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Op-ed
Compiling My Work on Work Incentives
…much cleaner than before. One new feature of the site is the “Spotlight on Work Incentives” page. There we’ve highlighted three previously published pieces each by Kevin Corinth, Robert Doar,…
Commentary
Opportunity Book: A New Tool for Connecting Policymakers with Innovative Ideas
Today the Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) is releasing Opportunity Book, a new online tool that connects policymakers, journalists, and researchers with innovative…
Commentary
Time Limits and Work Requirements Would Improve Subsidized Housing Programs
Despite more than $60 billion in annual federal spending on rental assistance, only one in four eligible families actually receives it. Recipient families receive, on average, more than $1,000 in…
Working Paper
What Can We Learn from Guaranteed Basic Income Pilots in the United States? Evidence on Employment Effects
Abstract Between 2017 and 2025, at least 122 pilots across 33 states and the District of Columbia evaluated a guaranteed basic income (GBI), allocating $481 million in GBI payments to…
Working Paper
Poverty and Dependency in the United States, 1939–2023
Abstract We compare trends in absolute poverty before (1939–1963) and after (1963–2023) the War on Poverty was declared. Our primary methodological contribution is to create a post-tax post-transfer income measure…
Commentary
The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Should Not Subsidize Stay-at-Home Parents
Last week, the Republican Study Committee released a legislative framework intended to make the American Dream more affordable. The goal is laudable, and many of the ideas are sound. But…
Multimedia
Committee on National Statistics Public Seminar: Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency: A Timeless Resource
Kevin Corinth of the American Enterprise Institute participated in a panel discussion centered on Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency, a report that since 1992 has articulated the…
Op-Ed
How Not to Redefine Poverty
…Kevin Corinth, James Elwell, and Jeff Larrimore (ungated version here). These authors use a complete after-tax income measure, set the poverty line so that 19.5 percent of the population is poor…
Commentary
Congress Should Restore Local Autonomy Over Homeless Aid
The Trump administration recently announced a major shift to the scoring rubric for the federal government’s main source of homeless aid—the Continuum of Care program—which annually distributes $3.9 billion in…
Op-Ed
Congress Is Subsidizing the Wrong Neighborhoods
When President Trump signed Republicans’ 2017 tax legislation into law, one section in it stood out for its ambitious goal: directing private investment dollars to left-behind communities. The law provides a tax…
Blog Post
How Non-disabled Medicaid Recipients Without Children Spend Their Time
The reconciliation bill passed by the United States House of Representatives imposes community engagement requirements for childless non-disabled Medicaid recipients age 19–64, starting in 2027. The requirement can be met…
Multimedia
An Evaluation of Approaches to Cut and Reform SNAP
…and shifting more of the costs to states. Changes are likely as the Senate takes up the bill, and Kevin Corinth, senior fellow and deputy director of the Center on…