Shawn is director of law and political economy and a senior advisor at CEPR. He has worked in direct service at the local level, policy advocacy at the state level, and policy research and analysis at the federal level. His previous positions include senior policy analyst and deputy director of income security at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
After graduating from the University of Minnesota Law School, Shawn worked as a civil legal services lawyer in Minnesota for seven years. His writing has appeared in The American Prospect, The Nation, National Journal, and other publications, and he has been quoted or cited in a range of publications, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, All Things Considered, Vox, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The Guardian. He was a Ford Foundation Public Voices Fellow and is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance.
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States With More Insured Residents Have Higher COVID-19 Vaccination Rates
Is state variation in COVID vaccination rates due in part to state-level differences in the percentage of residents with health insurance and state policy decisions that influence the availability and quality of health insurance?
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.
Housing Insecurity by Race and Place During the Pandemic
In this report, we update our analysis with data through December 2020, and provide detail on both housing and food insecurity at the state and metropolitan level.
An Inclusive Child Allowance Would Strengthen the Public Child Support System
A well-designed, inclusive child allowance program, the kind that is normal in most other rich countries, would reduce the financial pressures that too often set struggling parents at odds.
Most Children Live in Households that Experience One or More Substantial Declines in Earnings During the Year: The Child Tax Credit Should Be Restructured to Help Them
Nearly half of all children live in households that experience at least one negative earnings shock during a typical year. Such shocks are particularly common among lower-income household and households headed by adults without a bachelor’s degree.
Family Benefits in US Fall Further Behind
While Canada and the United States spent similar amounts in 2000, Canada now spends twice the US amount, as does Japan.
COVID Relief Payments Draw an Unfair Line Between Deserving and Undeserving Family Dependency
The COVID Relief legislation passed by Congress last night includes a one-time $600 per person payment, but prohibits several groups from receiving it, including 17 and 18 year olds claimed as dependents
The Absence of Universal Social Protections in the United States Harms Black Men
Most Americans would benefit from a more comprehensive and universal system of social protection than currently exists in the United States. But Black men would be among the most well served by the same kind of comprehensive, inclusive social protections
Letter on Proposed Rulemaking: Affidavit of Support on Behalf of Immigrants, Department of Homeland Security Docket No. USCIS– 2019–0023
Comments of Shawn Fremstad, Senior Fellow, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, DC. Submitted on Regulations.gov on November 1, 2020.
The Rise in Material Hardship Among Working-Class Whites and How It Could Impact the 2020 Election
The rise in material hardship among lower-income whites without college degrees will likely make it harder for Trump to hold on to these important swing voters in the election.
