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.
Boosting the poverty-fighting effects of the minimum wage
- Jennifer Romich and Heather D. Hill
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 2017
Work and well-being among low-income men
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- November 2017
Paid Family Leave for Low-Income Women
- Marci Ybarra
- Webinar
- October 18 2017
Deep poverty in the United States
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- October 2017
Poverty and parenting young children
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017
Does increased income reduce child maltreatment?
- Lawrence M. Berger
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017
Extreme Poverty after Welfare Reform
- Scott Winship
- Podcasts
- July 2017
The Role of Formal Child Support in Children’s Academic Achievement
- Vanessa Ríos-Salas
- Report
- June 2017
Weighing the Benefits of a Universal vs. Targeted Child Safety Net
- Christopher Wimer and James Ziliak
- Webinar
- May 17 2017
Linking Data Science and Behavioral Science to Build Better Poverty Policy
- James Guszcza and Justin Sydnor
- Webinar
- January 18 2017