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.
Helping the Hard-to-Employ and Their Families
- Carolyn Heinrich and Timothy Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2014
Kids, Marriage, and Work: Behavioral Decisions Around the EITC
- Sarah Halpern-Meekin
- Podcasts
- August 2014
Measuring progress in the fight against poverty
- Gregory Acs
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2014
Work-exempt TANF participants
- Marci Ybarra
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2014
Whose money matters?
- Alexandra Killewald
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2014
Getting by: Earning, spending, saving, and borrowing among the poor
- J. Michael Collins, Hallie Lienhardt, and Timothy M. Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- June 2014
Less-educated workers’ unstable employment: Can the safety net help?
- Heather D. Hill and Marci A. Ybarra
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- March 2014
The rise and fall of poverty as a policy issue
- Thomas Corbett
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
Family structure and children’s behavior
- Rebecca Ryan, Amy Claessens, and Anna J. Markowitz
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
The cost of breaking up
- Laura Tach and Alicia Eads
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014