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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioPolicy Proposals to Help Support Young Children and their Families

Julia B. Isaacs, January 08, 2009, The Brookings Institution and First Focus

Julia Isaacs outlines three policy proposals that have proved cost-effective and that can help to reduce burdens on young families. Read More

Children & Families, Education, Health Care, Intergenerational Equity, Head Start

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Save to My PortfolioEconomic Stimulus and the Budget Deficit

Isabel V. Sawhill, December 09, 2008

Economic Stimulus and the Budget DeficitIn these tough times, the economy needs a stimulus, regardless of the impact on the deficit, says Isabel Sawhill. But prudent action needs to be taken to address runaway entitlement spending and that agenda should reconsider our intergenerational spending priorities.

U.S. Economic Stimulus, U.S. Economy, Budget Deficit, Intergenerational Equity, Financial Markets

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWhy We Need to Cut Seniors' Benefits

Isabel V. Sawhill, October 24, 2008, CNNMoney.com

Isabel Sawhill discusses the big three of entitlement programs - Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid and how they will wreak havoc on the country's finances (and yours) unless we scale them back. Read More

Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Intergenerational Equity

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioSupporting Young Children and Families: An Investment that Pays

Julia B. Isaacs, September 15, 2008, First Focus

Julia B. Isaacs details how the growing evidence about the importance of children’s early years is changing public attitudes toward early childhood programs. Adopting a well-designed package of investments in children from birth to five will improve children’s health, school achievement, and opportunities for future economic success. Read More

Children & Families, Education, Health Care, Intergenerational Equity, Head Start

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioImpacts of Early Childhood Programs

Julia B. Isaacs and Emily Roessel, September 04, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Impacts of Early Childhood ProgramsJulia Isaacs and Emily Roessel assess the effects of five early childhood education programs—State Pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Model Early Childhood Programs and Nurse Home Visiting—that have had positive impacts on children’s cognitive skills and/or school outcomes. Read More

Education, Head Start, Children & Families, Intergenerational Equity, Public Health

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRevising the Intergenerational Contract

Isabel V. Sawhill and Emily Monea, June 09, 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

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

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

Julia B. Isaacs and Phillip Lovell, March 01, 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 01, 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: Opportunity in America

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

William T. Dickens, Isabel V. Sawhill and Jeffrey Tebbs, 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 PortfolioThe Effects of Investing in Early Education on Economic Growth

William T. Dickens, Isabel V. Sawhill and Jeffrey Tebbs, April 01, 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 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

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

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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TopicEducation

The economic and political well-being of any society requires a well-educated citizenry. Brookings’s work extends beyond the K-12 bookends to include pre-school interventions, higher education and the challenges of education in developing countries.

ExpertTed Gayer

Ted Gayer is the co-director of the Economic Studies program and the Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He conducts research on a variety of economic issues, focusing particularly on public finance, environmental and energy economics, housing, and regulatory policy.

TopicHealth Care

Brookings is committed to producing innovative policy solutions to our nation’s most difficult challenges. The country may face no more important domestic policy challenge than the much-needed reform of our health care system. Through an institution-wide effort, Brookings delivers new ideas and offers policy solutions to improve health care both at home and globally.

Policy CenterCenter on Children and Families

The Center on Children and Families studies policies on the well-being of America's children and their parents and seeks a more effective means of addressing poverty, inequality and lack of opportunity in the United States.

ExpertRichard Joseph

Richard Joseph is John Evans Professor of International History and Politics at Northwestern University. Former fellow of The Carter Center, Atlanta, he focuses on African governance, political economy, and democratization.

ExpertVanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown focuses on the national security implications of illicit economies and strategies for managing them. She is an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

ExpertSuzanne Maloney

Suzanne Maloney studies Iran, the political economy of the Persian Gulf and Middle East energy policy. A former U.S. State Department policy advisor, she has also counseled private companies on Middle East issues.

ProgramGovernance Studies

Governance Studies explores political institutions of the United States and other democracies to assess how they govern, how their practices compare and how citizens and public servants can advance sound governance.

ExpertMark McClellan

Mark McClellan works on promoting high-quality, innovative and affordable health care. Once commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dr. McClellan now directs the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform.

Research ProjectLatin America Initiative

The Latin America Initiative provides high-quality, in-depth, and independent research across a range of economic and political issues, and offers policy recommendations aimed at U.S. and Latin American policymakers.

ExpertIsabel V. Sawhill

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.

ExpertAmy Liu

Amy Liu is deputy director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Her policy studies include economic competitiveness, metropolitan growth and development, governance reforms, urban reinvestment, and social equity.

Research ProjectBrookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement

The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement monitors displacement problems worldwide, works with governments, regional bodies, international organizations and civil society to create more effective policies and institutional arrangements for Internally Displaed Persons.

Policy CenterEngelberg Center for Health Care Reform

The Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform provides practical solutions to achieve high-quality, innovative, affordable health care with particular emphasis on identifying opportunities on the national, state and local levels.

ExpertDomenico Lombardi

As president of the Oxford Institute for Economic Policy, Domenico Lombardi’s work at Brookings focuses on the international financial crisis and the reform of the IMF and the World Bank. He is an expert on G-20 and G8 Summits.

ExpertFederiga Bindi

Federiga Bindi is a leading expert on European political integration. She has a broad experience in government and held a number of posts in international organizations. Bindi currently serves as an advisor to the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Her research focuses on the EU, transatlantic relations; EU states foreign policies, global governance issues.