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Jobs, Skills and Incomes in Ghana: How Was Poverty Halved?
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Nsowah-Nuamah, Nicholas; Teal, Francis; Awoonor-Williams, Moses – Comparative Education, 2012
On the basis of official statistics, poverty has halved in Ghana over the period from 1991 to 2005. Our objective in this paper is to assess how far this fall was linked to the creation of better paying jobs and the increase in education. We find that earnings rose rapidly in the period from 1998 to 2005, by 64% for men and by 55% for women. While…
Descriptors: Evidence, Poverty, Outcomes of Education, Educational Attainment
Have Blacks Made It ? 1. The Verbal Cure; 2. Up The Short Ladder
Rangel, Charles B.; Young, Andrew – Nation, 1973
Comments on the present status of black progress written by two members of Congress: the representative of the nineteenth congressional district, New York and chairman of the Black Caucus' Subcommittee on Welfare and Drug Abuse; and the representative of the fifth congressional district, Georgia, respectively. (JM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Economic Progress, Employment Patterns, Federal Government
Income Guarantees and the Working Poor: The Effect of Income Maintenance Programs on the Hours of Work of Male Family Heads.
Greenberg, David H.; Kosters, Marvin – 1970
An empirical analysis of the effects of alternative income maintenance programs, The Survey of Economic Opportunity, was used to obtain estimates of the labor supply parameters required to assess the implications of these programs for hours of work of male family heads. Labor supply response to changes in the family heads' net wages and in family…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns, Guaranteed Income
What Makes Poverty So Intractable in High-Poverty Nonmetro Counties?
Morrissey, Elizabeth S. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1986
Discusses characteristics of counties with high poverty rates--sparser population, larger proportion of poor and most poverty-prone populations, less educated population, greater reliance on transfer payments, and higher proportions of income from farming. Suggests that government assistance in the form of income transfers could help alleviate…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Farm Management
Paradox of Our Times: Hunger in a Strong Economy.
Venner, Sandra H.; Sullivan, Ashley F.; Seavey, Dorie – 2000
America today is haunted by the paradox of hunger and food insecurity amidst unprecedented prosperity. Despite a record economic expansion, millions of American households struggle to find sufficient resources to feed family members. Focusing on families with children, this report presents current evidence on hunger and food insecurity, identifies…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Children, Economic Factors, Employment Patterns
Women Work, Poverty Persists: A Status Report on Displaced Homemakers & Single Mothers in the United States.
Women Work! The National Network for Women's Employment, Washington, DC. – 1994
For many single mothers and displaced homemakers (homemakers who must suddenly enter the workforce), jobs often do not signify escape from poverty. 1990 U.S. Census data indicate that the number of single mothers and displaced homemakers rose dramatically during the 1980s. Workforce participation for this group also rose during that decade, but…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Displaced Homemakers, Economic Status, Employment Patterns