Fast Focus Policy Brief
Fast Focus is a policy brief designed for busy policymakers and practitioners who want a concise summary of a research study or policy innovation in straightforward language. Some Fast Focus briefs translate a single research study. Others synthesize broader research and policy themes and developments from IRP meetings, publications, and events.
Resources
Boosting the employment and productivity of American workers
- Harry J. Holzer
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- January 2012
American poverty and inequality: Key trends and future research directions
- Timothy Smeeding, Maria Cancian, John Karl Scholz, Barbara Wolfe, Robert Haveman, Jennifer Noyes, Katherine Magnuson, Carolyn Heinrich, Thomas Kaplan, Lawrence M. Berger, Marcia Carlson, J. Michael Collins, Julia Isaacs, Daniel R. Meyer, and James Walker
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- October 2011
Stepparents and half-siblings: Family complexity from a child’s perspective
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Steven T. Cook
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2011
Jobs, skills, and policy for lower-wage workers
- Robert H. Haveman, Carolyn J. Heinrich, and Timothy M. Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- June 2011
Unmarried parents in college: Pathways to success
- Sara Goldrick-Rab and Kia Sorensen
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- March 2011
Fighting child poverty in the United States and United Kingdom: An update
- Timothy M. Smeeding and Jane Waldfogel
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2010
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
- December 2010
Promising antipoverty strategies for families
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Deborah Reed
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2010
Early findings from New York City’s conditional cash transfer program
- James A. Riccio
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- May 2010
The “Great Recession” and redistribution: Federal antipoverty policies
- Gary Burtless
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2009