RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ron Haskins, October 06, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Ron Haskins discusses poverty in the United States, stating that the United States is in a long-term pattern of increasing poverty, with the number of families in poverty rising over the last decade, and examining the role demographic trends can have on poverty rates. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ron Haskins, Jane Waldfogel and Sara McLanahan, Fall 2011, Future of Children Policy Brief
In this policy brief, a companion to the volume of The Future of Children devoted to work and family, Ron Haskins, Jane Waldfogel and Sara McLanahan outline initiatives that employers, community institutions, and federal and state governments can implement to ease the pressures faced by working families. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Steve Holt, April 18, 2011, The Brookings Institution
For over 10 years, concerted efforts across the United States have increased knowledge and awareness of the Earned Income Tax Credit and have connected households to the EITC and similar tax credits. Steve Holt explores the EITC's accomplishments and looks forward to gauge the best ways to leverage these achievements. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Elizabeth Kneebone and Emily Garr, February 17, 2011, The Brookings Institution
In this analysis, Elizabeth Kneebone and Emily Garr find that as the low-income population grew and suburbanized in the 2000s, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) responded effectively to economic trends and the changing geography of the working poor. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Scott W. Allard and Benjamin Roth, October 07, 2010, Brookings Institution
Since 2000, poverty in the suburbs of the nation’s largest metro areas has grown by 37 percent—more than twice growth rate seen in cities and well above the national average. Scott Allard and Benjamin Roth examine the social services networks in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. to determine whether resources are adequately available to meet the rising need for safety net services in suburban communities. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Elizabeth Kneebone, October 07, 2010, Brookings Institution
The latest data from the Census Bureau’s 2009 American Community Survey (ACS) show that the worst U.S. economic downturn in decades exacerbated trends set in motion years before, by multiplying the ranks of America’s poor. Elizabeth Kneebone uses the data to explore poverty trends in the country’s 100 largest metropolitan areas and finds that the recession’s impact has been uneven among different regions. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Elizabeth Kneebone, July 08, 2010, The Brookings Institution
If a budget proposal aimed at maintaining current eligibility levels for the Child Tax Credit is not adopted, how will the change affect low-income working families? Elizabeth Kneebone details how the potential consequences of cutting support would not only be felt by individual households, but also by states and metropolitan areas. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Steven Raphael and Michael Stoll, March 30, 2010, The Brookings Institution
Employment decentralization has affected many metropolitan areas in the United States for decades, shifting jobs away from city centers toward outlying areas. This trend has impacted poor communities, creating suburbs with growing poverty rates. Michael Stoll and Steven Raphael study the link between the decentralization and poverty, and how the findings may affect future policy decisions. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Elizabeth Kneebone and Emily Garr, March 30, 2010, The Brookings Institution
Though economic indicators show the country is slowly emerging from the recession, job growth remains stagnant. Extended periods of unemployment in many communities have led to long-term reliance on government assistance. In the second edition of Landscape of Recession, Elizabeth Kneebone and Emily Garr analyze trends in Unemployment Insurance claims and participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Alan Berube, December 01, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Some U.S. counties are seeing double the amount of food stamp recipients coming largely from suburbs. Alan Berube examines the issue, noting that as food stamps become the de facto federal support system for millions of families during the next few years of elevated unemployment, plugging participation gaps in suburbia may be an important new frontier for fighting hunger and poverty in America. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jill H. Wilson and Audrey Singer, November 19, 2009, The Brookings Institution
With U.S. unemployment at a 26-year high Americans will be feeling the economic downturn for some time. Jill Wilson and Audrey Singer identify the major shifts in U.S. immigration trends that have been impacted by the economic recession. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Elizabeth Kneebone, October 21, 2009, National Community Tax Coalition
At the National Community Tax Coalition’s inaugural Day of Action on Capitol Hill, Elizabeth Kneebone discussed how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 increased support for low-income working families. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ron Haskins, September 22, 2009, The Brookings Institution
Ron Haskins states that one of the few government strategies that has proven successful in reducing poverty is encouraging or demanding that adults on welfare work, even at low wage jobs, and then subsidizing their earnings but with employment, income, and earnings stagnant or in decline for nearly a decade now, it is time to worry. Read More
VIDEO
Bruce Katz, July 09, 2009
Public housing has long been criticized as a breeding ground for concentrated poverty, under-achieving schools and for its lack of access to services. Bruce Katz says that President Obama's Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, an expansion of HOPE VI, will revitalize poor communities while enhancing opportunities for residents and the business community.
PAST EVENT
Friday, May 08, 2009
8:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Washington, DC
One-stop career centers help millions of unemployed and disadvantaged workers each year find new jobs and opportunities for advancement. Unfortunately, such centers are hampered by poor accountability and a lack of adequate funding. Brookings and the National Association of State Work Force Agencies host a discussion on a paper that proposes a new approach. Read More