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October 17, 2023
Understanding Poverty Measurement
…in the United States. Angela Rachidi began by exploring the meaning of poverty, outlining the most fundamental decisions in measuring it and describing how different measures address those decisions. Richard…
August 3, 2023
Expanding Economic Opportunities Through Evidence-Based Sector Training
…the federal government and by creating policies that promote fidelity and allow sufficient time for results to be analyzed. In the first report, Scaling the Impact of Sector-Based Employment Strategies, Richard…
June 15, 2022
Second Time’s the Charm?
…This week, Romney (together with fellow Republicans Richard Burr and Steve Daines) has offered a revised version of the idea that might just have what it takes to patch up those differences…
August 23, 2021
Policies to Help the Working Class in the Aftermath of COVID-19: Lessons from the Great Recession
By Richard V. Burkhauser, Kevin C. Corinth, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated government-mandated shutdowns caused a historic shock to the U.S. economy and a disproportionate…
July 2, 2021
Addressing the Shortcomings of the Supplemental Poverty Measure
Key Points The Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) partly improves on the Official Poverty Measure but still suffers from several shortcomings that limit its usefulness as an effective poverty measure. The…
February 27, 2020
The American Dream Is Not Dead: A Book Event with Michael R. Strain
…a dynamic and upwardly mobile society. Following Dr. Strain’s remarks, Richard V. Reeves of the Brookings Institution offered thoughtful pushback to some of Dr. Strain’s main points, while concurring that…