Corcoran, Mary; Duncan, Greg; Gurin, Gerald; Gurin, Patricia - In: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 4 (1984) 4, pp. 516-536
Policies directed at alleviating poverty rest on a set of assumptions regarding the demographic composition of the poor and the psychological dispositions of poor individuals. Evidence from a long-term study of a representative sample of low-income individuals shows that poverty is very...