Economic Opportunity Research

Fulfilling the Promise: Expanding Voter Registration of Low-Income Citizens Under the National Voter Registration Act
TANF Tested: Lives of Families in Poverty during the Recession
Reducing Poverty and Economic Distress after ARRA: Next Steps for Short-Term Recovery and Long-Term Economic Security
Tuning In to Local Labor Markets: Findings from the Sectoral Employment Impact Study
Reentry Opportunities in the Green Economy
Young Disadvantaged Men: Fathers, Families, Poverty, and Policy. An Introduction to the Issues
Income Gaps Between Very Rich and Everyone Else More Than Tripled In Last Three Decades, New Data Show
A Pathway to Clean Jobs and Prosperity: State Policies For Helping Low-Income Working Families Build Clean Energy Careers
Job Sprawl in Metro New Orleans: Based on 2008 Local Employment Dynamics Data from the U.S. Census
The Benefits and Costs of the Section 8 Housing Subsidy Program: A Framework and First-Year Estimates (pdf)
Feeding Opportunity: Ending Child Hunger Furthers the Goal of Cutting U.S. Poverty in Half over the Next Decade

Ending Family Homelessness in Massachusetts: A New Approach for the Emergency Assistance (EA) Program (pdf)
Low-Skill Workers' Access to Quality Green Jobs
The State of Metropolitan America
The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2009
Some States Scaling Back Tax Credits for Low-Income Families
Aiming Higher: Removing Barriers to Education, Training and Jobs for Low-Income Women (pdf)
Early Findings From New York City's Conditional Cash Transfer Program (pdf)
Poverty, Class and the Recession
Making the 1996 Welfare Reform Work: The Promise of a Job
A Century Apart: New Measures of Well-being for U.S. Racial and Ethnic Groups
Extending the TANF Emergency Fund Would Create and Preserve Jobs Quickly and Efficiently
The Obama Effect: A New Future for Inequality? (pdf)
Weathering the Storm: Have IDAs Helped Low-Income Homebuyers Avoid Foreclosure? (pdf)
Doing What Works to End U.S. Hunger: Federal Food Programs Are Effective, but Can Work Even Better
America Insecure: Changes in the Economic Security of American Families
Poverty on the Rise in the District: The Impact of Unemployment in 2009 and 2010
A Profile of the Working Poor, 2008
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Implications of Changes in Participation Rates
A New Era of Partnerships: Report of Recommendations to the President
Child Care Feeding Programs Support Young Children's Healthy Development (pdf)
WIC Improves Child Health and School Readiness (pdf)
A Comparison of the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The Effects of Citizenship on Family Income and Poverty
L.A. County 10 Years Later, A Tale of Two Cities, One Future (pdf)
Improving Access to Public Benefits: Helping Eligible Individuals and Families Get the Income Supports They Need
Failure to Extend Improvements in Child Tax Credit Would Harm Millions of Low-Income Working Families
Unemployment and Family Homelessness: The Nation's Crisis, New York City's Experience (pdf)
The State of Opportunity, 2009
The State of Minorities in the Economy
Low Income and Impoverished Families Pay More Disproportionately for Child Care
Families of the Recession: Unemployed Parents & Their Children
The Effects of the Recession on Child Poverty
The "Great Recession" and Redistribution: Federal Antipoverty Policies (pdf)
Food Within Reach: Strategies for Increasing Participation in the Food Stamp Program in California (pdf)
State-Level Data Show Recovery Act Protecting Millions From Poverty
Keeping a First Line of Defense for the Jobless
Battered by the Storm: How the Safety Net Is Failing Americans and How to Fix It
American Jobs Plan
National Service and Youth Unemployment: Strategies for Job Creation Amid Economic Recovery
Green Equity Toolkit: Advancing Race, Gender and Economic Equity in the Green Economy
The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2008
Building a Foundation for Family Economic Success (pdf)
Considerations in Efforts to Restructure Work-Based Credits
Sick in the City: What the Lack of Paid Leave Means for Working New Yorkers (pdf)
Adult Education for Work: Transforming Adult Education to Build a Skilled Workforce
Strengthening Correctional Education for Adults (pdf)
Congressional Hearing Testimonies: Evaluating Safety-Net Programs During the Recession
State Child Care Assistance Policies 2009
Increasing Low-Income Access to Opportunity (pdf)
Federal/Philanthropic Partnership Opportunities (pdf)
Fractures in the Foundation: The Latino Worker's Experience in an Era of Declining Job Quality
Many Low-Income Working Families Turn to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Help
Hitting Bottom? An Updated Analysis of Rents and the Price of Housing in 100 Metropolitan Areas (pdf)
The Effects of the Economic Recession on Communities of Color
Neighborhoods and the Black-White Mobility Gap (pdf)
Unemployment in Low-Income Communities
Ebbing Tides in the Golden State: Impacts of the 2008 Recession on California and Los Angeles County
Reauthorizing the Workforce Investment Act: A Down Payment on a Workforce Development System for the 21st Century
Extending the EITC to Noncustodial Parents: Potential Impacts and Design Considerations
Food Insecurity Rates Rise Steeply with Recession (pdf)
Working Learners: Educating Our Entire Workforce for Success in the 21st Century
Contagion Nation: A Comparison of Paid Sick Day Policies in 22 Countries (pdf)
Promoting Economic Mobility by Increasing Postsecondary Education (pdf)
Transforming America's Community Colleges: A Federal Policy Proposal to Expand Opportunity and Promote Economic Prosperity (pdf)
Essential Legal Services: Funding the Legal Services Corporation
Seventy-Eight Percent of Working Rural Families To Receive Full Making Work Pay Tax Credit (pdf)
Forty-Three Percent of Eligible Rural Families Can Claim A Larger Credit with EITC Expansion (pdf)
What to Look For in HUD’s 2010 Budget For Low-Income Housing
Job Training That Works: Findings from the Sectoral Employment Impact Study
19 Million Working-Age Americans Have a Disability that Limits or Prevents Work -- Most Are Poor or Low-Income
Changing Poverty and Changing Antipoverty Policies
Strengthening One-Stop Career Centers: Helping More Unemployed Workers Find Jobs and Build Skills
Weathering the Storm: Black Men in the Recession
Children in Poverty: Trends, Consequences and Policy Options (pdf)
An Engine of Opportunity: A User’s Guide to Advocate for Transportation Equity in the 2009 Recovery Act (pdf)
Asset Building in Low-income Communities of Color, Part 1
President Obama and Antipoverty Policy: What Does the Stimulus Bill Do to Fight Poverty, Educate Citizens, and Improve Public Health? (pdf)
Increasing Employment Among People with Disabilities
Child Tax Credit Expansion Increases Number of Families Eligible for a Refund (pdf)
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Refund Anticipation Loans
Budgeting for Basic Needs: A Struggle for Working Families
Feeding Our Future: Growing Up Healthy with WIC
Fueling Fair Practices: A Road Map to Improved Public Policy for Used Car Sales and Financing (pdf)
Decade of Neglect Has Weakened Federal Low-Income Housing Programs
Check the Color Line: 2009 Income Report (pdf)
Biggest Bang for the Buck: Researchers Weigh Stimulus Proposals
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: State-by-State Estimates of Key Provisions Affecting Low- and Moderate-Income Individuals
Basic Needs Assistance for the Poor Advances Economic Recovery and Employment Goals
Meeting the Needs of Low-Income Families in the Economic Recovery
The Earned Income Tax Credit and Older Workers
Reduce Poverty and Promote Opportunity (pdf)
Strategies to Build Economic Security and Reduce Poverty: A Tool Kit for States
Economic Recovery and the EITC: Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit to Benefit Families and Places
Senior Unemployment Rate Hits 31-Year High
The Stimulus Package Should Help Workers Get Retrained
Rental Assistance Asset Accounts
Number of Homeless Families Climbing Due to Recession
The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Older Americans
The Economic Security of American Workers: Trends in the Labor Market, Savings Behavior, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States (pdf)
Preparing Low-Skilled Workers for the Jobs of Tomorrow
Reaching for the Prize: The Limits on Economic Mobility
Recession Could Cause Large Increases in Poverty and Push Millions into Deep Poverty
Targeting Industries, Training Workers and Improving Opportunities: The Final Report from the Sectoral Employment Initiative
Helping the Jobless Helps Us All: The Central Role of Unemployment Insurance in America's Economic Recovery
The Enduring Challenge of Concentrated Poverty in America: Case Studies from Communities Across the U.S.

