Senior Project Advisor

Henson, Steven E.

Document Type

Project

Publication Date

Spring 2014

Keywords

Child poverty, gender-wage gap

Abstract

Child poverty is an immense societal problem because of the unnecessary hardship it creates for the children who experience it, and the ways in which it negatively impacts others as well. Poor children experience malnutrition, lower academic performance, and higher death rates than children not in poverty. In addition, poverty continues to follow them throughout their life time. There are additional negative results for society as well. Higher healthcare costs and lower productivity can harm the economy. Communities with high child poverty levels also experience additional education and interaction challenges (Griggs and Walker 2008). Reducing child poverty would not only help the specific people who experience it, but all of society as well. This is specifically important for the United States. Despite the high income levels in the US, it also has one of the highest child poverty levels in the developed world. It is in society’s best interest to do everything possible to identify why our child poverty rates are higher than in other countries, and work to bring them down. While many papers have worked to determine the cause of child poverty, none of the empirical literature examines the role of the gender wage gap.

Department

Economics

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Wages--Women--United States--Statistics; Poor children--United States--Statistics; Wage differentials--United States--Statistics

Geographic Coverage

United States

Genre/Form

student projects; term papers

Type

Text

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

Rights Statement

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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