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.
How do parental welfare work requirements affect children?
- Chris M. Herbst
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2018
Paid parental leave in the United States
- Emma Caspar
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2018
Brad Wilcox on the “Success Sequence” for Millennials
- Brad Wilcox
- Podcasts
- March 2018
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and Its Implications for Low-Income Households
- Elaine Maag and James Ziliak
- Webinar
- February 7 2018
Suburban Poverty
- Will Maher
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- February 2018
Robert Doar on A Safety Net That Works
- Robert Doar
- Podcasts
- December 2017
Making a difference over 50 years
- Rebecca M. Blank
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 2017
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
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 2017
Cash for kids
- Marianne P. Bitler, Annie L. Hines, and Marianne Page
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 2017
Minimum benefit plan for the elderly
- Pamela Herd, Melissa Favreault, Madonna Harrington Meyer, and Timothy Smeeding
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 2017