distribution. There is a strong negative income gradient in BMI at the obesity threshold and some evidence of a positive gradient …, increases in income are correlated with healthier BMI values. -- overweight ; obesity ; body mass index ; unconditional quantile … regression ; Foster-Greer-Thorbecke poverty measures ; NHANES …

distribution. There is a strong negative income gradient in BMI at the obesity threshold and some evidence of a positive gradient …

UK experience higher poverty rates than heterosexual and cis people. However, in these two regions, anti …

We test whether an environment of poverty affects time preferences through purely psychological channels. We measured … the role of economic constraints, we experimentally induced thoughts about poverty-related problems, using priming … techniques. We find that thinking about poverty increases the preference to consume entertainment early and to delay work. Using …

visits by trained social workers to households in extreme poverty with preferential access to social programs. We use a … that this major national program is likely to fail in making a significant contribution to reducing extreme poverty. We …

Until now, the dominant belief concerning the relationship between poverty and risk aversion is that the poor are more … poverty. However, both empirical and experimental evidence show no clear pattern such as would suggest that the poor are … from households living in poverty and extreme poverty wherein they participated in a baseline risk experiment that was the …