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Senior Fellow and Research Director

Alan Berube

Alan Berube

Senior Fellow and Research Director, Metropolitan Policy Program

Alan Berube is a senior fellow and research director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. A former policy advisor to the U.S. Treasury Department, he is an expert on metropolitan demographics, low-wage workers, and urban poverty.



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2009

Save to My PortfolioThe Scouting Report Web Chat: Metro Areas and the Uneven Economic RecoveryNovember 18, 2009
Save to My PortfolioA Recessionary Mirror Across the Pond November 17, 2009
Save to My PortfolioKaren Dynan and Alan Berube Comment on the Second “How We’re Doing” IndexNovember 15, 2009
Save to My PortfolioHow We're Doing: What's Blocking the RecoveryNovember 15, 2009
Save to My PortfolioAround the Halls: Is the Recession Over?October 29, 2009
Save to My PortfolioSmarter Dumb Tax PolicyOctober 09, 2009
Save to My PortfolioMetroMonitor: An Uneven Economic RecoverySeptember 15, 2009
Save to My PortfolioTracking Economic Recession and Recovery in America’s 100 Largest Metropolitan AreasSeptember 14, 2009
Save to My PortfolioVibrant Neighborhoods, Successful Schools: What the Federal Government Can Do to Foster BothJuly 28, 2009
Save to My PortfolioCalifornia Metros Hit Hard by RecessionJune 28, 2009
Save to My Portfolio@ Brookings Podcast: The Health of America's Metropolitan Economies; Technological Innovation and Government; IranJune 19, 2009
Save to My PortfolioMetropolitan Areas Reveal Unevenness of the RecessionJune 16, 2009
Save to My PortfolioBudget 2010: New Investments in Transforming America’s Schools and WorkforceMay 15, 2009
Save to My PortfolioARRA and Metropolitan Policy: A Preliminary AssessmentMay 13, 2009
Save to My PortfolioCommunity Colleges and the National EconomyMay 01, 2009
Save to My PortfolioMetro Potential in ARRA: An Early Assessment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment ActMarch 30, 2009
Save to My PortfolioGetting Current: Recent Demographic Trends in Metropolitan AmericaMarch 23, 2009
Save to My PortfolioHuman Capital and Support for Low-Income WorkersFebruary 27, 2009
Save to My PortfolioDelivering Metropolitan StimulusFebruary 13, 2009
Save to My PortfolioForeclosures and Stimulus: What’s At Stake for America’s NeighborhoodsFebruary 09, 2009
Save to My PortfolioStimulus for America’s Community CollegesFebruary 03, 2009

2006

Save to My PortfolioTwo Steps Back: City and Suburban Poverty Trends 1999-2005December 01, 2006
Save to My PortfolioFinding ExurbiaNovember 17, 2006
Save to My PortfolioUsing EITC to Stimulate Local EconomiesNovember 01, 2006
Save to My PortfolioMeasuring Work Support Benefits at the State and Local LevelOctober 25, 2006
Save to My PortfolioFinding Exurbia: America's Fast-Growing Communities at the Metropolitan FringeOctober 01, 2006
Save to My PortfolioMetropolitan Poverty in the United StatesSeptember 28, 2006
Save to My PortfolioConfronting Concentrated Poverty in FresnoSeptember 06, 2006
Save to My PortfolioThe Middle Class Is Missing (New York)July 08, 2006
Save to My PortfolioSan Francisco Delivers a Local Earned Income Tax CreditJune 26, 2006
Save to My PortfolioCharting a Course for Downtown Living: DenverMay 18, 2006
Save to My PortfolioOvercoming Barriers to Mobility: The Role of Place in the United States and UKApril 01, 2006
Save to My PortfolioRedefining Urban and Suburban America: Evidence from Census 2000, Volume 3March 01, 2006
Save to My PortfolioThe Earned Income Tax Credit at Age 30: An OverviewFebruary 08, 2006
Save to My PortfolioThe Potential Value of IRS Data for State/Local AnalysisFebruary 02, 2006
Save to My PortfolioThe New Safety Net: How the Tax Code Helped Low-Income Working Families During the Early 2000sFebruary 01, 2006

2005

Save to My PortfolioMobility and Place: Lessons from the United States for the United KingdomNovember 14, 2005
Save to My PortfolioHelping D.C.'s Lower Ninth WardsNovember 10, 2005
Save to My PortfolioLouisville and New OrleansOctober 23, 2005
Save to My PortfolioKatrina's Window: Confronting Concentrated Poverty Across AmericaOctober 01, 2005
Save to My PortfolioDon't Read Too Much into Census Numbers (Milwaukee)July 19, 2005
Save to My PortfolioUsing the EITC to Make Housing More AffordableJuly 19, 2005
Save to My PortfolioTexans Are Missing Out on Food Stamp BenefitsJune 17, 2005
Save to My PortfolioNew Tax Credit Research Offers Information for City LeadersJune 06, 2005
Save to My PortfolioTax Policies to Help Working Families in CitiesJune 01, 2005
Save to My PortfolioLeaving Money (and Food) on the TableMay 01, 2005
Save to My PortfolioMixed Communities in EnglandMay 01, 2005
Save to My PortfolioHelp Immigrants File Tax ReturnsApril 25, 2005
Save to My PortfolioStep in the Right Direction: Recent Declines in Refund Loan Usage Among Low-Income TaxpayersApril 01, 2005
Save to My Portfolio�Tienes EITC? A Study of the Earned Income Tax Credit in Immigrant CommunitiesApril 01, 2005
Save to My PortfolioRedefining Urban and Suburban America: Evidence from Census 2000, Volume 2April 01, 2005
Save to My PortfolioConnecting Cleveland's Low-Income Workers to Tax CreditsJanuary 13, 2005

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Q&A with Alan Berube

Low-Income Families and Communities

"Now, a larger number of low-income people live amid the circumstances that we need to be concerned about ... that high poverty brings, which includes: lack of investment; lack of local job opportunities; poorer performing schools, higher crime rates; and the poor physical and mental health that goes along with all of those problems."

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