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Working Hard For The Money: Trends In Women's Employment 1970 To 2007, Kristin Smith
Working Hard For The Money: Trends In Women's Employment 1970 To 2007, Kristin Smith
Carsey School of Public Policy
Seventy-three percent of married rural mothers with children under age 6 work for pay. As men's employment rates have dropped over the past four decades, more rural women are working to keep the lights on at home. Rural women are just as likely as their urban counterparts to work for pay, but they earn less, have fewer occupational choices, and have seen their family income decline as men's wages have not kept pace with inflation. Dr. Smith's report looks at over 30 years of data about women's employment.
Discussion On Poor Rural Areas At The Brookings Institution, Cynthia M. Duncan
Discussion On Poor Rural Areas At The Brookings Institution, Cynthia M. Duncan
Carsey School of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
Concentrated Rural Poverty And The Geography Of Exclusion, Daniel T. Lichter, Domenico Parisi
Concentrated Rural Poverty And The Geography Of Exclusion, Daniel T. Lichter, Domenico Parisi
Carsey School of Public Policy
One-half of rural poor are segregated in high-poverty areas, a new policy brief co-published by the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire and Rural Realities. This brief highlights the challenges faced by America's rural poor, particularly as they are physically and socially isolated from middle-class communities that might offer economic opportunities.
Many New Hampshire Jobs Do Not Pay A Livable Wage, Daphne Kenyon, Allison Churilla
Many New Hampshire Jobs Do Not Pay A Livable Wage, Daphne Kenyon, Allison Churilla
Carsey School of Public Policy
As the U.S. economy falters and recession looms, 79 percent of jobs in New Hampshire do not pay a wage sufficient for single-parent families with two children to provide basic needs such as housing, food, transportation, child care, and health care. Carroll County has the lowest percentage of livable wage jobs, with only 13 percent of jobs paying a livable wage for single-parent families with two children.
Measures And Methods: Four Tenets For Rural Economic Development In The New Economy, Anita Brown-Graham, William Lambe
Measures And Methods: Four Tenets For Rural Economic Development In The New Economy, Anita Brown-Graham, William Lambe
Carsey School of Public Policy
Rural communities working to find strategies for success in today's economy need to rethink the tools they are using. Brown-Graham is the executive director of the Institute for Emerging Issues and a policy fellow at the Carsey Institute. William Lambe is the associate director at the Community and Economic Development Program at the School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Children In Central Cities And Rural Communities Experience High Rates Of Poverty, Sarah Savage
Children In Central Cities And Rural Communities Experience High Rates Of Poverty, Sarah Savage
Carsey School of Public Policy
New U.S. Census Bureau data released in August highlight increasing similarities of poverty rates between children in urban and rural communities. This common indicator of child well-being is closely linked to undesirable outcomes in areas such as health, education, emotional welfare, and delinquency.
Urban And Rural Children Experience Similar Rates Of Low-Income And Poverty, Allison Churilla
Urban And Rural Children Experience Similar Rates Of Low-Income And Poverty, Allison Churilla
Carsey School of Public Policy
Data in this brief shows that the percentages of children living in low-income areas and poverty over the past fifteen years in rural and urban America are converging.
Child Poverty In New Hampshire, Kristin Smith
Child Poverty In New Hampshire, Kristin Smith
Carsey School of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
Place Matters: Poverty And Development Challenges In Amenity Rich, Declining Resource Dependent And Chronically Poor Regions, Cynthia M. Duncan
Place Matters: Poverty And Development Challenges In Amenity Rich, Declining Resource Dependent And Chronically Poor Regions, Cynthia M. Duncan
Carsey School of Public Policy
No abstract provided.
Understanding Chronically Poor Places: Encouraging More Voices And Commitment To Change, Cynthia M. Duncan
Understanding Chronically Poor Places: Encouraging More Voices And Commitment To Change, Cynthia M. Duncan
Carsey School of Public Policy
Bureau of Health Professions, US Health Resources and Services Administration presentation
Owning Your Own Home: Reality Or Myth, Robert M. Henry, Charles H. Goodspeed
Owning Your Own Home: Reality Or Myth, Robert M. Henry, Charles H. Goodspeed
The University Dialogue
The focus of the white paper will be to highlight the housing challenges that people in the New England region and in the United States face. Affordability, sustainability, people needs, societal needs, environmental needs, economic incentives and impact of government policies are just a few of the topics that will be explored.
