Investing in children: Changes in parental spending on children
…of child expenditures, such as those used by the USDA in its “Cost of Raising a Child” reports, include food, transportation and health care costs; but the researchers point out…
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America’s rental housing: Evolving markets and needs
…such renters spend $130 a month less on food, and also cut back on health care and retirement. Even renters earning up to $30,000 — twice the rate for full-time…
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Waging war on poverty: Historical trends using the Supplemental Poverty Measure
…high as 20% during economic downturns, as opposed to the 4% to 6% rates we observe with government programs.” Tax credits and food and nutrition programs have been especially effective…
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How low-income people react to online applications for welfare benefits: Research brief
…clients to complete an application through a secure website. Such applications were first used for Food Stamps, but many states now use the same website for multiple programs, including cash…
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How to mitigate climate change: Key facts from the U.N.’s 2014 report
…are likely to be even more extreme, with millions of people displaced by rising sea levels and global food supplies under threat. Around the world, progress and inaction are present…
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The low-wage recovery: Industries and jobs after the Great Recession
…but has since added 3.8 million. Food-service work, the lowest-paying of the low-wage work at a median hourly wage of $9.48, showed the most growth by far: While 367,000 positions…
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Will fragmented U.S. public health system meet the Ebola challenge? Research brief
…of responsibility. At the federal level, to give just a few examples, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must coordinate with the Food and Drug Administration on issues of…
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Marine animal extinctions and increasing dangers for oceans
…have declined in aggregate by 38%, and certain baleen whales by 80% to 90%.” “Marine defaunation is already affecting human well-being in numerous ways by imperiling food sustainability, increasing social…
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Poverty, fertility and health among Hispanics in America’s new immigrant destinations
…with families moved directly to rural areas. Public cash assistance reaches only about 12% of poor Hispanic families with infants. However, about one-half of such families receive Food Stamps. Why…
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What’s behind bee declines and colony collapse? Latest science on stress from parasites, pesticides, habitat loss
…“Long-term chronic exposure results in mortality in overwintering honeybees when feeding on food contaminated with concentrations as low as 0.25 [parts per billion]. Sublethal effects of neonicotinoid exposure have also…
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