Poverty & Public Policy

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Volume 12, issue 4, 2020

Nonmonetary poverty in Ethiopia: Multidimensional approach pp. 326-356

Migbaru Alamirew Workneh

Measuring efficiency of Indian states for reducing poverty using data envelopment analysis pp. 357-385

Dilip Ambarkhane, Ardhendu Shekhar Singh and Bhama Venkataramani

Targeted poverty alleviation in China: Evidence from Jingdong e‐commerce poverty alleviation pp. 386-396

Lijie Fang and Chien‐Chung Huang

How does economic growth impact on income inequality across ethnic groups in Malaysia? pp. 397-420

Hasanul Banna, Muhammad Mehedi Masud and Shamsulbahriah K. A. Rodrigo

A summative evaluation of Jordan's Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) 2013–2020: Case‐in‐point in socioeconomic policy pp. 421-443

Anan M. Abu Hummour

Volume 12, issue 3, 2020

Editor's Letter pp. 214-217

Connie Snyder Mick

The Educational Inequalities in the Disadvantaged Social Strata of Romani Population pp. 218-235

Mehmet Özbaş

Coping Strategies of the Urban Poor: A Case Study From Ghana pp. 236-254

Kenneth Ofori‐Boateng, Samuel Adams and Williams Ohemeng

Analysis of Poverty Correlates and Multi‐Dimensionality in South East Nigeria: New Empirical Evidence From Survey Data pp. 255-270

Anthony Orji, Jonathan E. Ogbuabor, Emmanuel Nwosu, Onyinye I. Anthony‐Orji and Nene Amoji

Trends Over Time in Employment for Mothers Who Received Welfare Benefits in 1996 pp. 271-303

Denton R. Vaughan, Barbara A. Haley and Aref N. Dajani

The Liability of Poorness: Why the Playing Field is Not Level for Poverty Entrepreneurs pp. 304-315

Michael H. Morris

Scanlon, T. M. 2018. Why Does Inequality Matter? Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press pp. 316-318

Steven McMullen

Volume 12, issue 2, 2020

Revisiting the Development Impact of Sectorally Disaggregated Foreign Aid pp. 123-149

Sherif Hassan

Gender Inequality, Governance, and Poverty in Sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 150-174

Migbaru A. Workneh

A 10‐Year Analysis of Internet Search Trends of the Oral Health−Seeking Behavior of Filipinos pp. 175-187

Junhel Dalanon and Yoshizo Matsuka

Beware of the Crocodile: Quantitative Evidence on How Universal Old Age Grants Distort the Social Assistance Systems of Low‐Income Countries pp. 188-205

Bernd Schubert

Book Review—Economics After Capitalism: A Guide to the Ruins and a Road to the Future by Derek Wall pp. 206-208

Peter Robau

Volume 12, issue 1, 2020

The Focus on Poverty in the Most Influential Journals in Economics: A Bibliometric Analysis of the “Blue Ribbon” Journals pp. 10-42

Sara Mota Cardoso and Aurora A. C. Teixeira

Efficiency of Social Expenditure Levels in Reducing Poverty Risk in the EU‐28 pp. 43-62

Francesc Valls Fonayet, Ángel Belzunegui Eraso and Jorge De Andrés Sánchez

Poverty Alleviation and Correction of Income Disparity Through Fiscal Spending on Education pp. 63-72

Yui Nakamura

Citizens' Trust in Government and Their Greater Willingness to Pay Taxes in Tanzania: A Case Study of Mtwara, Lindi, and Dar es Salaam Regions pp. 73-83

Mwoya Byaro and Abel Kinyondo

Looking Beyond Cash Transfers for Optimizing Poverty Reduction and Livelihood Sustainability in Rural Ghana: Comparative Analysis of Two Social Policy Interventions Against Poverty pp. 84-111

Prince Osei‐Wusu Adjei, Joyce Osei Adjei and Richard Serbeh

Volume 11, issue 4, 2019

Household Poverty Measurement and Its Determinants Among Rural Farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria pp. 277-290

Akinbode M. Okunola and Oluwadare S. Ojo

Poverty and Social Policy: Perceptions Versus Reality pp. 291-301

Miki Malul

Social Assistance Receipt Among Young Adults Who Grow Up in Different Neighborhoods of Metropolitan Sweden pp. 302-324

Björn Gustafsson, Katarina Katz and Torun Osterberg

An “Opportunity” for Policy Recycling? A Critical Analysis of the Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy pp. 325-343

Tracy Smith‐Carrier, Andrea Lawlor and Sarah Benbow

Review of The Future of Social Work: Seven Pillars of Practice pp. 344-345

Vijay P. Singh

Volume 11, issue 3, 2019

The Impact of Cash Transfers on Women's Empowerment: The Case of the Tanzania Social Action Fund pp. 178-204

Abel Alfred Kinyondo and Joseph Magashi

Do Enhanced Funding Policies Targeting Students in Poverty Close Achievement Gaps? Evidence from the American States, 1996–2015 pp. 205-221

Gregory R. Thorson and Sera M. Gearhart

Financial Literacy, Cultural Dominance, and Financial Well‐Being of SME Owners in Ghana pp. 222-237

Samuel K. Agyei, Anokye M. Adam and Otuo S. Agyemang

Are Rural Egyptians Better Off? Trends in Inequality and Real Consumption Expenditure in Rural Egypt pp. 238-264

Heba Helmy

Review of the book The Forgotten Americans: An Economic Agenda for a Divided Nation pp. 265-268

Peter A. Kindle

Volume 11, issue 1-2, 2019

Guarding Public Coffers or Trapping the Poor? The Role of Public Assistance Asset Limits in Program Efficacy and Family Economic Well‐Being pp. 12-30

