More than just nickels and dimes: a cross-national analysis of working poverty in affluent democracies.

Targeting, universalism, and single-mother poverty: a multilevel analysis across 18 affluent democracies.

We examine the influence of individual characteristics and targeted and universal social policy on single-mother poverty with a multilevel analysis across 18 affluent Western democracies. Although single mothers are disproportionately poor in all countries, there is even more cross-national variation in single-mother poverty than in poverty among the overall population. By far, the United State...

Nearly universal, but somewhat distinct: the feminization of poverty in affluent Western democracies, 1969-2000.

Our study extends research on the feminization of poverty by analyzing the variation in women's, men's, and feminized poverty across affluent democracies from 1969 to 2000. Specifically, we address three issues. First, we provide more recent estimates of adult women's and men's poverty and the ratio of women's to men's poverty with two different poverty measures. We suggest that by incorporatin...

Universal , but Somewhat Distinct : the Feminization of Poverty in Affluent Western Democracies , 1969 - 2000

Enhancing Simulation-based Training Adversary Tactics via Evolution (ESTATE)

Each of the visualizations presents a single representative challenge problem in the MoneyBee dataset. In this case, the challenge problem faced is 8 coins that add up to 82 cents. The correct solution is 2 of each coin: 2 quarters, 2 dimes, 2 nickels, and 2 pennies. Each game state is represented by a node with a four digit number (QDNP), signifying the number of quarters, nickels, dimes, and ...

Poverty and blindness in Pakistan: results from the Pakistan national blindness and visual impairment survey.

OBJECTIVE To explore the association between blindness and deprivation in a nationally representative sample of adults in Pakistan. DESIGN Cross sectional population based survey. SETTING 221 rural and urban clusters selected randomly throughout Pakistan. PARTICIPANTS Nationally representative sample of 16 507 adults aged 30 or above (95.3% response rate). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Associat...