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June 28, 2023

Why upward mobility from poverty is particularly low in the United States

New study compares the mechanisms through which poverty persistence is channeled in high-income countries

  • poverty
  • social mobility
  • Gøsta Esping-Andersen
  • Peter Fallesen
  • Rafael Pintro Schmitt
  • Zachary Parolin
Research

April 25, 2023

Generous unconditional cash transfers may reduce short-term labor force participation

Study from Barcelona finds negative employment effects, particularly among households with care responsibilities

  • cash transfer
  • labor force participation
  • poverty
  • social inclusion
  • unconditional basic income
  • welfare
  • Federico Todeschini
  • Timo Verlaat
  • Xavier Ramos
Research

December 18, 2020

Measuring individual-level poverty in developing countries

New approach accounts for resource sharing and scale economies in large families

  • Bangladesh
  • consumption
  • Development
  • economies of scale
  • households
  • Mexico
  • poverty
  • Alexander Wolf
  • Denni Tommasi
  • Jacob Penglase
  • Rossella Calvi
Research

June 12, 2019

Breaking the cycle of poverty through education

Canada’s Pathway to Education program improved long-term outcomes of students from poor neighborhoods

  • disadvantaged
  • lifetime outcomes
  • poverty
  • social assistance
  • student support program
  • youth
  • Adam M. Lavecchia
  • Philip Oreopoulos
  • Robert S. Brown
Research

February 20, 2017

On World Day of Social Justice: Insights on economic inequality from IZA World of Labor

The UN has proclaimed February 20 the “World Day of Social Justice” to support efforts of the international community in […]

  • Developing Countries
  • economic inequality
  • education
  • inclusion
  • inequality
  • poverty
  • preschool
  • racial inequality
  • skills
  • wealth inequality
  • World Day of Social Justice
  • Abebe Shimeles
  • Alvaro Forteza
  • Graziella Bertocchi
  • Jamele Rigolini
  • Jane Waldfogel
  • Jo Blanden
  • Lorenzo Cappellari
  • Martin Biewen
  • Stijn Broecke
Research

May 19, 2015

Innovative approach to reduce violence and crime in Liberia: New research supported by DFID and IZA

Cities are home to more than half the population of developing countries. Many cities struggle to deal with large-scale urban […]

  • cash
  • cognitive behavior
  • crime
  • Development
  • drugs
  • GLM-LIC
  • Liberia
  • poverty
  • risk
  • self-image
  • therapy
  • violence
  • youth
  • Christopher Blattman
  • Julian C. Jamison
  • Margaret Sheridan
Research

June 17, 2013

How preschool helps to fight inequality

The widening wage gap between college educated and non-college educated workers in the US and around the world has raised […]

  • education
  • income inequality
  • poverty
  • preschool
  • public policy
  • schooling
  • James J. Heckman
  • Lakshmi K. Raut
Research

June 3, 2013

Basic entrepreneurship helps women out of poverty – new evidence from Bangladesh

The world’s poorest people lack capital and skills and work in occupations that others shun. Using a large-scale and long-term […]

  • agriculture
  • Bangladesh
  • control trial
  • developing country
  • entrepreneurship
  • natural field experiment
  • poverty
  • women
  • Imran Rasul
  • Munshi Sulaiman
  • Narayan Das
  • Oriana Bandiera
  • Robin Burgess
  • Selim Gulesci
Research

May 8, 2013

Microinsurance in developing countries can help prevent child labor

Child labor is a common consequence of economic shocks in developing countries. A new IZA discussion paper by Andreas Landmann […]

  • child labor
  • developing country
  • Development
  • health insurance
  • microinsurance
  • natural field experiment
  • Pakistan
  • poverty
  • Andreas Landmann
  • Markus Frölich

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