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Op-Ed
Thanks, Joe Manchin
During transitions of power, it’s easy to fixate on a new administration’s nominees and legislative agenda…
Op-Ed
The Bad Science Behind the Child Tax Credit Expansion
Here is a story that helps explain why people have lost trust in public-policy experts:…
Op-Ed
Closing Argument on Farm Bill: Work Requirements in SNAP Will Reduce Poverty
With Congress considering adding work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food…
Op-Ed
How Effective Are Work Requirements?
US safety-net programs already use work requirements to address potential work disincentives, and evidence suggests they increase employment and earnings among recipients capable of work. Critics often cite welfare-to-work experiments from the 1990s as evidence against work requirements, but the most relevant programs in those evaluations—“jobs-first” approaches that emphasized rapid employment—produced substantial gains in work and earnings. Although research on work requirements in programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid is more limited and subject to measurement challenges, broader evidence indicates that participation in safety-net programs can reduce employment incentives, implying that work requirements could offset those effects.
Op-Ed
For SNAP to Work, It Must Emphasize More Work
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps) has a significant flaw: It does…
Op-Ed
Will Trump Choose Work over Welfare?
In his inaugural address, President Trump promised to “get our people off of welfare and back to…
Op-Ed
10 Welfare Reform Lessons
New York City’s welfare system is managed out of a boxy 25-story office building on…