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Income, Program Participation, Poverty, And Financial Vulnerability: Research And Data Needs, James P. Ziliak
Income, Program Participation, Poverty, And Financial Vulnerability: Research And Data Needs, James P. Ziliak
University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series
The aim of this paper is to assess the adequacy of the data infrastructure in the United States to meet future research and policy evaluation needs as it pertains to income, program participation, poverty, and financial vulnerability. I first discuss some major research themes that are likely to dominate policy and scientific discussions in the coming decade. This list includes research on the long-term consequences of income inequality and mobility, issues of transfer-program participation and intergenerational dependence, challenges with poverty measurement and poverty persistence, and material deprivation. I then summarize what information we currently collect in the U.S. that is …
Bootstrap Blues, Hannah M. Frantz
Bootstrap Blues, Hannah M. Frantz
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Meet David*. In mid-January, he came to the small town Iowa elementary school where I work. David has attended more schools in the two years since he started school than I have in my lifetime. In fact, the school he just moved from only has four days of attendance listed on his record. David moves so often because he’s homeless. His situation is not what we may stereotypically think of as “homeless”—you wouldn’t see him on the streets or even in soup kitchens. Instead, David stays with his mother, and they couch surf from one home to another from week …