1065-1080 (18 pages) BACKGROUND Recent increases in ethno-racial diversity in the United States are ... and costs of living have differential welfare effects across groups. CONTRIBUTION We provide a ...

Poverty is a pernicious policy problem that blights lives and robs children of a healthy, educated and well-rounded ...

The most common conditions of maltreatment include parental drug and alcohol abuse, severe mental illness, domestic violence ...

Dreaming up new college courses for disenfranchised young people is a sticking plaster on a gaping wound and does not address the damage experienced by children on the way to that new qualification.

Expanding the state's child tax credit would give low and moderate income families more disposable income and reduce poverty rates.