Leah Hamilton, David Rothwell, Jin Huang, Yunju Nam and Taylor Dollar

Older‐Age Social Pensions and Poverty: Revisiting Assumptions on Targeting and Universalism pp. 31-56

Gibrán Cruz‐Martínez

From Unidimensional to Multidimensional Measurement of Poverty in Trinidad and Tobago: The Latent Class Analysis of Poverty Measurement as an Alternative to the Financial Deprivation Model pp. 57-72

Candace A. Moonansingh, Wendell C. Wallace and Isaac Dialsingh

The Effectiveness of Women's Skills Development to Household Poverty Reduction: The Case of Msinga Rural Areas pp. 73-98

Stanley Sharaunga

Child Poverty and Gender and Location Disparities in Zimbabwe: A Multidimensional Deprivation Approach pp. 99-137

Anthony S. Musiwa

Examining How Community Poverty, Family Structure, and Community Involvement Influence the Earnings of Youth pp. 138-155

Emma Kahle Monahan

The Effect of Minimum Wage on Per Capita Income in Arizona: Empirical Analysis pp. 156-168

Dallin Overstreet

Volume 10, issue 4, 2018

Editor's Letter pp. 425-448

Max J. Skidmore

Privatizing or Annihilating Social Security: What the United States Can Learn From Chile's Privatization pp. 449-470

Silvia Borzutzky

Implementation of Medicaid‐Funded Long‐Term Care: The Impact of Prior History on the Development of the Nursing Home Industry pp. 471-504

David E. Kingsley

Economic Inequality and the Violation Economy pp. 505-523

Biko Koenig

Considering Structural and Ideological Barriers to Anti‐Poverty Programs in the United States: An Uninhibited, and Unconventional, Analysis pp. 524-542

Max J. Skidmore

Analyzing Multidimensional Poverty Estimates in Mexico From an Ethnic Perspective: A Policy Tool for Bridging the Indigenous Gap pp. 543-563

Ana P. Canedo

Addressing Food Insecurity in Sub‐Saharan Africa: The Role of Cash Transfers pp. 564-589

Francesco Burchi, Margherita Scarlato and Giorgio d'Agostino

Review of The Unbanking of America: How the New Middle Class Survives The Unbanking of America: How the New Middle Class Survives. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 250 pp. ISBN: 978‐0‐544‐60231‐1. Hardcover, $27. Lisa Servon. 2017 pp. 590-593

Peter A. Kindle

Volume 10, issue 3, 2018

Editor's Letter pp. 289-294

Max J. Skidmore

Youth Unemployment and Poverty in Egypt pp. 295-316

Jennifer Bremer

Child Poverty and Youth Unemployment in Jordan pp. 317-337

Hmoud S. Olimat

Child Poverty and Youth Unemployment in Lebanon pp. 338-353

Hoda N. Sleem and John Dixon

Child Poverty and Youth Unemployment in Palestine pp. 354-370

Wahiba Abu‐Ras and Rozena A. Mohamed

Child Poverty and Youth Unemployment in Saudi Arabia pp. 371-389

Abdulaziz Albrithen

Child Poverty and Youth Unemployment in Turkey pp. 390-413

Mustafa Kemal Bayırbağ, Asuman Göksel and Coşku Çelik

Review of Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America Not a Crime to Be Poor: The Criminalization of Poverty in America. New York: The New Press. 320 pages. ISBN: 978‐1‐62097‐163‐5. Hardcover, $27. Peter Edelman. 2017 pp. 414-416

Sydney M. Smith

Volume 10, issue 2, 2018

Editor's Letter pp. 143-146

Max J. Skidmore

Child Support and Income Inequality pp. 147-158

Yoonsook Ha, Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer

Understanding the Implications of a Punitive Approach to Homelessness: A Local Case Study pp. 159-176

Jennifer Wilking, Susan Roll, David Philhour, Peter Hansen and Holly Nevarez

The Origins of the “Cause of the Poor”: Logics of Appropriation of a “New Social Problem” in Spain (1960–1990) pp. 177-197

Joan Cortinas Muñoz

Quantification and Scientism in Political Science: Domination of Discourse by Experts Presenting Mathematical Models of Reality pp. 198-221

David Kingsley

Is Political Science Relevant? The Decline of Critical Scholarly Engagement in the Neoliberal Era pp. 222-252

Anthony DiMaggio

Reforming Political Science pp. 253-264

Lawrence M. Mead

Advancing Toward Science: Retreating From Responsibility? pp. 265-283

Max J. Skidmore

Volume 10, issue 1, 2018

Editor's Letter pp. 5-10

Max J. Skidmore

Private Investment and Public Redevelopment: The Case of New Markets Tax Credits pp. 11-38

Richard C. Hula and Marty P. Jordan

“Between a Rock and a Hard Place”: The Constraints of Welfare‐to‐Work Bureaucracies pp. 39-56

Christi L. Gross, Jacob Church, Tiffany Taylor and Jackuelyn K. Towne‐Roese

Anti‐Poverty Effects of In‐Kind Transfers Among Divorced or Separated Women in the United States pp. 57-80

Gulgun Bayaz Ozturk

Mobile Money in a Poor Fishing Municipality in the Philippines pp. 81-94

Bernadette G. Gumba

Review of The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty The Financial Diaries: How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN: 978‐069117298‐9. Hardcover. Jonathan Morduch and Rachel Schneider. 2017 pp. 95-98

Peter A. Kindle

Policy Insights From Party History pp. 99-121

Max J. Skidmore

Two Inside Views of a Most Bizarre Election—With a Forthright Analysis From Outside pp. 122-137

Max J. Skidmore