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The effect of the intervention on educational outcomes of pupils (KS2 Scores and Progress) and absences presented as an event study. Blue points and bars are the lead school years and the red points and bars are the lag school years. Credit: Economics Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111614 Researchers from Newcastle University have identified a link between reducing the stigma of poverty in schools and the reading…

Haitian elementary school students learn to read in their classroom as part of literacy intervention efforts to improve learning outcomes. Credit: University of Notre Dame A new study by a team of University of Notre Dame researchers makes a significant contribution to understanding the factors that influence how young elementary school students respond to reading interventions in fragile and low-income contexts.…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research from the University of Otago, Christchurch, has found reduced cost public transport can play an important role in affordability and accessibility, specifically for those on lower incomes who face transport difficulty. The study, which surveyed public housing respondents in Ōtautahi Christchurch, found…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Australia is a high-income country with universal health, education and social services. But, like many countries around the world, Australia is in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis. In fact, at least 1 in 3 families with children experience deprivation, missing out on essential items like food, stable housing and health…

Box plot of the overcrowding index for the 6 sectors of Cañada Real. Credit: Energy Research & Social Science (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2023.103182 About 4,000 people in Madrid, almost half of the inhabitants of La Cañada Real, have experienced extreme energy poverty. That is one of the conclusions of a study by researchers at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) that analyses the energy uses and needs of the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Methods commonly used to measure poverty can lead to vastly different conclusions about who actually lives in poverty, according to a new Stanford University-led study. Based on household surveys in sub-Saharan Africa, the first-of-its-kind analysis, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, underscores the importance of accurately defining and measuring poverty.…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain At first glance, Canada ranks among the top third of countries for its work in addressing child poverty. But that isn't the whole story. Based on current rates of and overall progress in reducing child poverty, the latest UNICEF report card ranks Canada 11th out of 39 of the world's wealthiest countries. Initially, it…

Mark Rank. Credit: Washington University in St. Louis A plan to expand the child tax credit would go a long way in reducing childhood poverty in America, saving billions in future costs, says an expert on poverty and inequality at Washington University in St. Louis. "Prior research has shown that when the child tax credit was expanded and provided on a monthly…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain In its recent gender snapshot, the United Nations noted that: "Globally, in 2023, women aged 55 to 59 are more likely to live in extreme poverty than men." Many women reach old age with few assets and savings, and lack an adequate pension or social protection benefits. This is due to a higher likelihood of career…

Credit: Aleksandar Pasaric from Pexels It has become an article of faith among many economists that China's pro-market reforms of the 1980s and 1990s ushered in a sustained reduction in poverty. This narrative relies on figures from the World Bank, showing that over the past 40 years the number of people in China living in "extreme poverty" (less than…