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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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
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Building Economic Self-Sufficiency
- Carolyn Heinrich and Timothy Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2014
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Helping the Hard-to-Employ and Their Families
- Carolyn Heinrich and Timothy Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2014
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Kids, Marriage, and Work: Behavioral Decisions Around the EITC
- Sarah Halpern-Meekin
- Podcasts
- August 2014
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The cost of breaking up
- Laura Tach and Alicia Eads
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
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Results of the federal urban Empowerment Zone program
- Matias Busso, Jesse Gregory, and Patrick Kline
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2013
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The EITC and Tax Refunds for Low-Income Tax Filers
- Damon Jones
- Podcasts
- December 2012
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Disconnected Americans
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2011-2012) 2012
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From multiple program participation to disconnection in Wisconsin
- Maria Cancian, Eunhee Han, and Jennifer L. Noyes
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2011-2012) 2012
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The disconnected population in Tennessee
- Donald Bruce, William Hamblen, and Xiaowen Liu
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2011-2012) 2012