An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programs in the United States
- Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Robert Moffitt, and John Karl Scholz
- Discussion Paper
- 2011
Social Insurance Programs
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.
Both Hands Tied
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2011
Reconfiguring the social contract: A summary of Both Hands Tied
- Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2011
Reactions to Both Hands Tied
- Lawrence M. Mead
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2011
Response from the authors
- Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2011
The psychology of poverty
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2011
From income to consumption: Understanding the transmission of inequality
- Richard Blundell
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2011
The effects of the 2009 ARRA on poverty in Wisconsin
- Timothy M. Smeeding, Julia B. Isaacs, Joanna Y. Marks, and Katherine Thornton
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- 2010
Income Support Policies for Low-Income Men and Noncustodial Fathers: Tax and Transfer Programs
- Ronald B. Mincy, Serena Klempin, and Heather Schmidt
- Discussion Paper
- 2010
From Policy to Polity: Democracy, Paternalism, and the Incorporation of Disadvantaged Citizens
- Sarah K. Bruch, Myra Marx Ferree, and Joe Soss
- Discussion Paper
- 2009