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A closer look: proximity boosts homeless student performance in New York City

Cassidy, Michael T. - 2020

Proximity augments homeless students' educational outcomes. Homeless K-8 graders whose families are placed in shelters near their schools have 8 percent (2.4 days) better attendance, are a third (18 percentage points) less likely to change schools, and exhibit higher rates of proficiency and...

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Paramilitaries and electoral support

Tribín Uribe, Ana María - In: Peace economics, peace science and public policy 21 (2015) 2, pp. 191-216

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Redistribution, inequality and political participation : evidence from Mexico during the 2008 financial crisis

Justino, Patricia; Martorano, Bruno - 2016

This paper explores the relationship between a large government cash transfer programme, changes in inequality, and political participation in Mexico. The results show that increases in the coverage of the programme during the 2008 financial crisis resulted in greater individual participation in...

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Life outside : a narrative ethnographic inquiry into the determinants of homelessness

Graffy, Peter; McKinnon, Sara L.; Lee, Garrett; … - In: Journal of poverty : innovations on social, political & … 23 (2019) 3, pp. 202-228

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From crisis to housing : a comparison of select homeless shelters from across the United States

Spiegler, Jonathan; Güereca, Carlos; McQuerry, Dominic; … - In: Journal of poverty : innovations on social, political & … 28 (2024) 2, pp. 73-90

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Using linked survey and administrative data to better measure income : implications for poverty, program effectiveness and holes in the safety net

Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas - 2015

analyses of low-income populations. We focus on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the source of official poverty and … also greatly understates the effects of anti-poverty programs and changes our understanding of program targeting, often …. Using the combined data rather than survey data alone, the poverty reducing effect of all programs together is nearly …

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