Confronting Poverty: Measuring Its Causes, Costs, and Consequences

Confronting Poverty: Measuring Its Causes, Costs, and Consequences

December 20, 2024| |

Conceived as a tribute to the accomplishments of Rebecca M. “Becky” Blank (1955–2023), this volume... Read More → Confronting Poverty: Measuring Its Causes, Costs, and Consequences

Evaluating the Effects of the 2021 Expansion of the Child Tax Credit

September 10, 2024| |

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 temporarily transformed the Child Tax Credit (CTC) into a more generous... Read More → Evaluating the Effects of the 2021 Expansion of the Child Tax Credit

Understanding Student Debt: Who Borrows, the Consequences of Borrowing, and the Implications for Federal Policy

November 1, 2023| |

Is student debt a policy problem? 41.5 million Americans owe more than $1.2 trillion in outstanding federal... Read More → Understanding Student Debt: Who Borrows, the Consequences of Borrowing, and the Implications for Federal Policy

Entitlement Reform

November 1, 2023| |

The effectiveness of the U.S. social safety net continues to be an important national issue. Societal changes... Read More → Entitlement Reform

Young People in Uncertain Labor Markets: International Evidence

October 31, 2023| |

Persistently high rates of youth unemployment have been a global concern for more than two decades. One in... Read More → Young People in Uncertain Labor Markets: International Evidence

What Has Happened to the American Working Class since the Great Recession?

October 31, 2023| |

Dramatic macroeconomic events have marked the first 21 years of the twenty-first century. The Great Recession... Read More → What Has Happened to the American Working Class since the Great Recession?

The COVID-19 Shock to Our Deep Inequities: How to Mitigate the Impact

October 31, 2023| |

In this timely volume of The ANNALS, “The COVID-19 Shock to Our Deep Inequities: How to Mitigate the... Read More → The COVID-19 Shock to Our Deep Inequities: How to Mitigate the Impact

Living in a High-Inequality Regime

January 22, 2016| |

Economic inequality in America is significant and has increased astonishingly since the 1970s—these facts... Read More → Living in a High-Inequality Regime

Monitoring Social Mobility in the Twenty-First Century

January 13, 2015| |

This volume of The ANNALS explores how to improve measurement of social mobility, tackling normative and... Read More → Monitoring Social Mobility in the Twenty-First Century

The Role of State Policy in Promoting College Access and Success

September 3, 2014| |

Today more than ever, higher education is profoundly important to the prosperity of U.S. society. It is... Read More → The Role of State Policy in Promoting College Access and Success

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