July 28, 2024
Poverty, financial worries and parental investments in early childhood
Parents living in or at risk of poverty face daily financial struggles, juggling expenses and trying constantly to make ends meet. This can shift attention away from other important but less urgent daily tasks such as engaging in educational activities with their children, with potential long lasting impacts on their human capital development. The article discusses recent scientific evidence on this topic and how public policies could better support vulnerable parents in improving the development of their children during a key period of childhood.
July 28, 2024Poverty, financial worries and parental investments in early childhoodParents living in or at risk of poverty face daily financial struggles, juggling expenses and trying constantly to make ends meet. This can shift attention away from other important but less urgent daily tasks such as engaging in educational activities with their children, with potential long lasting impacts on their human capital development. The article discusses recent scientific evidence on this topic and how public policies could better support vulnerable parents in improving the development of their children during a key period of childhood.
May 10, 2022In-work poverty in Italy: what it is and how to combat itBeginning with a discussion of the mechanisms that lead to situations of in-work poverty, Andrea Garnero, host of the FBK-IRVAPP research center, presented data on the extent and characteristics of the phenomenon in Italy and the five proposals developed for the Ministry of Labor to counter both the spread of low wages and the growth of poverty in households