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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Moving into and out of rural poverty
- José D. Pacas and Elizabeth E. Davis
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- December 2018
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Rural-urban disparity in poverty persistence
- Iryna Kyzyma
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- December 2018
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Child poverty in rural America
- David Rothwell and Brian C. Thiede
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- December 2018
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Jacob Bastian on the Real Costs of the EITC
- Jacob Bastian
- Podcasts
- November 2018
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Work Requirements in the Safety Net and the Challenges of Implementation
- Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach and Ron Haskins
- Webinar
- October 31 2018
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Fifty years after The People Left Behind: The unfinished challenge of reducing rural poverty
- Bruce Weber
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2018
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Are rural Americans still behind?
- James P. Ziliak
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- October 2018
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New tax code’s implications for low-income families
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- June 2018
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Paid parental leave in the United States
- Emma Caspar
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2018
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How do paid leave and TANF generosity affect welfare participation and material hardship around a birth?
- Marci Ybarra, Alexandra B. Stanczyk, and Yoonsook Ha
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- June 2018