Approximately 1-in-7 people and 1-in-4 children received benefits from the US Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) in July 2011…
Appearing a few months after the 25th anniversary of the publication of The Truly Disadvantaged, this article critically reflects on some…
My hometown — Port Clinton, Ohio, population 6,050 — was in the 1950s a passable embodiment of the American dream, a place that offered…
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We evaluate a 'girl-friendly' primary school program in Burkina Faso using a regression discontinuity design. After 2.5 years, the program…
"If I like a boy I cannot tell anybody about my choice because I am a girl. I like making friends with boys but being a girl I cannot do…
Despite evidence on how malpractice risk varies according to physician specialty, there is growing but still limited evidence about…
This study documents an increase in the prevalence of extreme poverty among US households with children between 1996 and 2011 and assesses…
In his State of the Union Address on February 13, President Barack Obama urged that young people be given the opportunity to obtain the…
The vast majority of low-income, high-achieving students in the U.S. do not even apply to any selective colleges, in spite of the fact that…
The Full Birth History has become the dominant source of estimates of fertility levels and trends for countries lacking complete birth…