Poor preschoolers get fewer chances than wealthier children to bring their prized personal possessions to school. That's what I found in my two-year comparative ethnographic study of two preschools in Madison, Wisconsin. ...
Education
Sep 23, 2021
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If you can't afford a car or Uber, and there's no major public transit route in your neighbourhood, finding a job and keeping it can be an uphill battle.
Social Sciences
Jan 10, 2019
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Young people in contact with the criminal justice system—be it under community-based orders or in youth detention—are among the most marginalized in our society. And the health and health-care disadvantage faced by these ...
Social Sciences
Aug 30, 2023
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Nearly 260 million children had no access to schooling in 2018, a United Nations agency said in a report Tuesday that blamed poverty and discrimination for educational inequalities that are being exacerbated by the coronavirus ...
Education
Jun 23, 2020
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National work-family policies that give lower-income families more time together while allowing them paid time off are more effective for children's psychological health than cash transfers, according to a study of developed ...
Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2021
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According to a new study by researchers from the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare, poor men's future outlooks are much shorter that poor women's. Poor men also experience more profound worthlessness than ...
Social Sciences
Jul 8, 2019
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Australians like to think we live in a country of the fair go, where anyone with the talent and willingness to work hard can succeed.
Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2019
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Ethiopian parents try to level out the life chances of least-advantaged children affected by early life shocks such as famine and low rainfall levels by investing more in their education.
Economics & Business
Oct 7, 2019
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The COVID-19 pandemic devastated poor children's well-being, not just by closing their schools, but also by taking away their parents' jobs, sickening their families and teachers, and adding chaos and fear to their daily ...
Social Sciences
Oct 28, 2022
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When Congress tasked a group of economists and social scientists in 2015 to study ways to cut child poverty in the U.S. in half, one finding stood out. More than any other policy, a "child allowance" of about $3,000 per year, ...
Economics & Business
Nov 8, 2021
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