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Blog Post
You’re Right, Senator Manchin: There Are No Work Requirements in Biden’s New Safety Net
…recent research by University of Chicago and AEI economist Bruce D. Meyer and his colleagues — who are part of a working group spanning 11 government agencies and dedicated to…
Blog Post
Turning Back the Clock on Welfare Reform
…percent in 2018, or by over 70 percent compared with the 1996 level: Source: Meyer and Sullivan, 2019. Thresholds anchored in 1980. But liberals are now using the pandemic as…
Report
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…
Op-Ed
Closing Argument on Farm Bill: Work Requirements in SNAP Will Reduce Poverty
…their claims. A commonly expressed concern is that work requirements increase deep poverty, a claim that University of Chicago economist Bruce Meyer has proved to be unfounded. Using data from…
Book
A Safety Net That Works: Improving Federal Programs for Low-Income Americans
Americans are frustrated that too little progress is being made in reducing poverty and expanding opportunity. In a recent AEI/Los Angeles Times survey, 70 percent of Americans said they believe…
Testimony
Work and Family: The Keys to Reducing Poverty
…produced by Bruce Meyer and James Sullivan, indicate that government programs substantially improve material well-being, especially for those who work.[2] In 2013, the poverty rate for female-headed families with children would…