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July 26, 2024

Two Cheers for Shrinking Black-White Opportunity Gaps

…Chetty and his coauthors. They just didn’t deteriorate as badly as among white kids raised poor. This was true of average and median household income, reaching the top fifth of…

July 14, 2024

Fostering Normalcy for Foster Kids

…kids who are in the foster care system. Because you need a guardian to co-sign accounts for anyone under 18, foster kids are often left out. NorthCountry Credit Union in…

July 10, 2024

Has Income Growth between Generations of Americans Stalled?

…X and millennials. The median household income of 36-to-40-year-olds from the silent generation was 34 percent higher than that of the Greatest Generation. The median income of baby boomers in…

June 26, 2024

Reducing Racial Disparities in Foster Care Might Endanger Black Children

…The only racial or ethnic group currently subject to different treatment is Native children under the Indian Child Welfare Act, which (similar to the Minnesota law) requires different measures for…

June 20, 2024

The War on Poverty at 60: Lessons to Inform the Future

…Fellow, Center for Health and Welfare Policy, Heritage Foundation Isabel V. Sawhill, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Center for Economic Security and Opportunity, Brookings Institution Moderator: Matt Weidinger, Rowe Scholar, American Enterprise…

June 18, 2024

A Unified Theory of Education

…education. In the early 1900s, progressives sought to bureaucratize K-12 into what historian David Tyack termed “the one best system.” In the 1920s, Oregon progressives (along with the anti-Catholic Ku…

June 18, 2024

Economic Opportunity and Social Mobility

…the one before it, that doesn’t seem to be the case. As they approach and pass age 40, Millennial men and women have higher median hourly wages than any previous…

June 18, 2024

Answering Key Questions About Unemployment Insurance Reforms

…system to better support American workers, businesses, and taxpayers. My name is Matt Weidinger, and I am a Rowe Scholar in poverty studies at the American Enterprise Institute. Previously, I…

June 17, 2024

Child Support Policy: Areas of Emerging Agreement and Ongoing Debate

The Child Support Enforcement (CSE) system is important in providing resources to children who live apart from one of their parents. This is especially true in poor households. In this…

May 24, 2024

The First National Calculation of Mortality of the US Homeless Population

…2023. West Coast cities have witnessed an especially sharp and concentrated increase in unsheltered homelessness, leading some observers to liken the current situation to a public health and humanitarian crisis….