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The SNAP state cost-shift policy leaves the program’s existence to chance
Lauren Bauer and Diane Schanzenbach find that the SNAP cost shift to states will fluctuate unpredictably and considerably from year to year solely based on random chance.
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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Event recap—Taking on tax: The future of corporate taxation
Tax Policy & Budget
Policy Proposals
Toward a uniform business tax system: Examining proposals to tax large pass-through entities as corporations
Tax Policy & Budget
Policy Proposals
The future of US international corporate tax reform
Tax Policy & Budget
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The critical role of social insurance in the US and policies for reform
This publication explores the role of social insurance and highlight policy proposals for reforms that would improve the U.S. social insurance system.
The social insurance system in the US: Policies to protect workers and families
This paper provides an overview of the U.S. social insurance system and various proposals to strengthen it.
Strengthening the Child Tax Credit: What comes next?
Bob Greenstein outlines the future of the Child Tax Credit and examines how the American Family Plan can help make the CTC permanent.
A proposal for a federal paid parental and medical leave program
Tanya Byker and Elena Patel propose the creation of a federal Paid Parental and (Family and Own) Medical Leave (PPML) program. The proposal would establish a p…
Increasing federal investment in children’s early care and education to raise quality, access, and affordability
Elizabeth Davis and Aaron Sojourner propose an ambitious vision to increase federal funding for early childhood care and education (ECE).
Bolstering the housing safety net: The promise of automatic stabilizers
Robert Collinson, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Benjamin Keys propose a plan to support homeowners and renters to stabilize households and housing markets during fut…
A plan to reform the unemployment insurance system in the United States
Arindrajit Dube offers a plan to reform and modernize the unemployment insurance (UI) system to reflect and align with the challenges of the current labor mark…
Rethinking social insurance: Policies to protect workers and families
Wendy Edelberg and Stephanie Lu examine the benefits of social insurance programs and recommend improving automatic stabilizers so that ad hoc policymaking in …
