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May 16, 2024
The Hill: We should plug the safety net’s biggest hole
"Over the past half-century, the U.S. safety net has grown considerably stronger for children and elderly adults, substantially reducing poverty among them. Bu…
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May 4, 2024
CNN: They have jobs but still need help to feed their families
“In addition to rising prices, another pressure for many middle class families is that their wages have not kept up with inflation as well as the pay of their …
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April 17, 2024
Axios: Who the U.S. economic safety net leaves behind
"While key tax breaks and support programs lift a significant percentage of children, parents and older Americans out of poverty, they barely move the needle o…
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April 13, 2024
The New York Times: 3 facts that help explain a confusing economic moment
“’It seems churlish to complain about where we are right now,' said Wendy Edelberg, director of the Hamilton Project, an economic policy arm of the Brookings I…
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April 12, 2024
The New York Times: Immigrants in Maine are filling a labor gap. It may be a prelude for the U.S.
"'I’m very confident that we would not have seen the employment gains we saw last year — and we certainly can’t sustain it — without immigration,' said Wendy E…
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April 12, 2024
Associated Press: A healthy US economy’s secret ingredient: Immigrant workers, eager to fill jobs
"A study by Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson, economists at the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project, has concluded that over the past two years, new immigra…
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April 9, 2024
U.S. News & World Report: What you need to know about the labor market
“'Faster population and labor force growth has meant that employment could grow more quickly than previously believed without adding to inflationary pressures,…
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April 7, 2024
NBC News: How immigrants are helping boost the U.S. job market without affecting inflation
“Wendy Edelberg, a former Federal Reserve economist now serving as director of Brookings’ Hamilton Project, told NBC News the net effect of immigration on infl…