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July 2, 2021
Addressing the Shortcomings of the Supplemental Poverty Measure
…time nearly impossible, and SPM threshold adjustments for geography and housing tenure are counterproductive. The SPM’s shortcomings cause it to identify a less economically disadvantaged poverty population than alternative poverty…
June 10, 2021
Long Shadows: The Black-White Gap in Multigenerational Poverty
…experience of one in five Black adults. Black adults in their 30s are over 16 times more likely than Whites are to have had both a parent and grandparent in…
August 3, 2020
Replace the Federal Student Loan System with an Income Share Agreement Program
…to make unaffordable monthly payments. Unfortunately, that system doesn’t work well, because over time it has become a cobbled-together safety net of different programs with different terms and rules for…