
Policy approaches to reducing poverty and deep poverty among children
- Hilary Hoynes, Robert Moffitt, and Timothy Smeeding
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2019
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.