Consequences of Poverty
POVERTY IN AMERICA: Economic Research Shows Adverse Impacts on Health Status and Other Social Conditions as well as the Economic Growth Rate
General Accounting Office, GAO-07-344, January 2007
The Economic Costs of Poverty in the United States: Subsequent Effects of Children Growing Up Poor
Holzer, H. J., Whitmore Schanzenbach, D., Duncan, G. J., and Ludwig, J., Center for American Progress
, January 2007
Using evidence that children growing up in poverty are more likely to have low
earnings as adults, more likely to engage in criminal activity, and have poor
health, this report from the Center for American Progress makes the economic
cost to society case for reducing childhood poverty.
From Poverty, Opportunity: Putting the Market to Work for Lower Income Families
Matt Fellowes, Brookings Institution, July 2006
Lower-income households often pay more than middle- or high-income households for the same
goods and services. In this report, Matt Fellowes of Brookings describes how
private and public leaders should work together to reduce the high consumer
costs of poverty.
Fuel for Our Future: Impacts of Energy Insecurity on Children's Health, Nutrition and Learning
C-SNAP and Citizen's Energy Corporation, October 2007
We encourage you to submit other research on poverty and
opportunity. To submit your suggestion, e-mail
Jodie Levin-Epstein