Social Policy & Government Programs
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"A Proposal for an Enhanced Partially Refundable Child Tax Credit,” with Wendy Edelberg, The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution, March 2023.
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"The Cyclicality of Births and Babies' Health, Revisited: Evidence from Unemployment Insurance,” with Lisa Dettling, NBER working paper 30937, February 2023.
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"Disability Insurance in the Great Recession: Ease of Access, Program Enrollment, and Local Hysteresis." with Brendan M. Price and Riley Wilson, AEA Papers and Proceedings , May 2021, 111: 486-90.
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“Promoting Economic Recovery After Covid-19,” with Jason Furman, Timothy Geithner, and Glenn Hubbard, Aspen Economic Strategy Group Task Force Report, June 2020.
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“Exposure on the Job: Who are the Essential Workers Who Cannot Work from Home?” with Luke Pardue, May 2020. Brookings Institute.
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“Child Poverty in the U.S.,” EconoFact, March 2020.
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“We could abolish child poverty in the U.S. with Social Security benefits for poor kids,” EconoFact, March 2020.
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“COVID-19 Social Insurance Payments to U.S. Households,” with Luke Pardue, EconoFact, March 2020.
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"We could abolish child poverty in the U.S. with Social Security benefits for poor kids,” EconoFact, March 2020.
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"Promoting Economic Recovery After Covid-19” with Jason Furman, Timothy Geithner, and Glenn Hubbard, Aspen Economic Strategy Group Task Force Report, June 2020.
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"Role Models, Mentors, and Media Influences,” with Phillip Levine, in ed. Melissa Kearney and Ron Haskins, “How Cultural Factors Shape Economic Outcomes,” Future of Children, June 2020.
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"COVID-19 Social Insurance Payments to U.S. Households,” with Luke Pardue, EconoFact, March 2020.
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"Widening Socioeconomic Differences in Children’s Family Structure,” EconoFact, June 2019.
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"Early Childhood Education by Television: Lessons from Sesame Street,” with Phillip Levine, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 11(1), February 2019: 318-350.
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"How economic inequality shapes mobility expectations and behaviour in disadvantaged youth,” Alexander S. Browman, Mesmin Destin, and Phillip B. Levine, Nature Human Behaviour 3, February 2019: 214–220.
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"Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a Policy Response to Current Challenges,” with Magne Mogstad, in ed. Melissa S. Kearney and Amy Ganz, "Maintaining the Strength of American Capitalism," Aspen Institute Economic Strategy Group, December 2019.
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"Promoting economic security and upward mobility with programmes that support low-income families and youth,” in ed. Chad Bown, "Economics and Policy in the Age of Trump," VOXEU. June 2017.
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"Welfare and the Federal Budget,” EconoFact, July 2017.
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“What Does Culture Have to Do With the American Dream?” Institute for Family Studies blog, May 22, 2017, edited transcript of remarks given at American Enterprise Institute.
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"The Supplemental Security Income Program” with Mark Duggan and Stephanie Rennane, in R. A. Moffitt (Ed.) "Economics of Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the U.S.," Volume II (pp. 1-58). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. 2016
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“Would a significant increase in the top income tax rate substantially alter income inequality?” with William Gale and Peter Orszag, Brookings Institution. September 28, 2015.
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Kearney, Melissa S. and Phillip Levine. “Teen Births are Falling: What’s Going on?” Brookings policy brief, March 2014.
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“Giving Secondary Earners a Tax Break: A Proposal to Help Low- and Middle-Income Families," with Lesley Turner, The Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, December 2013. (Proposal introduced into federal legislation by U.S. Senator Murray, March 2014.)
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"Giving Secondary Earners a Tax Break: A Proposal to Help Low- and Middle-Income Families." with Lesley Turner, The Hamilton Project Discussion Paper, December 2013. (Proposal introduced into federal legislation by U.S. Senator Murray, March 2014.)
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"Exploring the Growth of the Child SSI Caseload in the Context of the Broader Policy and Demographic Landscape.” with Anna Aizer and Nora Gordon, Presented at NBER/SSA Disability Research Conference, Washington DC, Oct 2013.
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"The Impact of Child SSI Enrollment on Household Outcomes: Evidence from the SIPP,” with Mark Duggan, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 26(4), 2007: 861-886.
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"Reducing Unplanned Pregnancies through Medicaid Family Planning Services,” with Phillip Levine, Brookings CCF Brief number 39, July 2008.
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"Is There an Effect of Incremental Welfare Benefits on Fertility Behavior? A Look at the Family Cap,” Journal of Human Resources 39(2), 2004: 295-325.