Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Up Front

The new child tax credit does more than just cut poverty

Jason Jabbari, Leah Hamilton, Stephen Roll, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Friday, September 24, 2021

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Financial Regulation

Can fintech improve health?

Aaron Klein

Friday, September 24, 2021

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Up Front

Class Notes: Surprising impacts of unionization, affirmative action, and more

Beyond Deng and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Up Front

Class Notes: LGBTQ economics, Black extended family networks, and more

Beyond Deng and Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, September 9, 2021

Reports

Essay

Homeownership, racial segregation, and policy solutions to racial wealth equity

Rashawn Ray, Andre M. Perry, David Harshbarger, Samantha Elizondo, and Alexandra Gibbons

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Social Issues

Beyond ‘food deserts’: America needs a new approach to mapping food insecurity

Caroline George and Adie Tomer

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Homelessness fell across most metro areas after the Great Recession. Will COVID-19 change that?

Matt Ring and Jenny Schuetz

Monday, August 9, 2021

Race in American Public Policy

A university-led remedy to place-based discrimination in Richmond, Va.

Andre M. Perry, Carl Romer, and Anthony Barr

Friday, August 6, 2021

Housing Markets & Finance

The housing challenges Virginia’s next governor will have to face

Jenny Schuetz

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Blog Posts

Up Front

A hot labor market won’t eliminate racial and ethnic unemployment gaps

Stephanie Aaronson, Mitchell Barnes, and Wendy Edelberg

Thursday, September 2, 2021

The Avenue

The Senate infrastructure bill’s four interconnected broadband components

Blair Levin

Friday, August 13, 2021

The Avenue

Underfunding HBCUs leads to an underrepresentation of Black faculty

Kristen Broady, Andre M. Perry, and Carl Romer

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

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Events

2021

Jul

Past Event

Improving labor and education data systems after the COVID-19 unemployment crisis

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Examining the effects of student debt cancellation

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

Policies to protect workers and families: Rethinking social insurance

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Online Only

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By Michele Alacevich and Anna Soci

2017

Does Character Matter?

By Richard V. Reeves

2015

Transpacific Rebalancing

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2015

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Experts

Stephanie Aaronson

Vice President and Director - Economic Studies

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

@MichalGW

Richard V. Reeves

John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

Director - Future of the Middle Class Initiative

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Multimedia

An essential delivery worker wearing personal protective equipment in Tribeca, New York during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Podcast Episode

Why it’s harder for American workers to get ahead, and what we can do about it

Marcela Escobari and Fred Dews

Friday, August 13, 2021

Podcast Episode

How to make retirement income more accessible for all Americans

J. Mark Iwry, David C. John, and Bill Finan

Friday, August 6, 2021

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Podcast Episode

After the COVID-19 lockdowns, how to fix benefit delivery tech for workers

Annelies Goger and Fred Dews

Friday, July 30, 2021

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