2021 Spring IRP Seminar Calendar
The spring seminars are being held virtually and connection information is sent to those on the IRP Seminar list in advance. If a video of the past seminar is available a link is provided to …
December Jobs Report Shows Payroll Decline
Harry Holzer, Forbes, 1/08/2021
‘If you’re behind, these funds won’t really make a difference’: J. Michael Collins on impact of stimulus package on recovery
Kristin Myers, Yahoo Finance, 12/30/2020, quoted: J. Michael Collins
Money Woes Hit Many Americans Early in Pandemic: Study
Robert Preidt, Healthday News, 12/22/2020, quoted: Shatakshee Dhongde
Trump vetoing the Covid stimulus bill could be disastrous. But signing it is only the first step
Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat and Anna Gassman-Pines, NBC News Think, 12/24/2020
COVID-19 pandemic causes surge in food insecurity. Any relief bill should boost SNAP payments
Rex Huppke, Chicago Tribune, 12/11/2020, quoted: Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
A new poll shows the ‘outsized’ financial burdens faced by millennials
Ben Werschkul, Yahoo Finance, 12/11/2020, quoted: J. Michael Collins
Message from the Director
Dear Friends and Colleagues, 2020 has been a difficult year. The COVID-19 pandemic is causing twin health and economic crises, and at the same time the nation is coming to terms with its deep-seated racial …
COVID-19 Job and Income Loss Jeopardize Child Well-Being: Income Support Policies Can Help
Child Evidence Brief, Society for Research in Child Development, Anna Gassman-Pines and Lisa Gennetian, December 2020