Consequences of Growing up Poor

In what ways are children particularly hard hit by poverty? How does growing up poor affect early-life development? Lisa A. Gennetian joins EconoFact Chats to answer these questions, drawing on preliminary results from 'Baby’s First Years,

An episode of the EconoFact Chats podcast, hosted by EconoFact, titled "Consequences of Growing up Poor" was published on November 5, 2023 and runs 24 minutes.

November 5, 2023 ·24m · EconoFact Chats

Summary

In what ways are children particularly hard hit by poverty? How does growing up poor affect early-life development? Lisa A. Gennetian joins EconoFact Chats to answer these questions, drawing on preliminary results from 'Baby’s First Years,' a large-scale, multi-decade interdisciplinary study on the impact of poverty on brain development among infants. A Principal Investigator at 'Baby's First Years,' Lisa is also the Pritzker Professor of Early Learning Policy Studies at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.

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