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December 30, 2024

Coverage, Counter-cyclicality and Targeting of Work Requirement Waivers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Abstract Non-disabled, working age adults without children are required to work 20 hours per week in order to maintain eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. However, states may waive…

December 13, 2024

Economics & Data-Driven Inquiry

At the behest of New College Florida and the Global Freedom Initiative, AEI scholar Kevin Corinth joined a distinguished group of scholars and practitioners for the Symposium on Ideological Capture…

December 10, 2024

Fighting in-work poverty: the minimum wage versus in-work benefits

Abstract We review evidence on the effectiveness of the minimum wage versus in-work benefit policies in reducing poverty in OECD countries. The most credible evidence suggests that raising the minimum…

October 18, 2024

Pro-Marriage Conservatives Should Reject a Per-Child Phase-In of the Child Tax Credit

Earlier this week, scholars from the Ethics and Public Policy Center, the Niskanen Center, and other right-of-center organizations issued a memo calling for pro-family tax reforms during the upcoming debate over the…

October 16, 2024

Kevin Corinth: Addressing Social Capital Poverty in America

…relationship between economic and social factors, highlighting the need for a more comprehensive approach to addressing societal challenges. As policymakers and communities grapple with these issues, Kevin Corinth from the…

October 11, 2024

It’s time to face up to our social poverty problem

…a senior fellow and the director of the Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility at the American Enterprise Institute. Kevin Corinth is a senior fellow and deputy director of the…

October 7, 2024

Why Middle Class Wages Aren’t Growing

Senior Fellow Kevin Corinth discusses factors hindering wage growth for the middle class….

September 30, 2024

Our Academic Productivity After the Council of Economic Advisers

Abstract Gordon Tullock wrote that government economists found capable of “firefighting” are assigned to do more of it, “with the result that the higher ranks of government economists aren’t able…

September 19, 2024

Government benefit programs already do a lot to help low income families

Politicians, policy analysts, and advocates have proposed increasing the generosity of the Child Tax Credit (CTC), as a means of providing more resources to low-income families with children. Before deciding…

September 11, 2024

Doing Right by Kids: A Book Event

…the Safety Net Panelists: Kay S. Hymowitz, William E. Simon Fellow, Manhattan Institute Matt Weidinger, Rowe Scholar, American Enterprise Institute Brad Wilcox, Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Moderator: Kevin