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.
Both Hands Tied
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2011
An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programs in the United States
- Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Robert Moffitt, and John Karl Scholz
- Discussion Paper
- June 2011
The psychology of poverty
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2011
Disadvantaged fathers and their families
- Timothy M. Smeeding, Irwin Garfinkel, and Ronald B. Mincy
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2011
The effects of the 2009 ARRA on poverty in Wisconsin
- Timothy M. Smeeding, Julia B. Isaacs, Joanna Y. Marks, and Katherine Thornton
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2010
Have Welfare-to-Work Programs Improved Over Time In Putting Welfare Recipients To Work?
- David H. Greenberg and Philip K. Robins
- Discussion Paper
- November 2010
Wealth and Welfare States: What Is the Real Story?
- Irwin Garfinkel and Timothy Smeeding
- Discussion Paper
- October 2010
The Earned Income Tax Credit and Expected Social Security Benefits among Low-Income Mothers
- Molly Dahl, Thomas DeLeire, Jonathan Schwabish, and Timothy Smeeding
- Discussion Paper
- October 2010
Promising antipoverty strategies for families
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Deborah Reed
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2010
The Effect of Family Income on Risk of Child Maltreatment
- Maria Cancian, Kristen Shook Slack, Mi Youn Yang
- Discussion Paper
- August 2010