Poverty - More Policy Analyses and Research
2011
MassBudget: 2010 Census Analysis (9/13/11) The Social IMPACT Research Center: Midwest Struggling with Anemic Economic Recovery (9/13/11) CBPP: Making Sense of Next Week's Poverty Data (9/9/11) CBPP: The Census Bureau's Upcoming Report on Health Insurance (9/9/11) CLASP: At the Forefront: Poverty Impact Projections (August 2011) FRAC: Food Hardship in America 2010 (8/11/11) Center for American Progress: The American Dream Takes a Tough Hit (8/8/11) Center for American Progress: What You Need When You’re Poor: Heritage Foundation Hasn’t a Clue (8/5/11) First Focus: A Quite Voice - National Survey Findings (April 2011) First Focus: Survey Shows Protecting Children's Programs in the Federal Budget is Voters' Top Priority (April 26, 2011) Half in Ten: How Would the GOP's Budget Affect Those in Poverty? (4/7/11) Single Mothers Since 2000: Falling Farther Down (January 2011)
2010
First Focus: The Effect of the Recession on Child Well-Being (November 2010) The Philadelphia Enquirer: Food That's as Poor as the Family (10/29/10) Half in Ten: Battling Poverty in the Golden State (10/25/10) How the Great Recession Has Cut Income for Middle and Low Income Families (10/22/10) Half in Ten: A Challenge to Our Nation--Improving the Economic Well-Being of Our Latino Kids (10/12/10) The Philadelphia Enquirer: A Portrait of Hunger (10/10/10) The Brookings Institute: An Update to "Simulating the Effect of the 'Great Recession' on Poverty" (10/8/10) Carsey Institute: Young Child Poverty in 2009: Rural Poverty Rate Jumps to Nearly 29 Percent in Second Year of Recession (Fall 2010) CBPP: Poverty and Income in 2009 and the Policy Response (9/28/10) EPI: Declines in Health Insurance in the 2000s Accelerate in the Recession: Evidence from the 2010 March Current Population Survey (9/24/10) NWLC: Poverty Among Women and Families, 2000-2009: Great Recession Brings Highest Rate in 15 Years (September 2010) NWLC: Table of Poverty Rates by State for Women, Black Women, Hispanic Women, Elderly Women, Single Mother Families (9/28/10) Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity: Help Children Born into Poverty (9/16/10) CBPP: Census Data Show Large Jump in Poverty and the Ranks of the Uninsured (9/17/10) Half in Ten: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish--Why Tackling Child Poverty During the Great Recession Makes Sense (September 2010) NELP: 3.3 Million People Kept Out of Poverty with Unemployment Benefits in 2009: Recovery Act's Expansion of Benefits Dramatically Increased Unemployment Insurance's Role in Poverty Alleviation from 2008 (9/17/10) EPI: A Lost Decade: Poverty and Income Trends Paint a Bleak Picture for Working Families (9/16/10) Half in Ten: State-by-State Poverty Map (9/16/10) Half in Ten: Child Poverty by the Numbers (9/16/10) MassBudget: Poverty Rises Nationally, New Census Bureau Data Show (9/16/10) MassBudget: Massachusetts Still Leads the Nation in Health Coverage (9/16/10) IWPR: The Gender Wage Gap: 2009 (September 2010) Half in Ten: We Need to Do More to Combat Poverty (9/16/10) CAP: Slideshow--Progressive Poverty Policies (9/16/10) CHN: First Look: The Great Recessions Toll, 3.7 Million More Poor, 4.3 Million More Uninsured (9/16/10) Key Health Insurance Findings from 2009 Census CPS Release (9/16/10) IWPR: Women in Poverty During the Great Recession (September 2010) CBPP: Social Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty: A State-by-State Analysis (8/11/10) IPR Wisconsin: Promising Antipoverty Strategies for Families (August 2010) CHN: The Recession Generation: Preventing Long-term Damage from Child Poverty and Young Adult Joblessness (7/23/10) The Urban Institute: Childhood Poverty Persistence: Facts and Consequences (June 2010) CAP: Low-Income Fathers Need to Get Connected: Helping Children and Families by Addressing Low-Income Fathers' Disconnections from Employment, Society, and Housing (June 2010) CBPP: Income Gaps Between Very Rich and Everyone Else More Than Tripled in Last Three Decades, New Data Show (7/25/10) CEPR: A Modern Framework for Measuring Poverty and Basic Economic Security (April 2010) CLASP: Federal Policy Recommendations for 2010 and Beyond (January 2010) NCCP: Who Are America's Poor Children? The Official Story (January 2010)
2009
