In the last decade, we have seen that an effective approach to reducing poverty requires changes in personal behavior as well as government support. Further, we have learned that by judiciously applying policies that demand and then reward good behavior — what might be called carrots-and-sticks policies — we can induce and maintain the behavior […]
Ron Haskins
Ron Haskins, a developmental psychologist, is a senior fellow and co-director of the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution.