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Ludwig, Jens; Mayer, Susan – Future of Children, 2006
Many U.S. policymakers support changing the "culture" of poor parents to encourage marriage, work, and religion as a means to end the intergenerational transmission of poverty. In this article Jens Ludwig and Susan Mayer review and evaluate research on how parental work, marriage, and religion affect children's socioeconomic status…
Descriptors: Poverty, Prevention, Low Income Groups, Parent Influence