In my last few posts, I have discussed research highlighting the association between educational attainment and life expectancy, employment status, and other outcomes. A recent report out of the Urban Institute highlights the intergenerational effects of poverty and the educational attainment of parents on their children’s future prospects. In their report “Child Poverty and Its…
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Advances in public health have contributed to a rising population life expectancy in developed nations since at least the beginning of the 20th century. Despite our growing longevity, disparities among different groups persist. A study issued by the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on an Aging Society found that life expectancy for the non-Hispanic white population…
A report issued by the College Board Advocacy and Policy Center illustrates how trends in tuition and fees for college degrees have impacted access to advanced education in American higher education institutions. Using annual survey data from United States colleges and universities, the report estimates that the cost of attendance at public, private, four-year, and…
In August, Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce released a report showing the impact of the great recession on employment for those with varying levels of educational attainment. The differences in losses during the recession and trends throughout the recovery have been stark between those with a high school diploma or less and…
Following some off-the-cuff comments from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, stories about the population of Americans living under the poverty limit as well as those living in more extreme measures of poverty have become more frequent in the past few weeks. Living in poverty has important implications for personal and societal well being.
A new report on homelessness has been issued by the National Alliance to End Homelessness. While the total population of homelessness has decreased since 2009, certain sub groups are still at increased risk.
A report out of Rutgers University details the prevalence of Americans for whom their financial stability has been greatly affected by the 2007 – 2009 Recession. The information available from the Project on Societal Distress further details how the recession has impacted multiple areas of well-being of the American family beyond income.
Earlier this month, in the opinion pages of the New York Times, David Brooks and Paul Krugman published articles detailing the foundation of income inequality in the United States. According to the 2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplement from the U.S. Census Bureau, income inequality in the past four decades, as measured by the Gini…
The nation faces daunting economic conditions, brought on in recent years by the recession and fiscal crisis but set against long-term economic trends that date to the 1970s. Each decade has brought a greater separation in the income of chief executives and workers. A large number of Americans are now unemployed, and wages have stagnated. …