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.
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- Carolyn Barnes, Elizabeth Bell, Meredith Dost, and Donald Moynihan
- Webinar
- September 25 2024
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- Jessica Calarco and Alia Wong
- Webinar
- July 18 2024
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- Zach Parolin
- Podcasts
- September 11 2023
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- Natasha Pilkauskas, J. Michael Collins, and LaShawnDa Pittman
- Webinar
- September 06 2023
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- James Ziliak, Barbara Wolfe, Jane Waldfogel, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Indivar Dutta-Gupta
- Webinar
- July 26 2023
Thirty Years of the FMLA: What’s Worked, What Hasn’t, and Recommendations for More Equitable Policies
- Marci Ybarra, Shetal Vohra-Gupta, and Maya Rossin-Slater
- Webinar
- June 28 2023
COVID-19, Child Support, and the Income Packages of Custodial Parents
- Alejandra Ros Pilarz and Laura Cuesta
- Report
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- Podcasts
- September 15 2022
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- Kathryn Edin
- Podcasts
- June 15 2022
The Wisconsin Approach to Developing Administrative Data Resources for Research & Evaluation
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- Webinar
- May 11 2022