Events
Poverty in the Pandemic: Policy Lessons from Covid-19
The Columbia University's Center on Poverty and Social Policy, The Hamilton Project at Brookings, and the Russell Sage Foundation host a book launch of Poverty in the Pandemic: Policy Lessons from COVID-19 with author Zachary Parolin, followed by a policy discussion.
The Voucher Promise: “Section 8” and the Fate of an American Neighborhood
Eva Rosen of Georgetown University discussed her book The Voucher Promise, in which she examines the Housing Choice Voucher Program through the lives of families living in a neighborhood in Baltimore, MD.
The Countervailing Effects of Socioeconomic Stress: Why Family Structure Might Matter Less for Black Youth’s Academic Success
Christina Cross, a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, presented on family structures as they relate to race and class.
Plumbing the Depths: The Changing Socio-Demographic Profile of UK Poverty
Daniel Edmiston, Lecturer at the University of Leeds, made the case for a pluralistic approach to poverty measurement to capture heterogeneity within broader analytical and methodological category of ‘the poor’.
We Built This: How Federal Policy Segregated America
Jacob Faber, Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Service at New York University, discussed his recent research on the racial impacts of the New Deal housing policies that still persist today.
Evaluating the Canadian Child Benefit
Mark Stabile, Professor of Economics at INSEAD, discussed the welfare effects of child benefits and evaluated the Canadian Child Benefit.
Origins and Implications of Expansive Child Protective Services Reporting
Kelley Fong shared her current research focused on Child Protective Services as a state response to families facing adversity.
More than a Job? Characterizing Poverty Transitions in the U.S.
José Pacas, visiting scholar from University of Minnesota, shared his work on the factors influencing poverty transitions.
Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works
Rucker Johnson, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley discussed his book, Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works.
The Rise of Legal Status Restrictions in American Social Welfare Policy
Professor Cybelle Fox discussed her paper examining measures passed by the California and New York state legislatures in the early 1970s designed to bar unauthorized immigrants from access to public assistance.
EITC Expansions, Earnings Growth, and Inequality: Evidence from Washington, DC
Bradley Hardy, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, at American University presented his work examining the effects of EITC expansions on income and inequality in Washington, DC.
The Political Economy of Family Policy Expansion
Emanuele Ferragina, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po, presented his latest findings from his research on the political economy of family policy expansion.