In Brief
Federal expenditures on entitlements focused on the elderly are growing at a rapid pace, threatening to crowd out other spending and place large tax burdens on future generations. Despite these budget pressures, it is important to invest in children so they will be prepared to meet the economic challenges of the future.
Featured Experts

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
The Cabot Family Chair
A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families at Brookings.
Read More

Child and Family Policy Fellow, Economic Studies
Julia Isaacs focuses on public investments in children and how children are affected by national budgetary policies. A former federal budget analyst, she also researches the economic mobility of children and families across the income spectrum.
Read More

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
Bill Dickens researches the malleability of cognitive ability; fiscal effects of investment in early education; the relationship of inflation, wage and unemployment; and economic development. He is currently collaborating in using data on individual wage changes to measure the extent, nature, causes and consequences of wage rigidity.
Read More
View All Experts »