Poverty - More Policy Analyses and Research
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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