Recent Developments in Antipoverty Policies in the United States
- James P. Ziliak
- Discussion Paper
- 2011
Economic Support
Economic support programs are intended to serve people who are unemployed, disabled, have low earnings, or experience other economic or material hardship. They operate under two broad categories: social insurance (such as Social Security and unemployment insurance) and means-tested transfers (such as SNAP/Food Stamps and Medicaid), sometimes called social assistance.
Both Hands Tied
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2011
Reconfiguring the social contract: A summary of Both Hands Tied
- Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2011
Reactions to Both Hands Tied
- Lawrence M. Mead
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2011
Response from the authors
- Jane L. Collins and Victoria Mayer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2011
The psychology of poverty
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2011
From income to consumption: Understanding the transmission of inequality
- Richard Blundell
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2011
An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programs in the United States
- Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Robert Moffitt, and John Karl Scholz
- Discussion Paper
- 2011
Disadvantaged fathers and their families
- Timothy M. Smeeding, Irwin Garfinkel, and Ronald B. Mincy
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- 2011
The effects of the 2009 ARRA on poverty in Wisconsin
- Timothy M. Smeeding, Julia B. Isaacs, Joanna Y. Marks, and Katherine Thornton
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- 2010