It is well known that children raised in poverty demonstrate lower academic achievement than children raised in … made by parents and governments. Second, it provides an historical insight into the connections between poverty, child …

We examine whether the Colombian trade reform can explain any of Colombia's decline in urban poverty between 1984 and … 1995. Our approach focuses on short- and medium- run channels through which trade reform could affect poverty. Despite the … chronological coincidence of the poverty reduction with the trade reforms over this period, we do not observe any evidence of a link …

prenatal stress may play a role in the intergenerational persistence of poverty …We study how maternal stress affects offspring outcomes. We find that in-utero exposure to elevated levels of the … stress hormone cortisol negatively affects offspring cognition, health and educational attainment. These findings are based …

of financial stress. On the other hand, naifs dis-save, fall into a poverty trap, and incur high welfare losses. Second … survey of U.S. households, we document the prevalence of financial stress in U.S. households and a strong relationship … between financial stress and measures of financial constraints. We incorporate financial stress into an otherwise standard …

The paper investigates whether there is a causal link between poverty or low education and participation in politically … above the poverty line or a secondary school or higher education is positively associated with participation in Hezbollah …