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What To Do About Benefit Cliffs?
…Authors of the report “Stranded by the Safety Net: How to Fix the Benefit Cliff Problem” include Joshua Bandoch, Nic Dunn, Leslie Ford, Angela Rachidi, Erik Randolph, and Matt Weidinger. …
Report
Stranded by the Safety Net: How to Fix the Benefit Cliff Problem
Key Points The safety net for low-income families aims to offer temporary and targeted assistance so that, among other things, work-capable individuals and families can achieve their economic goals. Too…
Report
End Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility in SNAP and Address Benefit Cliffs
Abstract Broad-based categorical eligibility (BBCE) in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is an administrative function with broad implications for SNAP caseloads and expenditures. Though Congress originally established BBCE as…
Report
New Approaches to Characterize Industries: AI as a Framework and a Use Case
About the Compendium New Approaches to Characterize Industries: AI as a Framework and a Use Case brings together leading economists, data scientists, and policy experts to tackle one of the…
Blog Post
Learning by Doing: AI, Knowledge Transfer, and the Future of Skills
In a recent blog, I discussed Stanford University economist Erik Brynjolfsson’s new study showing that young college graduates are struggling to gain a foothold in a job market shaped by artificial intelligence (AI)….
Blog post
Did the Canaries Just Die?
…argued hiring challenges were an artifact of pandemic-era overhiring and/or economic uncertainty relating to the impact of tariffs. Stanford University economist Erik Brynjolfsson and colleagues’ new analysis finds that AI…
Article
AI Is Having Job Effects. And That’s Ok
…Artificial Intelligence,” Stanford economists Erik Brynjolfsson, Bharat Chandar, and Ruyu Chen analyze payroll data from ADP, the country’s largest processor, and find that entry-level jobs are where the impact is…
Op-Ed
Revise the Messenger
…Commissioner Erika McEntarfer. The White House quickly released a memo criticizing her “lengthy history of inaccuracies, incompetence.” It cited multiple instances of revisions to jobs estimates going back to April 2024 and…
Report
Eliminating the Benefit Cliff and Achieving Savings for Taxpayers: A Reform Proposal for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Key Points The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is one of the nation’s largest safety-net programs for low-income households in the US, distributing over $94 billion in food benefits in…
Op-Ed
Why the Riskiest Situation NYC Foster Kids Can Face Is Visiting Their Birth Parents
…and judges often overlook red flags. Last year, Ella Vitalis died of cardiac arrest after New York Family Court Judge Erik Pitchal reunified her with abusive parents. At 3 weeks old, she had…
Blog Post
Calibration: Making AI a Partner at Work
…ones who will gain the most from supportive AI tools at work. In 2023, Stanford University economist Erik Brynjolfsson published a study showing the use of AI chatbots for call center workers…
Blog Post
Unplanned Obsolescence
…comfortable working around and with it. As the saying goes, in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Further, as Stanford University labor economist Erik Brynjolfsson has…