Community Affairs Offices of the Federal Reserve System and the Brookings Institution, Metropolitan Policy Program, October 2008

Barriers to Employment Among TANF Applicants and Their Consequences for Self-Sufficiency(PDF)
The Next Stage for SocialPolicy: Encouraging Work, Family Formation Among Low-Income Men
Still Working Hard, Still FallingShort
TheTransformation in Who is Expected to Work in the United States and Howit Changed the Lives of Single Mothers and People with Disabilities
Job-to-JobTransitions: More Mobility and Security in the Workforce
A Platform for Progress: Building a Better Future for Women and Their Families –Building Economic Security
Reversal of Fortune: A New Look at Concentrated Poverty in the 2000s
Staying Afloat in Tough Times: What States Are and Aren’t Doing to Promote Family Economic Security
Survey of Low-Wage Workers
Metro Raise: Boosting the Earned Income Tax Credit to Help Metropolitan Workers and Families
State Strategies to Reduce Child and Family Poverty
Upward Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the United States
Unions and Upward Mobility for African-American Workers
Getting Ahead or Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America
Action Tool Kit for Municipal Leaders: Helping Families Achieve Financial Security (pdf)
A Hand Up: A Strategy to Reward Work, Expand Opportunity, and Reduce Poverty
Bridging the Gaps: A Picture of How Work Supports Work in Ten States [PDF]
Rewarding the Work of Individuals A Counterintuitive Approach to Reducing Poverty and Strengthening Families
From Poverty to Prosperity: A National Strategy to Cut Poverty in Half
Repairing the Economic Ladder: A Transformative Investment Strategy to Reduce Poverty and Expand America's Middle Class [PDF]
From Poverty, Opportunity: Putting the Market to Work for Lower Income Families
Child Poverty and Welfare Reform: Stay the Course
Declining Employment among Young Black Less-Educated Men: The Role of Incarceration and Child Support
Welfare Reform That Works: Explaining the Welfare Caseload Decline, 1996-2000 [PDF]
Four Years of Welfare Reform: A Progress Report [PDF]
Lisa Oliphant, Cato Institute, August 2000

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