First Focus & Brookings: The Effects of the Recession on Child Poverty: Poverty Statistics for 2008 and Growth in Need During 2009 (December 2009) CBPP: State-Level Data Show Recovery Act Protecting Millions from Poverty: Act Also Saving and Creating Jobs, Boosting Economy (12/17/09) IPS, CCC, JwJ & Legal Momentum: Battered by the Storm: How the Safety Net is Failing Americans and How to Fix It (12/7/09) CLASP: Measure by Measure: The Current Poverty Measure v. the National Academy of Sciences Measures (November 2009) NCLR: Latino Poverty and Income in Focus: Examining the 2008 Census Data (11/6/09) CLASP: Tapping into Resources: Recommendations to States for Addressing Poverty in Tough Economic Times (10/5/09) CHN: More Poor, More Uninsured in 2008 (9/10/09) CEPR: Half in Ten: Why Taking Disability into Account is Essential to Reducing Income Poverty and Expanding Economic Inclusion (September 2009) EPI: New 2008 Poverty, Income Data Reveal Only Tip of the Recession Iceberg (9/10/09) CAP: Poverty in the Obama Era: New Census Numbers Fail to Reflect the Severity of Inherited Problems (9/10/09) CBPP: Poverty Rose, Median Income Declined, and Job-Based Health Insurance Continued to Weaken in 2008: Recession Likely to Expand Ranks of Poor and Uninsured in 2009 and 2010 (9/10/09) CBPP: Stimulus Keeping 6 Million Americans Out of Poverty in 2009, Estimates Show (9/9/09) CBPP: Top 1 Percent of Americans Reaped Two-Thirds of Income Gains in Last Economic Expansion: Income Concentration in 2007 Was at Highest Level Since 1928, New Analysis Shows (9/9/09) CLASP: Increasing Low-Income Access to Opportunity (9/8/10) CAP: It's Time for a Better Poverty Measure (8/25/09) The Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago: Five Decades of Consumption and Income Poverty (August 2009) CAP: Implications of a New Poverty Measure for Program Funding Formulas and Benefits Eligibility (7/29/09) CBPP: Safety Net Effective at Fighting Poverty but Has Weakened for the Very Poorest (7/6/09) Center for American Progress: Poverty in the LGBT Community (7/1/09) Center for American Progress: And Justice for All: Prioritizing Free Legal Assistance During the Great Recession (July 2009) First Focus: Turning Point: The Long Term Effects of Recession-Induced Child Poverty (May 2009) CBPP: Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends (4/9/09)
2008
First Focus: The Cost of Doing Nothing: the Economic Impact of Recession-Induced Child Poverty (12/17/08) CBPP: Recession Could Cause Large Increases in Poverty and Push Millions into Deep Poverty: Stimulus Package Should Include Policies to Ameliorate Harshest Effects of Downturn (11/24/08) Massachusetts Citizens for Children & Massachusetts Kids Count: Child Poverty in Massachusetts: A Tale of Two Cities (9/16/08) CHN: Letter in Support of Modernizing Poverty Measure (7/29/08) NCCP: Measuring Poverty in the U.S. (June 2008) CEPR: Working Families and Economic Insecurity in the States: The Role of Job Quality and Work Supports (5/21/08) CHN: Review of Key State Facts from the Income & Poverty Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on August 28 (9/7/07) CBPP: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends (4/9/08)
2007
CBPP: Analysis of Census Poverty Data for 2006 (8/28/07) CBPP: Analysis of Census Data on Number of Uninsured in 2006 (8/28/07) EPI: Poverty, Income and Health Insurance Trends in 2006 (8/28/07) Carsey Institute: Child Poverty High in Rural America (8/28/07) CAP: From Poverty to Prosperity: a National Strategy to Cut Poverty in Half (4/25/07) CAP: The Economic Costs of Poverty: Subsequent Effects of Children Growing Up Poor (1/24/07)
2006
Every Child Matters Education Fund: Homeland Insecurity . . . American Children at Risk (December 2006) Catholic Charities: Poverty in America: A Threat to the Common Good (November 2006) Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center: The State of Working Massachusetts 2006: As the Economy Moves Forward, Wages Fall Back (9/3/2006) CEPR: The Impact of Undercounting in the Current Population Survey (August 2006) Bruce Katz, Metropolitan Policy Program, speech to the Urban Age Conference: Racial Division and Concentrated Poverty in U.S. Cities (7/7/06) Bruce Katz, Metropolitan Policy Program, speech to the United States Conference on Mayors: Task Force on Work, Poverty and Opportunity (6/2/06) Peter Edelman in Clearinghouse Review: The War on Poverty and Subsequent Federal Programs: What Worked, What Didn't Work, and Why? Lessons for Future Programs (May-June 2006)
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