Working Poor

In the News

Often the major problem is that the governments aren't enforcing the labor laws and the safety standards and regulations that they've actually agreed to and the international agreements they've signed up to.

May 2, 2013, Jane Nelson, National Public Radio

Blog Post | The Avenue, The New Republic

A New Look at How the Tax Code Works for Working Families

November 19, 2012, Elizabeth Kneebone | comments

Testimony | House Budget Committee

Means-Tested Programs, Work Incentives, and Block Grants

April 17, 2012, Ron Haskins

Blog Post

The Increase in the Number of Families Living in Poverty

October 6, 2011, Ron Haskins | comments

Paper | Future of Children Policy Brief

Work-Family Conflict: Look to Employers and Communities for Solutions

Fall 2011, Ron Haskins, Sara McLanahan and Jane Waldfogel

Paper

Ten Years of the EITC Movement: Making Work Pay Then and Now

April 18, 2011, Steve Holt

Paper

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

February 17, 2011, Emily Garr and Elizabeth Kneebone

Paper | Brookings Institution

The Great Recession and Poverty in Metropolitan America

October 7, 2010, Elizabeth Kneebone

Report | Brookings Institution

The Social Service Challenges of Rising Suburban Poverty

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

Paper

The Child Tax Credit after ARRA: How Would Expiration Affect Metropolitan Families?

July 8, 2010, Elizabeth Kneebone