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Women in Informal Employment

The requirements for vocational education and training measures for trainees, employees and employers in the informal economy are complex.

“Way Down in the Hole”: Systemic Urban Inequality and The Wire

Book abstract: Since the hit HBO show The Wire premiered on June 2, 2002, it was viewed as much more than a typical police procedural.

A World of Cities: The Causes and Consequences of Urbanization in Poorer Countries

Historically, urban growth required enough development to grow and transport significant agricultural surpluses or a government effective enough to build an empire.

Rethinking Cities: Toward Shared Prosperity

The great transition from farm to city is filled with economic, social, and political promise. Cities are the product of a triad of forces.

The Decline, Rebound, and Further Rise in SNAP Enrollment: Disentangling Business Cycle Fluctuations and Policy Changes

Approximately 1-in-7 people and 1-in-4 children received benefits from the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in July 2011, both all-time highs.

Combating Concentrated Poverty in Urban Neighborhoods

Appearing a few months after the 25th anniversary of the publication of The Truly Disadvantaged, this article critically reflects on some of the more important research on the nature of concentrated p

Crumbling American Dreams

My hometown — Port Clinton, Ohio, population 6,050 — was in the 1950s a passable embodiment of the American dream, a place that offered decent opportunity for the children of bankers and factory worke

Psychological Perspectives on Gender in Negotiation

Rising Extreme Poverty in the United States and the Response of Federal Means-Tested Transfer Programs

This study documents an increase in the prevalence of extreme poverty among US households with children between 1996 and 2011 and assesses the response of major federal means-tested transfer programs.

The Urban Jobs Crisis

In his State of the Union Address on February 13, President Barack Obama urged that young people be given the opportunity to obtain the skills training and education that will enable them to find stab