Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
Focus on Poverty, IRP’s flagship online publication, includes brief essays summarizing current poverty and policy research for non-researchers. The collection is prepared for educators, policymakers, policy analysts, and state and federal officials. Each issue is accompanied by Focus on Poverty Classroom Supplement, a college classroom resource, which includes additional information and web links on the topics covered in Focus on Poverty.
Resources
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The rise and fall of poverty as a policy issue
- Thomas Corbett
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
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Family complexity in America
- Marcia J. Carlson and Daniel R. Meyer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
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Family structure and children’s behavior
- Rebecca Ryan, Amy Claessens, and Anna J. Markowitz
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
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The cost of breaking up
- Laura Tach and Alicia Eads
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
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Neither here nor there: Incarceration and family instability
- Kristin Turney
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
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How did the Great Recession affect fertility?
- Christine Percheski and Rachel Kimbro
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
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Focus & Focus+ 30(1), Spring/Summer 2013
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2013
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Introduction to the Issue, Focus 30(1)
- Timothy M. Smeeding
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2013
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The income-Health gradient
- William Evans, Barbara Wolfe, and Nancy Adler
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2013
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Emergency savings for low-income consumers
- J. Michael Collins and Leah Gjertson
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2013