Social insurance programs provide benefits to individuals who have paid into the program, or whose employers have paid into the program on their behalf, often in the form of payroll taxes. The major U.S. social insurance programs are Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment Insurance, Workers’ Compensation, and Disability Insurance.
IRP Book Talk: Jane Waldfogel on Child Benefits: A Smart Investment for America’s Future
- Jane Waldfogel
- Podcasts
- September 9 2025
Navigating Disability Benefits: New Research on Administrative Burden and Work Incentives
- Debra L. Brucker, Mike Levere, and Ramonia Rochester
- Webinar
- August 27 2025
Alexandra Murphy on Measuring Transportation Insecurity
- Alexandra Murphy
- Podcasts
- August 12 2025
IRP Book Talk: Robert Courtney Smith on Dreams Achieved and Denied: Mexican Intergenerational Mobility
- Robert Courtney Smith
- Podcasts
- February 24 2025
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- Marci Ybarra, Alejandra Ros Pilarz, Laura Cuesta, and Anna Walther
- Report
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- Carolyn Barnes, Elizabeth Bell, Meredith Dost, and Donald Moynihan
- Webinar
- September 25 2024
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- Jessica Calarco and Alia Wong
- Webinar
- July 18 2024
IRP Book Talk: Zach Parolin on Poverty in the Pandemic: Policy Lessons from COVID-19
- Zach Parolin
- Podcasts
- September 11 2023
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- Natasha Pilkauskas, J. Michael Collins, and LaShawnDa Pittman
- Webinar
- September 06 2023
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- James Ziliak, Barbara Wolfe, Jane Waldfogel, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Indivar Dutta-Gupta
- Webinar
- July 26 2023