Middle Class

Up Front

Guilty secrets: How the COVID-19 pandemic helped some middle class families

Hannah Van Drie and Morgan Welch

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Up Front

Adapting workers to the modern economy: Alternative training and certification

Marcus Casey and Ember Smith

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Up Front

Designing a universal child allowance: Who can claim which kids?

Jacob Goldin and Ariel Jurow Kleiman

Monday, April 12, 2021

People walk on the esplanade of La Defense, in the financial and business district, west of Paris, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RC1B9BB86D30

Up Front

Class Notes: Food consumption and test scores, CARES Act unemployment benefits, and more

Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Reports

Essay

Student debt cancellation should consider wealth, not income

Andre M. Perry and Carl Romer

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Essay

How We Rise: How social networks impact economic mobility in Racine, WI, San Francisco, CA, and Washington, DC

Camille Busette, Jill Simmerman Lawrence, Richard V. Reeves, and Sarah Nzau

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Middle Class

A post-COVID plan for the middle class: Tax wealth not work and provide scholarships for service

Richard V. Reeves and Isabel V. Sawhill

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Essay

What if something happens?: A qualitative study of the American middle class before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Essay

How We Rise: How social networks in Charlotte impact economic mobility

Camille Busette, Tonya Farrow-Chestnut, Richard V. Reeves, Kwadwo Frimpong, and Hao Sun

Friday, October 16, 2020

Blog Posts

Up Front

Class Notes: Long-term effects of school shootings, the racial earnings gap, and more

Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Richard V. Reeves

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Up Front

Monitoring the middle class: How the American middle class is really doing

Ashleigh Maciolek and Hannah Van Drie

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Up Front

Class Notes: Depression and fatherhood, personal income growth, and more

Ember Smith, Ariel Gelrud Shiro, and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

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Events

2021

Mar

Past Event

The business case for expanding apprenticeships: Federal and employer perspectives

3:30 PM - 4:45 PM EST

Middle-class well-being at a local level: What role can mayors play?

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

How the American middle class is really doing: What the data tell us

11:00 AM - 12:15 PM EST

Online only

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Related Books

Dream Hoarders

By Richard V. Reeves

2017

Inequality in America

By Uri Dadush, Kemal Derviş, Sarah P. Milsom, and Bennett Stancil

2012

Stuck in the Middle

Edited by Antonio Estache and Danny Leipziger

2009

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Experts

Robert Greenstein

Visiting Fellow - Economic Studies, The Hamilton Project

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Josh Carpenter

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

Loni Mahanta

Nonresident Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Regulation and Markets

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Multimedia

Up Front

Big ideas to redesign K-12 for the automation age

Hannah Van Drie, Ember Smith, and Marcus Casey

Monday, October 12, 2020

Lauren Hoffmann, 29, a college program manager, and her husband Will Hoffmann spend the day touring wineries with Will's family in Fredericksburg, Texas, U.S., February 16, 2019. Hoffmann's baby boy Micah is just a few weeks old and already she is back at work. She only had five and a half weeks of accrued paid time off from her job. "You're worried about this tiny little new life, you love it so fiercely," she said. "Having more time to feel like you're getting good at this ... I think that could only be a good thing." REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare SEARCH "O'HARE PARENTAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Podcast Episode

Time for a new contract with the middle class

Richard V. Reeves, Isabel V. Sawhill, and Fred Dews

Friday, September 4, 2020

An Electroimpact automated fiber placement machine, which lays down carbon fiber strips onto the 777X spar, is seen during a media tour of the Boeing 777X at the Boeing Composite Wing Center in Everett, Washington, U.S., February 27, 2019. Picture taken February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

Podcast Episode

How will automation impact middle-class jobs?

Marcus Casey and James Bessen

Friday, January 17, 2020

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Reports

The business case for expanding apprenticeships: Federal and employer perspectives

Middle-class well-being at a local level: What role can mayors play?

How the American middle class is really doing: What the data tell us

Visiting Fellow - Economic Studies, The Hamilton Project

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

Nonresident Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Regulation and Markets

How can Congress best help state and local governments?

The future of automation and the middle class