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Economic Studies Experts On the Government Shutdown and Debt Ceiling Standoff

September 25, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill, Henry J. Aaron, Gary Burtless, Douglas J. Elliott, Bill Frenzel, William G. Gale and Alice M. Rivlin

Teenage Birth Rates at Historic Lows: Good News, but the Problem is Moving up the Age Scale

September 20, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill and Joanna Venator

Poverty and Income in 2012: A Look at the New Census Data and What the Numbers Mean

September 17, 2013

Is Our Stagnant School System Endangering our Nation’s Future Prosperity?

September 12, 2013

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Our Predictions of the 2012 Poverty Rate and Implications for Social Mobility

September 12, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill and Kim Howard

Parenting, Politics, and Social Mobility

Fall 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill, Richard V. Reeves and Kimberly Howard

How to Make College More Affordable? Improve Productivity

September 4, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

Local Economies Are Only Part of the Story of Economic Mobility

July 24, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

America's Two Most Troubled Sectors: Health and Education

July 23, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

Raising the Minimum Wage: Will it Help?

July 1, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

Strategies for Assisting Low-Income Families

July 1, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill and Quentin Karpilow

Why We Still Think College Isn't for Everyone

May 13, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill and Stephanie Owen

Helping Young People Make Better Higher Education Choices

May 10, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill and Stephanie Owen

For Some, College May Not Be a Smart Investment

May 9, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill and Stephanie Owen

Infographic: Should Everyone Go to College?

May 8, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill and Stephanie Owen

Going to College? Think Hard About Your Major and Your Career After You Graduate

May 8, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill and Stephanie Owen

College Is The Holy Grail, But Should Everyone Go?

May 8, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

Should Everyone Go To College?

May 8, 2013, Stephanie Owen and Isabel V. Sawhill

We’ve been telling... students and their families for years that college is the only way to succeed in the economy these days and of course there’s a lot of truth to that. On average it does pay off... But if you load up on a whole lot of student debt and then you don’t graduate, that is a very bad situation.

May 8, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill, Wall Street Journal

Subsidizing Higher Education May Not Be Paying Off

May 7, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill and Ron Haskins

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Money Illusion, the Chained CPI, and the Benefits of Inflation

April 17, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

Brookings Expert Roundtable on President Obama’s Federal Budget Proposal for FY 2014

April 11, 2013, Ron Haskins, Isabel V. Sawhill and Bill Frenzel

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Around the Halls: The Obama Administration's Budget Release

April 10, 2013, Alice M. Rivlin, Isabel V. Sawhill and Bill Frenzel

The President’s Budget: A Good Strategy for Difficult Times

April 8, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

Knot Yet: The Future of Marriage in the U.S.

March 20, 2013

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