Poverty

Blog Posts

Tashawna Green, 21, poses for a portrait with her daughter, Taishaun, 6, at her home in Queens Village, New York August 21, 2011. Green who up until recently worked 25 hours a week at Target, is on food stamps and says a good number of her colleagues are too. Green made $8.08 cents an hour working for Target. "It's a good thing that the government helps, but if employers paid enough and gave enough hours, then we wouldn't need to be on food stamps." Picture taken August 21, 2011. To match Insight USA-POVERTY-FOODSTAMPS/ REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)

How We Rise

Protecting our most economically vulnerable neighbors during the COVID-19 outbreak

Camille Busette

Monday, March 16, 2020

The storefront of an Advance America loan store is shown in Palm Springs, California, U.S. June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Sam Mircovich - S1AETHPRMZAB

Up Front

Financial well-being: Measuring financial perceptions and experiences in low- and moderate-income households

Stephen Roll, Olga Kondratjeva, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Friday, December 13, 2019

Cattle hauler truck driver and his daughters standing in front of his truck. It is raining.

Up Front

Who was poor in the US in 2018?

Lauren Bauer, Emily Moss, and Jay Shambaugh

Thursday, December 5, 2019

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Events

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Inequality

By Michele Alacevich and Anna Soci

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The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty

Edited by Laurence Chandy, Hiroshi Kato, and Homi Kharas

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Generation Unbound

By Isabel V. Sawhill

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Experts

Camille Busette

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Governance Studies, Metropolitan Policy Program

Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

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Ron Haskins

Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies

Alan Berube

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Multimedia

A young woman holds her daughter at a playground in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois.

Children & Families

Improving opportunity with policies for women and families

Isabel V. Sawhill and Fred Dews

Friday, May 11, 2018

Vice President Joe Biden speaking at a Brookings-Biden Institute event, May 8, 2018 (Paul Morigi photos)

Brookings Now

Vice President Joe Biden’s 5 ideas for helping America’s middle class

Fred Dews

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Social Mobility Memos

Takeaways from the conversation on race, class and culture

Camille Busette, Richard V. Reeves, and Eleanor Krause

Friday, September 8, 2017

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Poverty

Enrollment and participation trends in Israel’s universal child development account program

Safety net programs and poverty during the COVID-19 crisis

To target aid to the neediest families, we need to strengthen TANF

From rural digital divides to local solutions

Reports

Policy to help people and help places is not a zero-sum game

The Power of Love: Why maternal depression is an economic mobility issue

Progress paradoxes and sustainable growth

Do social protection programs improve life satisfaction?

Countering the geography of discontent: Strategies for left-behind places

Blog Posts

Protecting our most economically vulnerable neighbors during the COVID-19 outbreak

Financial well-being: Measuring financial perceptions and experiences in low- and moderate-income households

Who was poor in the US in 2018?

Events

Webinar: The effects of the coronavirus outbreak on marginalized communities

Racial wealth inequality: Social problems and solutions

Dialogue on a roadmap to reducing child poverty

Related Books

Inequality

The Last Mile in Ending Extreme Poverty

Generation Unbound

Experts

Camille Busette

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Governance Studies, Metropolitan Policy Program

Director - Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative

Ron Haskins

Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies

Alan Berube

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director - Metropolitan Policy Program

Multimedia

Improving opportunity with policies for women and families

Vice President Joe Biden’s 5 ideas for helping America’s middle class

Takeaways from the conversation on race, class and culture