Economic Security & Mobility
Progress and stagnation: US poverty, deep poverty, and the safety net, 1967–2023
New York City’s Center for Economic Opportunity and MDRC have launched a path-breaking demonstration project that is rigorously testing a new earnings supplement for low-income single adults — mostly men — with the goal of promoting work and reducing poverty. A direct response to the downward trend in employment, wages, and earnings among the least skilled, the project will simulate an expanded Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income single workers without dependent children.
On November 14, the Center on Children and Families at Brookings held a forum to introduce the experiment and analyze its possible effects. The event opened with an overview of the demonstration by Gordon Berlin, president of MDRC. A keynote address by Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) followed. A panel of experts then discussed the project and its implications for national policy.
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Agenda
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November 14
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Introduction
Isabel V. Sawhill Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies, Center for Economic Security and Opportunity @isawhill -
Overview of Experiment
Gordon Berlin President - MDRC -
Keynote Address
SLSander Levin U.S. Congressman -
Panel
LGLinda Gibbs Deputy Mayor for Health & Human Services - City of New YorkDHDoug Holtz-Eakin Senior Policy Advisor, John McCain 2008
Harry J. Holzer Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center for Economic Security and Opportunity, John LaFarge Professor of Public Policy - Georgetown UniversityJJJoseph Jones, Jr. Founder, President, and CEO - Center for Urban FamiliesVTVicki Turetsky Commissioner, Office of Child Support Enforcement - Administration for Children and Families (HHS)
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