The number of young adults who fall at or below the federal poverty line has risen in the last 10 years, according to a new issue brief from the Berkeley Institute for the Future of Young Americans, a research center at UC ...
Social Sciences
Jun 6, 2019
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In light of the significant costs generated by child poverty for the United States, a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provides evidence-based policy and program packages that ...
Economics & Business
Mar 1, 2019
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Child poverty in the U.S. is pervasive, expensive, and, according to Johns Hopkins economist Robert Moffitt, avoidable.
Social Sciences
Mar 1, 2019
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Labour exploitation including forced labour is endemic at the base of global tea and cocoa supply chains, according to a pioneering international study published by researchers at the University of Sheffield today (31 May ...
Social Sciences
May 31, 2018
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Poverty is an incredibly complex issue. Just ask Martín Burt, former mayor of Asuncion, Paraguay, where one-third of the people live below the poverty line.
Social Sciences
Mar 27, 2018
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Poverty is often perceived as an ongoing problem for only a very small number of people, and for most households it is a temporary phase that does not last long.
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2018
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If we really care about protecting the people who make the things we wear and use, we need to raise wages for workers in supply chains to above the poverty line. Our research shows that this only requires a 20 cent increase ...
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2017
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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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Since 2008, MIT economist Tavneet Suri has studied the financial and social impacts of Kenyan mobile-money services, which allow users to store and exchange monetary values via mobile phone. Her work has shown that these ...
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2016
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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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