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.
Poverty and parenting young children
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017
The Decentralization of the U.S. Safety Net
- Sarah Bruch, Marcia Meyers, and Janet Gornick
- Webinar
- December 14 2016
The Tax War on Poverty
- Susannah Camic Tahk
- Podcasts
- March 2016
It’s Not Like I’m Poor: How Working Families Make Ends Meet in a Post-Welfare World
- Sarah Halpern-Meekin, Kathryn Edin, and Laura Tach
- Webinar
- January 21 2015
Building Economic Self-Sufficiency
- Carolyn Heinrich and Timothy Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2014
Helping the Hard-to-Employ and Their Families
- Carolyn Heinrich and Timothy Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2014
Kids, Marriage, and Work: Behavioral Decisions Around the EITC
- Sarah Halpern-Meekin
- Podcasts
- August 2014
The cost of breaking up
- Laura Tach and Alicia Eads
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
Results of the federal urban Empowerment Zone program
- Matias Busso, Jesse Gregory, and Patrick Kline
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2013
The EITC and Tax Refunds for Low-Income Tax Filers
- Damon Jones
- Podcasts
- December 2012