Poverty Archives - Center for Economic and Policy Research

Op-Ed/Commentary

InequalityPovertyUS Native Americans Need to Be Included in Annual Census Reports on Income and Poverty

The Census Bureau should report income and poverty data for Native Americans in its annual reports on income and poverty starting in September 2022.

Julie Yixia Cai Shawn Fremstad / November 16, 2021

Op-Ed/Commentary

Health and Social ProgramsInequalityPovertyUS Fail Again, Fail Worse: Fewer Families Received TANF Cash Assistance in 2020 than in 2019

Recently updated data on TANF’s performance during the pandemic recession suggest that TANF is on track to fail worse than during the Great Recession.

Shawn Fremstad / July 21, 2021

Briefing/Testimony

Health and Social ProgramsInequalityPovertyUS Comments Submitted to National Academy of Sciences Panel on Evaluation and Improvements to the Supplemental Poverty Measure

These comments draw in part on recommendations made in Defining Deprivation Down: Why We Need to Reset the Poverty Line, a joint report published by CEPR and The Century Foundation in 2020.

Shawn Fremstad / July 02, 2021

report

Health and Social ProgramsInequalityPovertyUS The Progressive Case for a Unified Child Benefit

This paper reviews the goals of a broad-based child benefit and identifies four criteria that should guide its design: universality, adequacy on an annual and monthly basis, simplicity, and visibility.

Shawn Fremstad / April 19, 2021