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.
Cash for kids
- Marianne P. Bitler, Annie L. Hines, and Marianne Page
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 2017
Minimum benefit plan for the elderly
- Pamela Herd, Melissa Favreault, Madonna Harrington Meyer, and Timothy Smeeding
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 2017
Single-Parent-Family policy
- Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 2017
Renter’s tax credit
- Sara Kimberlin, Laura Tach, and Christopher Wimer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 2017
Boosting the poverty-fighting effects of the minimum wage
- Jennifer Romich and Heather D. Hill
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 2017
Does increased income reduce child maltreatment?
- Lawrence M. Berger
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017
Poverty and parenting young children
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017
The Decentralization of the U.S. Safety Net
- Sarah Bruch, Marcia Meyers, and Janet Gornick
- Webinar
- December 14 2016
The Tax War on Poverty
- Susannah Camic Tahk
- Podcasts
- March 2016
It’s Not Like I’m Poor: How Working Families Make Ends Meet in a Post-Welfare World
- Sarah Halpern-Meekin, Kathryn Edin, and Laura Tach
- Webinar
- January 21 2015