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.

Boosting the poverty-fighting effects of the minimum wage
- Jennifer Romich and Heather D. Hill
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Special Issue 2017

Does increased income reduce child maltreatment?
- Lawrence M. Berger
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2017

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