Economic segregation increased in the United States between 1970 and 1990. Three hypotheses suggest that this would affect low-income children's educational attainment. The political economy of school funding and predicts that economically segregated school districts reduce the educational...

The best way to learn about church-based anti-poverty initiatives is to talk with, observe and document activist congregations in the most impoverished regions in the country. The Southern and Western regions of the country contribute disproportionately large shares to the nation's total poverty...

This paper presents African American adolescents girls' views of welfare and welfare reform at the cusp of welfare legislation in 1996. Data were collected from a randomized, community-based sample of families living in impoverished urban neighborhoods through a series of open- and close-ended...

Children exhibit significant variability in their poverty experiences and well-being through time, longitudinal realities that complicate the study of economic deprivation and adjustment in the early life course. Drawing on thirteen years of data from the Children of National Longitudinal Survey...

One limitation of the recent research on the long-term costs of job displacement is its focus on individuals with established work histories. Using longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), the authors estimate the long-term costs of job displacement for young...

This chapter focuses on the effects of the MTO demonstration in Baltimore on the educational opportunities of participating children. Our analysis of the distribution of affordable housing in the Baltimore area suggests that children in experimental group families who relocate will attend better...

The research presented adds to the knowledge base on the efficacy of public and private food assistance in alleviating food shortages among poor households by considering the effects of all major forms of domestic food assistance - Food Stamps, WIC, and food pantries. The analyses are based on...

Rural mothers, especially poor single mothers, face serious barriers to employment. At the same time, new legislation requires welfare recipients to find work and mandates time limits on receipt of public assistance. In this paper, we document changing rates of poverty, sources of income,...

The purpose of this study is to provide an assessment of poverty and program participation among children who reside in households that include elderly adults aged 65 and over. Children and the elderly draw on different pools of public support, fueling recent discussions of the intergenerational...

Using data from the National Election Study (NES) surveys in the seven election years between 1984 and 1996, this paper examines stability and change in both the levels of support and the explanations for support of two social welfare programs -- Social Security and Food Stamps. An explanatory...