There has been a lack of debate between and frameworks for theories of the causes of
poverty. This article proposes that most theories of poverty can be productively categorized …

This review explains how and why the United States has systemically high poverty.
Descriptive evidence shows that US poverty is (i) a huge share of the population,(ii) a …

There is broad agreement that neighborhood contexts are important for adolescent
development, but there is less consensus about their association with adolescent smoking …

Poor children begin school with fewer academic skills than their nonpoor peers, and these
disparities translate into lower achievement, educational attainment, and economic stability …

The early months of the COVID-19 pandemic led to extreme social isolation, precarious
employment and job loss, working from home while tending to children, and limited access …

Ethno-racial inequality in poverty is an enduring but misunderstood problem. Most prior
research relies on the flawed official poverty measure, data with underreported income, and …

Despite a proliferation of research on neighborhood effects on health, how neighborhood
economic development, in the form of gentrification, affects health and well-being in the USA …

What do you want for yourself in the next five, ten years? Do your plans involve marriage,
kids, a new job? These are the questions a real estate agent might ask in an attempt to …

While supportive social ties help to buffer against the consequences of poverty, few
researchers have examined how people form such ties. New ties are often formed in routine …

Urban poverty research on African cities has focused mainly on megacities and large
metropolitan areas. Despite their critical role in Africa's urbanization and development …