[ArikBe]

Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington and Johannes Haushoffer wrote at length about the behavioral economics of poverty:

http://static.squarespace.com/static/52522308e4b0bcf2bc4dab4...

The whole PDF is in fact dedicated to outlining strategies for the reduction of poverty.

The study quoted in the article about scarcity and cognitive performance by Mani et al can be found here:

http://psych.princeton.edu/~psych/psychology/research/shafir...

I used it as the main document guiding my Msc. thesis research into poverty, cognitive function, and healthy meal choice.

[garrettgrimsley]

This is your MSc. thesis that you are referring to? For anyone else interested:

http://thesis.eur.nl/pub/30170/MA-Thesis_Arik_Beremzon_41620...