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November 9, 2023
What Dems — And NYC — Can Learn From The GOP’s Bronx City Council Win
…said would be a “national embarrassment” for Democrats. Here’s what even a moderate Dem like Torres doesn’t understand: Kristy Marmorato is right about affordable housing. New York City needs new…
November 8, 2023
Measuring the Geography of Social Networks
…of the 20th percentile of the national distribution of the SCI. Similar patterns can be seen for other large northern U.S. cities. Figure 2 shows similar maps for the social…
November 3, 2023
A Postcard from Ashkelon
…nation, as a light unto the nations and a refuge. Ethel Levine was a school teacher, a symphony lover, a mother, of course, but as much as anything she was…
November 3, 2023
The Biden AI Executive Order: Dark Brandon or Uncle Joe?
…national level. Producing useful guidance for education, training, and employment planning requires familiarity with local contexts in which AI is employed. Information at the national level, while useful in other…
November 1, 2023
The Ultimate Social Capital: A Story to Save the Union
…book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood.[4] The first was a civic national vision – packaged and popularized by the 19th century New England intellectual George…
October 31, 2023
Lawmakers Continue Trying to Revive Pandemic-Style Benefits
…revive pandemic supplements in two ways. First, it would require states to permanently expand weekly UI benefit amounts. Currently, UI checks nationwide average $424; the legislation would force states to raise…
October 31, 2023
It Takes Two
…in the landmark Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, which overhauled the nation’s welfare system. Notably, employment of single mothers, especially the least skilled, rose sharply beginning in the early…
October 30, 2023
The Effect of Elevating the Supplemental Poverty Measure on Government Program Eligibility and Spending
Abstract A recent National Academy of Sciences report recommends elevating the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) to the “nation’s headline poverty statistic.” I project how making the SPM the official poverty…
October 30, 2023
Does Wage Theft Vary by Demographic Group? Evidence from Minimum Wage Increases
Using Current Population Survey data, we assess whether and to what extent the burden of wage theft — wage payments below the statutory minimum wage — falls disproportionately on various…
October 27, 2023
Food Insecurity in the US and Inflation
…Although the changes to the survey were minor (i.e. changing the order of questions, changing the phrasing of certain questions, etc.), even small changes can affect statistics in large national…