Research and Commentary

Fighting Poverty the American Way

June 20, 2011, Ron Haskins

How to Fulfill the Promise of Opportunity for All

June 2011, Isabel V. Sawhill

Adoption from Foster Care: Aiding Children While Saving Public Money

May 2011, Nicholas Zill

Wisconsin Poverty Report: Were Antipoverty Policies Effective in 2009?

May 2011, Julia B. Isaacs, Joanna Y. Marks, Timothy M. Smeeding and Katerine A. Thornton

FamilyScape: A Brief Overview

April 4, 2011, Adam Thomas

The New Demography of Poverty: The Wisconsin Poverty Measure and Effects of Federal and State Policies in Wisconsin

March 31, 2011, Julia B. Isaacs, Joanna Young Marks, Timothy M. Smeeding and Katherine A. Thornton

March 2011: The Landscape of Recession: Unemployment and Safety Net Services Across Urban and Suburban America

March 31, 2011, Emily Garr

An Ounce of Prevention: Policy Prescriptions to Reduce the Prevalence of Fragile Families

Fall 2010, Emily Monea, Isabel V. Sawhill and Adam Thomas

Responding to the New Geography of Poverty: Metropolitan Trends in the Earned Income Tax Credit

February 17, 2011, Emily Garr and Elizabeth Kneebone

A 21st Century Agenda for Creating Opportunity and Well-Being

February 2011, Alan Berube, Ron Haskins and Homi Kharas

Child Poverty During the Great Recession: Predicting State Child Poverty Rates for 2010

December 9, 2010, Julia B. Isaacs

Means-Tested Programs Should Bear Part of the Deficit Burden

November 15, 2010, Ron Haskins

Will Advocacy Groups Kill Much-Needed Budget Reform?

October 27, 2010, Bill Frenzel

Identifying Areas With Inadequate Access to Supermarkets

October 19, 2010, Alan Berube

Supermarket Access in Low-Income Areas

October 19, 2010, Alan Berube

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Why Deficit Reduction Is Necessary and Need Not Hurt the Poor

October 18, 2010, Isabel V. Sawhill

Financial Regulation and the Economic Security of Low-Income Households

October 18, 2010, Karen Dynan

An Economic Strategy To Renew American Communities

October 13, 2010, Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney

The Social Service Challenges of Rising Suburban Poverty

October 7, 2010, Scott W. Allard and Benjamin Roth

The Great Recession and Poverty in Metropolitan America

October 7, 2010, Elizabeth Kneebone

Rising Poverty and the Social Safety Net: End the Stimulus Benefit Expansions

September 17, 2010, Ron Haskins

Great Recession Pushing Poverty Up

September 16, 2010, Ron Haskins

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Editors' Summary of the Fall 2010 Brookings Papers on Economic Activity

September 2010, David H. Romer and Justin Wolfers

We Should Strengthen the Safety Net as the Recession Swells the Ranks of the Poor

September 16, 2010, Isabel V. Sawhill

An Update to “Simulating the Effect of the ‘Great Recession’ on Poverty”

September 16, 2010, Emily Monea and Isabel V. Sawhill