Stressing Out the Poor: Chronic Physiological Stress and the Income-Achievement Gap

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This article explores the link between childhood poverty and the negative effects of prolonged exposure to stressful environments.

Author: Gary W. Evans, Cornell University; Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Pamela Kato Klebanov, Columbia University

Date of Publication: November 1, 2011

Last Updated: November 1, 2011