Fast Focus Policy Brief
Fast Focus is a policy brief designed for busy policymakers and practitioners who want a concise summary of a research study or policy innovation in straightforward language. Some Fast Focus briefs translate a single research study. Others synthesize broader research and policy themes and developments from IRP meetings, publications, and events.
Resources
Less-educated workers’ unstable employment: Can the safety net help?
- Heather D. Hill and Marci A. Ybarra
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- March 2014
Family Change: It’s Complicated
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- January 2014
New findings on New York City’s conditional cash transfer program
- James A. Riccio
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2013
Reducing the effects of poverty through early childhood interventions
- Katherine Magnuson
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2013
Local food prices: Effects on child eating patterns, food insecurity, and overweight
- Taryn W. Morrissey, Alison Jacknowitz, and Katie Vinopal
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- March 2013
The Affordable Care Act: What does it do for low-income families?
- Linda J. Blumberg
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- December 2012
A consumer’s guide to interpreting various U.S. poverty measures
- David S. Johnson and Timothy M. Smeeding
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- May 2012
Boosting the employment and productivity of American workers
- Harry J. Holzer
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- January 2012
American poverty and inequality: Key trends and future research directions
- Timothy Smeeding, Maria Cancian, John Karl Scholz, Barbara Wolfe, Robert Haveman, Jennifer Noyes, Katherine Magnuson, Carolyn Heinrich, Thomas Kaplan, Lawrence M. Berger, Marcia Carlson, J. Michael Collins, Julia Isaacs, Daniel R. Meyer, and James Walker
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- October 2011
Stepparents and half-siblings: Family complexity from a child’s perspective
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Steven T. Cook
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2011