Making the U.S. Safety Net More Responsive to Economic Downturns
- Robert A. Moffitt and James P. Ziliak, edited by Mitchell McFarlane
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- 2021
Economic Support
Economic support programs are intended to serve people who are unemployed, disabled, have low earnings, or experience other economic or material hardship. They operate under two broad categories: social insurance (such as Social Security and unemployment insurance) and means-tested transfers (such as SNAP/Food Stamps and Medicaid), sometimes called social assistance.
Timothy Smeeding on Proposals for a Refundable Monthly Child Tax Credit
- Timothy Smeeding
- Podcasts
- 2021
Jacob Faber on How a New Deal Era Program Shaped America’s Racial Geography
- Jacob Faber
- Podcasts
- 2021
The Well-Being of Essential Workers and Parents in the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Jevay Grooms and Anna Gassman-Pines
- Webinar
- 2021
Impact of Government Programs Adopted During the New Deal on Residential Segregation Today
- Jacob Faber, and edited by Anna Sucsy
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- 2021
Analysis of the Unemployment Insurance Waiting Period in Wisconsin
- Jeffrey Smith, Yonah Drazen, Steven Cook, and Hilary Shager
- Report
- 2020
Shared Placement and Post-Divorce Economic Well-Being
- Judi Bartfeld and Trisha Chanda
- Report
- 2020
Lessons from Cash Transfer and Basic Income Pilot Programs
- Lisa Gennetian, Aisha Nyandoro, Amy Castro Baker, and Stacia Martin-West
- Webinar
- 2020
Focus & Focus+ 36(3), October 2020
COVID-19 and Poverty
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2020
Policy and economic factors that affect food security
- Judith Bartfeld and Fei Men
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2020