Poverty And Plenty: The Divided American Plate, Joanne D. Burke
Poverty And Plenty: The Divided American Plate, Joanne D. Burke
The University Dialogue
What are the economic, social, political, community and individual actions needed to address short and long-term solutions of food insecurity and poverty? This paper will consider hunger and poverty terms, trends, health and nutrition impacts, as well as consider proposed local, regional, and national intervention solutions and strategies
Who Shall Assist The Poor? An Inquiry Into The Role Of Markets, Private Charity And Government, Tom Birch
Who Shall Assist The Poor? An Inquiry Into The Role Of Markets, Private Charity And Government, Tom Birch
The University Dialogue
The paper uses the writings of Adam Smith (The Wealth of Nations and The Theory of Moral Sentiments) to frame some of the economic, psychological and ethical issues regarding how best to assist the poor.
How's Your Health? What's Your Zip Code? Poverty And Health, John W. Seavey
How's Your Health? What's Your Zip Code? Poverty And Health, John W. Seavey
The University Dialogue
For centuries it has been known that there is a relationship between one's status within a social system and health. The poor and disadvantaged have traditionally carried the larger burden of disease and disability.
Global Poverty & Global Politics, Stacy D. Vandeveer
Global Poverty & Global Politics, Stacy D. Vandeveer
The University Dialogue
In recent years, many policymakers and scholars supportive of globalization – but opposed to many things done in the name of globalization – have begun to draw lessons from policymaking, statistical analysis and the lives of everyday citizens about what can be done to meet the challenge of global poverty. This proposed discovery dialogue essay will attempt to outline some of their conclusions, and explain how they arrived at these lessons.
Welfare Queens Or Courageous Survivors? Strengths Of Women In Poverty, Victoria L. Banyard
Welfare Queens Or Courageous Survivors? Strengths Of Women In Poverty, Victoria L. Banyard
The University Dialogue
The number of people living in poverty in the United States is staggering and yet to most of us those people are just statistics. A growing body of social science research clearly documents the negative consequences for the physical and mental health of people struggling to meet their basic needs (e.g. Recker Rayburn, 2007). Absent critical analysis of the historical and social factors that contribute to poverty, negative stereotypes and victim blaming arguments flourish – further perpetuating the problem (e.g. Bullock & Lott, 2001). This proposed position paper confronts and discourages this trend by shedding light on one of the …
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Stop No Evil: How Do We Uncover And Combat The Loss Of Educational Opportunity For American Poor?, Sarah M. Stitzlein
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Stop No Evil: How Do We Uncover And Combat The Loss Of Educational Opportunity For American Poor?, Sarah M. Stitzlein
The University Dialogue
In my position paper, I will urge Americans to fulfill the promise of equal educational opportunity and to avoid further entrenchment of the cycle of poverty. Some residents of largely homogeneous New Hampshire tend to be less knowledgeable about issues of racial resegregation, because racial difference is rarely seen and cries of racial inequality are not heard. Additionally some view social class struggles as a problem of remote northern NH or of particular dilapidated cities in the south. My paper will combat these shortsighted views by foregrounding the pervasive lack of educational opportunity for local poor. This will initiate conversation …
Poverty, Money, And Happiness, Nick Smith
Poverty, Money, And Happiness, Nick Smith
The University Dialogue
In this paper I plan to ask some potentially disorienting questions about the relationship between poverty, money, and happiness.
Poverty And Community: Understanding Culture And Politics In Poor Places, Mil Duncan
Poverty And Community: Understanding Culture And Politics In Poor Places, Mil Duncan
The University Dialogue
This lack of participation, low trust and failure to invest in community wide institutions allows corrupt politics to emerge in poor inner cities and rural communities, and then that bad politics in turn becomes an obstacle to change and development. Those in charge see schools and local government as sources of patronage jobs and political power rather than as public institutions to serve the common good. Politics and political forces become part of the problem instead of part of the solution. Only investment and organizing can turn the poor community around and provide real opportunity for low income residents to …
The Vicious Cycle: Poor Children, Risky Lives, Bruce L. Mallory
The Vicious Cycle: Poor Children, Risky Lives, Bruce L. Mallory
The University Dialogue
The proposed essay will address the question, "What are the short and long-term effects of poverty on the development, educational experiences, and life chances of young children?"
Perspectives About Occupational Justice: Can Poverty And Occupational Deprivation Influence Child Development?, Barbara P. White Otr/L, Ph.D., Sajay Arthanat, Elizabeth L. Crepeau
Perspectives About Occupational Justice: Can Poverty And Occupational Deprivation Influence Child Development?, Barbara P. White Otr/L, Ph.D., Sajay Arthanat, Elizabeth L. Crepeau
The University Dialogue
In this paper we will explore the concept of occupational justice, a term that describes a basic human right to have the opportunities and rights to participate in those activities and occupations that define us as individuals, family and community members by providing meaning and purpose to our lives. Conditions of poverty preclude the ability to participate in a wide range of activities and occupations that support well-being. An anticipated outcome of our paper is to explore how poverty negatively influences engagement in those activities and occupations that support health, productivity and life satisfaction.