- October 2020
- Focus-36-3
- Link to Focus-36-3 (PDF)
- Link to Focus-Plus-36-3 (PDF)
This issue contains three articles on Covid-19 and poverty. The articles examine: the role of administrative burden in constraining access to pandemic relief; how food insecurity is related to public policies and economic factors; and the effects of interpersonal racism on health.
Administrative burdens in the time of Covid-19, by Pamela Herd and Donald Moynihan
Policy and economic factors that affect food security, by Judith Bartfeld and Fei Men
Discrimination and African American health inequities, by Bridget Goosby, Jacob E. Cheadle, and Colter M. Mitchell
Categories
Economic Support, Employment, Food & Nutrition, Food Assistance, Food Insecurity, Health, Inequality & Mobility, Means-Tested Programs, Racial/Ethnic Inequality, Social Determinants of Health, Social Insurance Programs, Unemployment/Nonemployment
Tags
COVID-19, National, Pandemic Relief (CARES Act), Quantitative Research, Race/Ethnicity, SNAP/Food Stamps, Unemployment Insurance (UI)