Melissa S. Kearney

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Half a million fewer children? The coming COVID baby bust

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip Levine

Monday, June 15, 2020

New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers tape up an entrance as the MTA Subway closed overnight for cleaning and disinfecting during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Exposure on the job

Melissa S. Kearney and Luke Pardue

Thursday, May 7, 2020

Entrepreneur Andrew Yang speaks on the second night of the second 2020 Democratic U.S. presidential debate in Detroit, Michigan, July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - HP1EF81016VM6

Universal basic income as a policy response to current challenges

Melissa S. Kearney and Magne Mogstad

Friday, August 30, 2019

Students at Miller Elementary School stand in-line in the school library in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. May 6, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook - RC13710DD620

To thrive, American children need a stronger safety net

Melissa S. Kearney

Friday, June 7, 2019

The future of the middle class

9:00 AM - 11:45 AM EDT

Puppets Ernie (L) and Bert from Sesame Street are seen after they were donated to the National Museum of American History to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

Disadvantaged kids to miss out on educational TV under Trump budget

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip Levine

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Kane plays with a toy at the home of his family in El Paso

The “marriage premium for children” depends on family resources

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip Levine

Monday, March 13, 2017

The 20th anniversary of welfare reform: Lessons and takeaways

8:30 AM - 3:30 PM EDT

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Why the poorest kids quit high school

Melissa S. Kearney and Fred Dews

Friday, March 18, 2016

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Inequality undermines the value of education for the poor

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip Levine

Wednesday, March 16, 2016