners. They're employed at low-paying jobs, struggling to support themselves and a family.
Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2015
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With over one billion people in the world living on less than $1.25 per day, the World Bank aims to end 'extreme poverty' by 2030. But new research suggests that global poverty figures could be underestimated by up to a third, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 10, 2014
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With many regions of the country braced by an unrelenting cold snap, the problem of energy insecurity continues to go unreported despite its toll on the most vulnerable. In a new brief, researchers at Columbia University's ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 13, 2014
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University at Buffalo School of Social Work professor is helping redefine the country's definition of being poor with research that shows the dramatic difference between achieving "basic economic security" ...
Social Sciences
Apr 25, 2011
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Poverty has fallen by 27 percentage points since 1980, according to new research from the University of Notre Dame, the University of Chicago and Baylor University. This change is in sharp contrast with official U.S. Census ...
Economics & Business
Dec 20, 2023
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French island group Mayotte will begin distributing bottled water to its 310,000 inhabitants this month as the region faces its worst drought episode this century, the government said Thursday.
Environment
Nov 2, 2023
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