Coronavirus relief could reduce child poverty

+ women grow up to 80% of India's food US Edition - Today's top story: Millions of American parents will soon get a monthly allowance: 4 questions answered [View in browser]( US Edition | 11 March 2021 [The Conversation]( Academic rigor, journalistic flair The coronavirus relief package Congress passed yesterday includes a new family-friendly feature that sets it apart from the government’s earlier infusions of cash into the reeling U.S. economy. Parents of children up to 18 years old will get more money, and some of it will arrive in monthly installments starting this summer. It’s an approach that’s common in other countries but new here. When I asked Joya Misra, a UMass Amherst scholar who researches how policies influence inequality, about these payments, she pointed to research suggesting they are “an investment in a nation’s future” and [could save the nation $1 trillion on the costs of child poverty](. 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