Education & Training

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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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Is It Worth It? Postsecondary Education and Labor Market Outcomes for the Disadvantaged

  • Benjamin Backes, Harry J. Holzer, and Erin Dunlop Velez
  • Discussion Paper
  • August 2014
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The effect of affirmative action bans on the representation of students of color in medical schools

  • Liliana M. Garces and David Mickey-Pabello
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • Spring/Summer 2014
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Housing Voucher Receipt and the Quality of Schools Available to Recipient Children

  • Deven Carlson, Robert Haveman, Thomas Kaplan, and Barbara Wolfe
  • Discussion Paper
  • March 2014
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Young Dads and Disadvantage

  • Dan Simon
  • Poverty Fact Sheet
  • February 2014
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Promise Neighborhoods as Education Reform: A Social Frontier

  • Peter Miller, Lisa Curless, and Alexis Bourgeois
  • Webinar
  • January 22 2014
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New findings on New York City’s conditional cash transfer program

  • James A. Riccio
  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • December 2013
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Child Support Orders and Childcare Costs

  • Yeongmin Kim and Daniel R. Meyer
  • Report
  • December 2013
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Pathways Programs and Helping Low-Income Adults Build Marketable Skill Sets

  • Laura Dresser, Shawna Carter, Meghan Conlin, and Kevin Piper
  • Webinar
  • October 15 2013
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Reducing the effects of poverty through early childhood interventions

  • Katherine Magnuson
  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • August 2013