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September 2, 2021
Is Civil Society Becoming a Luxury Good?
Key Points This quantitative analysis suggests that the supposed decline in civil-society participation is not geographically uniform throughout the United States. Some lower-income communities have a strong civil-society presence if…
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…
June 10, 2021
Long Shadows: The Black-White Gap in Multigenerational Poverty
Key Points This report examines racial disparities in income mobility across three generations by drawing on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. More than half a century since…
April 19, 2021
The Role of Community in Place-based Giving
Key Points This report explores why strong communities matter and how philanthropists can strengthen the local fiber that helps communities improve. Putting people with similar interests in proximity to each…
August 3, 2020
Replace the Federal Student Loan System with an Income Share Agreement Program
Key Points The higher education narrative has been dominated by the student loan crisis as of late. While the magnitude of this problem is often oversold, borrowers do sometimes need…
May 4, 2020
How To Educate an American
In the years after A Nation at Risk, conservatives’ ideas to reform America’s lagging education system gained much traction. Key items like school choice and rigorous academic standards drew bipartisan support…
February 27, 2020
The American Dream Is Not Dead: A Book Event with Michael R. Strain
Event Summary On Thursday, AEI’s Michael R. Strain presented an overview of his book “The American Dream Is Not Dead: (But Populism Could Kill It)” (Templeton Press, 2020). In his…
January 17, 2020
Rethinking Reentry
Policymakers and researchers have been searching for a solution to persistently high rates of recidivism for decades. While the number of incarcerated individuals under federal and state jurisdiction has decreased in recent years…
November 13, 2019
Work, Family, and Community
Abstract The contributions to this volume make clear that the social safety net in the United States is large, complex, and robust. In this reflection, we offer insights into the…