For instance, poor children who attend better - funded schools are more likely to complete high school and have higher earnings and lower poverty rates in adulthood. (cbpp.org)
But new research shows that the great wave of immigrants that arrived before 1920 permanently raised income levels and lowered poverty rates in the regions where they settled. (businessinsider.com)
Another recent study identifies three family policies associated with substantially lower poverty rates among single parent households: (1) family allowances (direct payments to parents of dependent children), (2) paid parental leave, and (3) publicly funded childcare for children under age 3. (contemporaryfamilies.org)