Focus on Success: How do Children from Poor Families Escape from Poverty?

Funding: University of Maryland Baltimore County - The Ford Foundation

Summary: What accounts for the fact that some children who grow up in very poor households in a very poor neighborhood, nonetheless succeed? To answer this question we utilize PSID, a panel database, and follow the cohort of children born between 1967-1974 into their adulthood. We examine the adult outcomes of these children – income, employment, educational attainment, etc. – and, using simultaneous equation models, test the relative impact of parental background characteristics, parental behavior, neighborhood effects, social capital, and housing tenure as a child on adult outcomes.

Researchers

Hal Wolman - Research Professor

Nancy Augustine

Products

The Impact of Parental Homeownership on Children’s Outcomes during Early Adulthood

January 12, 2007

The Influence of Neighborhood Poverty During Childhood on Fertility, Education, and Earnings Outcomes

September 01, 2005