A large share of the people who would face work requirements are employed, but they also experience high levels of job displacement and unemployment, and their wages have grown little, as our analysis of the low-wage labor market shows. Read more
A new paper by two leading academic researchers shows how adults who are likely to participate in SNAP (formerly food stamps) or Medicaid are generally ... Read more
Subsidized employment programs offer job seekers who would otherwise be unemployed a government-funded, temporary paid job that helps them meet their basic needs, gain meaningful ... Read more
With the House set to consider extensive changes in SNAP (formerly food stamps) in the farm bill this week, leading researchers Hilary Hoynes and Diane ... Read more
A potential radical change to immigration policy by the Trump Administration could cause many families that include non-citizens to fear signing ... Read more
One in four U.S. children — about 18 million children under age 18 — live with at least one immigrant parent. About 5 million children live with an unauthorized immigrant parent, and nearly 80 percent of these children are U.S. citizens; the other 13 million live with a parent who is foreign born but either a legal resident or a U.S. citizen. Read more
The years from the end of World War II into the 1970s were ones of substantial economic growth and broadly shared prosperity. Beginning in the 1970s, economic growth slowed and the income gap widened. Read more
