Net Worth Poverty and Child Development

The authors investigate whether net worth poverty (NWP) reduces children’s well-being. NWP—having wealth (assets minus debts) less than one fourth of the federal poverty line—is both theoretically and empirically distinct from income poverty (IP) and is the modal form of poverty among children. Data...

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Main Authors: Christina Gibson-Davis, Lisa A. Keister, Lisa A. Gennetian, Warren Lowell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2022-08-01
Series:Socius
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231221111672