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Earned paid time off should be a basic right
Nine out of 10 Americans support the idea that all workers should have the right to take paid time off from their jobs. So why is getting paid time off so hard for American workers?
Economic Security & Inequality
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A primer on SNAP work requirements
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Event recap—Reimagining homeowners insurance amid growing climate risk
Energy & Climate
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A proposal for a US federal property reinsurer
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Rates of child experience of and exposure to food insecurity remain high
Despite improvements across a number of economic indicators, rates of child experience of and exposure to food insecurity have failed to see reductions in the …
Americans aren’t moving to economic opportunity
In their new analysis, Jay Shambaugh, Ryan Nunn, and Jana Parsons explore the national trend of declining worker mobility and migration, particularly the lack …
Health conditions keep many SNAP participants out of the labor force
As federal and state policymakers continue to seek solutions to bring more Americans into the workforce, such as imposing and expanding work requirements on mi…
Work requirements and safety net programs
This paper characterizes the types of individuals who would face work requirements in SNAP and Medicaid, describes what their work experiences are over a two-y…
A dozen facts about immigration
Immigration has wide-ranging impacts on society and culture, and its economic effects are no less substantial. This document provides a set of economic facts a…
If real wages aren’t rising, how is household income going up?
How are real incomes rising even as real wages are flat? Ryan Nunn and Jay Shambaugh take a closer look at outcomes over the past few years, and factors that p…
The historical role of race and policy for regional inequality
Bradley Hardy, Trevon Logan, and John Parman describe the legacy of structural racism and its influence on economic outcomes for people and places today, outli…
The geography of prosperity
Ryan Nunn, Jana Parsons, and Jay Shambaugh investigate the factors that have created concentrated prosperity in the United States while leaving many places beh…
