Focus & Focus+

Focus, IRP’s flagship online publication, includes brief essays summarizing current poverty and policy research for non-researchers. The collection is prepared for educators, policymakers, policy analysts, and state and federal officials. Each issue is accompanied by Focus+, a college classroom resource, which includes additional information and web links on the topics covered in Focus.

Resources

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Focus & Focus+ 34(1), Spring 2018

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Paid parental leave in the United States

  • Emma Caspar
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  • June 2018
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How do parental welfare work requirements affect children?

  • Chris M. Herbst
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  • June 2018
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How do paid leave and TANF generosity affect welfare participation and material hardship around a birth?

  • Marci Ybarra, Alexandra B. Stanczyk, and Yoonsook Ha
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  • June 2018
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Focus & Focus+ 33(3), Special Issue 2017

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Making a difference over 50 years

  • Rebecca M. Blank
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Antipoverty policy initiatives for the United States

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A universal child allowance

  • H. Luke Shaefer, Sophie Collyer, Greg Duncan, Kathryn Edin, Irwin Garfinkel, David Harris, Timothy Smeeding, Jane Waldfogel, Christopher Wimer, and Hirokazu Yoshikawa
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  • Special Issue 2017
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Cash for kids

  • Marianne P. Bitler, Annie L. Hines, and Marianne Page
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Minimum benefit plan for the elderly

  • Pamela Herd, Melissa Favreault, Madonna Harrington Meyer, and Timothy Smeeding
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  • Special Issue 2017