Poverty

  • Journal Article

    Journal Article

    Alcoholism Among Homeless Adults in the Inner City of Los Angeles

    Both lifetime and current prevalence of alcoholism (as measured by the NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule) was higher among homeless individuals.

    Jan 1, 1988

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    Report

    Black poverty: past and future

    This paper was originally published as an Op-Ed piece in the Los Angeles Times on July 25, 1985. It reviews the progress that has been made in reducing poverty among black Americans since 1940. The author suggests that among the reasons for the dram...

    Jan 1, 1985

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    Report

    Nonsupport of Legitimate Children by Affluent Fathers as a Cause of Poverty and Welfare Dependence.

    Updating of the 1971 paper that played a role in the passage of state and federal legislation, including the Equal Rights Amendment, reform of the California community property law, state child support laws, and Social Security Amendments of 1974, wh...

    Jan 1, 1974

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    Report

    Population Growth, Economic Growth, and Future Requirements for Public Assistance.

    An assessment of the probable need for public assistance over the next three decades and an analysis of how this need will differ under different rates of population growth and of economic growth. Results suggest that poverty is considerably more re...

    Jan 1, 1973

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    Report

    Evaluation Design for the Los Angeles Women's Job Corps Center.

    An evaluative program to estimate component contributions to the Los Angeles Women's Job Corps Center's purpose of helping girls rise out of poverty. Based on comparisons of outcomes among girls as individuals rather than groups, an evaluation desig...

    Jan 1, 1970

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    Report

    Two Models of the Urban Crisis: An Analytical Essay on Banfield and Forrester

    This essay examines the arguments and evidence used in two recent models of the urban Edward C. Banfield's "The Unheavenly City" and Jay W. Forrester's "Urban Dynamics."

    Jan 1, 1970

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    An Analysis of Poverty: Some Preliminary Findings

    Statistics on race, age, sex, and estimated annual income up to $4500 for 836,000 Americans in the period 1962-1965 were processed using a probabilistic model to determine patterns of income mobility.

    Jan 1, 1969

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    Report

    Review of [Asian Drama : An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations].

    A book review of Gunnar Myrdal's three-volume study of South Asia, particularly India. The research efforts necessitated a lengthy manuscript in order to encompass the developmental economics and politics of poverty in contemporary South Asia. The ...

    Jan 1, 1968

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    Report

    An Analysis of Poverty: A Suggested Methodology

    A description of two models of the incidence, persistence, and control of poverty.

    Jan 1, 1968

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    Report

    Televised Ombudsman.

    Proposal for a television program on which people in poverty areas could voice specific complaints with which the program would confront the responsible public or private agencies, request action, and follow up afterward. A skilled and fluent master...

    Jan 1, 1968

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    Report

    Reconnaissance for the war on poverty

    A discussion of factors for consideration in planning the war on poverty and suggestions for further research. Labor market policies, discrimination, education and training, and their relationship to poverty levels are discussed briefly....

    Jan 1, 1965

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    Report

    A modest proposal ; or technical assistance in reverse

    A proposal that the United States recruit foreign advisers from developing countries receiving U.S. aid in order to use their knowledge in the anti-poverty program. The author maintains that the experience of many foreigners engaged in regional or l...

    Jan 1, 1965

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    Report

    Economic growth and poverty

    A discussion of economic growth as it relates to problems of poverty and their resolution. The factors promoting economic growth in the United States, adjustments required, and prospects for the future are covered....

    Jan 1, 1965

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    Report

    Resume of the RAND Conference on Urban Economics

    A resume of the Conference on Urban Economics held August 24-25, 1964, at RAND. This conclave of public officials and researchers discussed race relations and poverty, urban transportation, and ways in which a coordinated set of policy tools for atta...

    Jan 1, 1964

  • People

    People

    Drew M. Anderson

    Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
    Education Ph.D. in economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S. in economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.A. in mathematics and economics, Augustana University

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    People

    J. Scott Ashwood

    Policy Researcher; Professor Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School
    Education Ph.D. in public policy and management, Carnegie Mellon University; M.A. in political science, University of Rochester

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    People

    Mallika Bhandarkar

    Policy Analyst
    Education M.P.H. in health promotion, Columbia University; B.A. in anthropology; minor in biology, Boston University

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    People

    Lynn Hu

    Assistant Policy Researcher, RAND; Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
    Education M.A. in international education policy analysis, Stanford University; B.A. in economics, Middlebury College

  • People

    People

    Sarah B. Hunter

    Director, RAND Center on Housing and Homelessness in Los Angeles; Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
    Education Ph.D. in social psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A. in social psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara; B.A. in psychology, New York University

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    People

    Lynn A. Karoly

    Senior Economist
    Education Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Yale University; B.A. in economics, Claremont McKenna College

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