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  • One Intervention Is Not Enough: How Continued Human Capital Investments Reduce Inequality

    One Intervention Is Not Enough: How Continued Human Capital Investments Reduce Inequality

    How can we use education investments to reduce economic inequality and break intergenerational cycles of poverty? Research conducted by Rucker C. Johnson and Kirabo Jackson published in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy suggests that continuous education investments throughout childhood can help narrow gaps in well-being by improving the adult…