Economic support programs are intended to serve people who are unemployed, disabled, have low earnings, or experience other economic or material hardship. They operate under two broad categories: social insurance (such as Social Security and unemployment insurance) and means-tested transfers (such as SNAP/Food Stamps and Medicaid), sometimes called social assistance.
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Many Rural Americans Are Still “Left Behind”
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- January 2020
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Michael Strain: The American Dream Isn’t Dead
- Michael Strain
- Podcasts
- November 2019
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Leslie Hodges on Unemployment Insurance and Material Hardships
- Leslie Hodges
- Podcasts
- October 2019
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Policy approaches to reducing poverty and deep poverty among children
- Hilary Hoynes, Robert Moffitt, and Timothy Smeeding
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- September 2019
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Declining Returns to Low-Wage Work in Wisconsin
- Anna Walther
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- September 2019
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Understanding benefit cliffs and marginal tax rates
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2019
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Aaron Sojourner and Matt Wiswall on the Value of Investments in Quality Child Care
- Aaron Sojourner and Matt Wiswall
- Podcasts
- August 2019
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Recent Changes to State Child Support Guidelines for Low-Income Noncustodial Parents
- Leslie Hodges and Lisa Klein Vogel
- Report
- August 2019
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Wisconsin Poverty Report Update: Why isn’t the Economy Doing More to Reduce Poverty in Wisconsin?
- Timothy Smeeding
- Webinar
- July 17 2019
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Damon Jones on Whether a Modest Basic Income Might Lead People to Work Less
- Damon Jones
- Podcasts
- July 2019