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January 20, 2022
Testimony: Incentivize Individual Agency to Achieve Upward Mobility
…married, having children within marriage, or any of the other behaviors that typically mark passage into young adulthood and likely entry into the middle class or beyond? Read the full…
January 3, 2022
Dynamism as a Public Philosophy
…Regulatory institutions appear to be a significant depressant on job satisfaction, particularly credit market regulations (such as interest rate controls) and goods market regulations. The institutions of collective bargaining and regulations on hiring…
October 19, 2021
The Divided State of Our Unions
…favor of either of the first two scenarios, there is marked polarization in desires related to marriage and childbearing by income, religious attendance, and partisanship as COVID-19 abates.That’s because in…
August 23, 2021
Policies to Help the Working Class in the Aftermath of COVID-19: Lessons from the Great Recession
…higher among the working class. The key lesson from the Great Recession is that strong economic growth and a hot labor market do more to improve the economic well-being of…
July 2, 2021
Addressing the Shortcomings of the Supplemental Poverty Measure
…full market value of health insurance—perhaps capped as a fraction of total resources—and one that includes a zero value of health insurance. The latter measure should not deduct medical out-of-pocket…
June 10, 2021
Long Shadows: The Black-White Gap in Multigenerational Poverty
…center stage over the past year to a degree not seen for a generation. These issues cover a wide range of topics, touching on policing and criminal justice, labor market…