Introduction We examine whether personality traits mediate the association between
childhood adversity and educational attainment using longitudinal data from a cohort in …

The rapid expansion of schooling across low-income countries, combined with intensive
governmental and nongovernmental efforts to promote education, has encouraged youth in …

Personality characteristics and non-cognitive skills are key determinants of decision-making
and economic outcomes. While personality is commonly believed to be stable after age 30 …

Poverty and the social problems associated with economic disadvantage (eg, exposure to
crime, lack of access to services, poor health care) remain serious and seemingly intractable …

It is nearly impossible to identify aspects of human experience that are unaffected by social
class (Lott, 2010). Consider a typical day in your own life. The neighborhood we call home …

Personality characteristics and non-cognitive skills are strong determinants of
decisionmaking and economic outcomes. Personality is commonly believed to be stable …

This chapter outlines several promising ways to capture the respective roles of poverty (as
defined by falling below a federally defined threshold based on families' total household …

Children who grow up in income poverty experience increased risks for lifelong hardship.
These hardships include low birth weight, increased infant mortality, emotional and …

Childhood adversities are linked with mental health problems throughout the life course,
including personality pathology. Less is known about consequences in the next generation …

Adversities in childhood pose significant jeopardy of poor early life outcomes that can have
lasting consequences, compromising future wellbeing of young children. Childhood …