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Intergenerational Equity

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRevising the Intergenerational Contract

Isabel V. Sawhill and Emily Monea, Summer 2008, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas

Revising the Intergenerational ContractIsabel Sawhill and Emily Monea argue that it's time to tear up the intergenerational contract as we know it and construct public policy around the one group of people for whom social investments really pay off: kids. Read More

Fiscal Policy, Intergenerational Equity, Macroeconomics, U.S. Economy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Frayed American Dream

Julia B. Isaacs and Isabel V. Sawhill, November 28, 2007, The Brookings Institution

A sharp rise in income inequality in the United States has created large gaps between the haves and the have-nots. Based on new Brookings research, most of today’s adults are better off than their own parents were when they were growing up. The converse: one third remains worse off. Many middle-class families are only one earner away from poverty. Isabel Sawhill and Julia Isaacs argue that America could and should do better, through better access to education, including early childhood education. Read More

Economic Mobility, U.S. Poverty, Inequality, Intergenerational Equity, Children & Families

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Intergenerational Balancing Act: Where Children Fit in an Aging Society

Isabel V. Sawhill, October 17, 2007, Child Trends Annual Kristin Anderson Moore Lecture

In the first annual Kristin Anderson Moore lecture for Child Trends, Isabel Sawhill discusses how future generations will have to deal with the challenges of globalization and low savings rates, and emphasizes the need for higher education and fiscal responsibility. Read More

Intergenerational Equity, Inequality, Children & Families, Federal Budget

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Save to My PortfolioPriority or Afterthought? Children and the Federal Budget

Julia B. Isaacs and Phillip Lovell, March 2007, First Focus

A country's priorities are reflected in its budget. Most people agree that "children are our future," but there's less agreement on how well we are preparing the next generation to lead us into that future. Many argue that it is important to invest in children and youth, building their knowledge and skills so they can be productive workers and citizens. But are we investing enough in them? Read More

Intergenerational Equity, Children & Families, Federal Budget

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCost-Effective Investments in Children

Julia B. Isaacs, January 2007, Budgeting for National Priorities Paper

How can we balance the budget in the next five years? In a series of papers on budget choices, Brookings analysts examine options for reducing domestic discretionary spending, pruning the defense budget, raising revenues, and investing additional resources in children. An overall deficit reduction plan uses the ideas developed in this series to balance the budget in the next five years. All five papers in this series, and more information about the Budgeting for National Priorities project, can be found at www.brookings.edu/budget. Read More

Intergenerational Equity, Education, Federal Budget, Children & Families

BOOK

Save to My PortfolioThe Future of Children: Fall 2006

Sara McLanahan and Isabel V. Sawhill, September 03, 2006

This semiannual journal provides research and analysis to promote effective policies and programs for children. In this volume, the nation's leading scholars on social mobility focus on the extent to which children’s chances of success depend on the circumstances into which they are born. Read More

Economic Mobility, U.S. Poverty, Inequality, Intergenerational Equity, Education

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioDebt is Cheating Our Children's Future

Isabel V. Sawhill, April 23, 2006, Kansas City Star

Opinion by Isabel V. Sawhill, Kansas City Star (4/23/06) Read More

Intergenerational Equity, Taxes, Retirement, Federal Budget, Saving

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Effects of Investing in Early Education on Economic Growth

Isabel V. Sawhill, Jeffrey Tebbs and William T. Dickens, April 2006, The Brookings Institution

Brookings Policy Brief #153 by William T. Dickens, Isabel V. Sawhill and Jeffrey Tebbs (April 2006) Read More

Intergenerational Equity, Education, Children & Families

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Effects of Investing in Early Education on Economic Growth

Isabel V. Sawhill, Jeffrey Tebbs and William T. Dickens, April 01, 2006, The Brookings Institution

Paper by William T. Dickens, Isabel V. Sawhill and Jeffrey Tebbs (April 2006) Read More

Intergenerational Equity, Education, Children & Families

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioDomestic Entitlements and the Federal Budget

Isabel V. Sawhill, February 15, 2006, Testimony before the House Committee on the Budget

Testimony by Isabel V. Sawhill, House Committee on the Budget (2/15/06) Read More

Intergenerational Equity, Federal Budget, U.S. Economy, Children & Families

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioHow Public Spending Neglects Children

Isabel V. Sawhill, October 16, 2005, Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Opinion by Isabel V. Sawhill, Minneapolis Star-Tribune (10/16/05) Read More

Intergenerational Equity, Health Care, Children & Families, U.S. Economy

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioInvesting in Children

Isabel V. Sawhill, April 1999, The Brookings Institution

Investing in children can be accomplished by reorienting child-care subsidies and tax credits toward low-income working families and by investing more in high-quality preschool programs for their children. Children's Roundtable Report #1 Read More

Intergenerational Equity, Welfare, Children & Families, Cities, Working Poor

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.

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Isabel V. Sawhill

Isabel V. Sawhill

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.
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Julia B. Isaacs

Julia B. Isaacs

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.
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William T. Dickens

William T. Dickens

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.

 
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