Add to ORKGIn this data snapshot, authors Marybeth Mattingly and Jessica Carson explore the role of government programs in alleviating poverty for people with different racial-ethnic identities. Because poverty rates among non-Hispanic whites are significantly lower than among other groups, programs with disparate effects by race can either widen or decrease racial-ethnic gaps in the poverty rate. The authors find that SNAP and the EITC play particularly important roles for non-white populations; however, Social Security maintains low poverty rates among whites, and exacerbates the poverty gap between white and non-white populations. Policymakers who want to advance low income populations and promote racial-ethnic equity can consider both these progra...
This brief documents the proportion of Americans who would have been poor absent the Earned Income T...
The two largest minorities in the United States, African Americans and people of Hispanic origin, sh...
In this brief, authors Douglas Gagnon, Marybeth Mattingly, and Andrew Schaefer discuss the estimated...
In this brief, authors Jessica Carson and Marybeth Mattingly explore the extent to which rural and u...
In this brief, authors Jessica Carson, Marybeth Mattingly, and Andrew Schaefer use data from the Ame...
As the United States rapidly becomes both a more diverse and unequal nation, policymakers face the u...
In 2015, for the second year in a row, child poverty rates declined in the United States. However, f...
Ethno-racial inequality in poverty is an enduring but misunderstood problem. Most prior research rel...
Black children in the USA are more than twice as likely as white children to live in poverty. While ...
The extent to which means-tested transfers, social insurance, and tax credits fill the gap between a...
Ethno-racial inequality in poverty is an enduring but misunderstood problem. Most prior research rel...
Black children in the USA are more than twice as likely as white children to live in poverty. While ...
Poverty data from the American Community Survey were released on September 17, 2015, allowing a deta...
In this study, the authors investigate the income inequality responses of Blacks, Whites, and Hispan...
Recent proposals in the House and Senate focus on amplifying the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)—a r...
This brief documents the proportion of Americans who would have been poor absent the Earned Income T...
The two largest minorities in the United States, African Americans and people of Hispanic origin, sh...
In this brief, authors Douglas Gagnon, Marybeth Mattingly, and Andrew Schaefer discuss the estimated...
In this brief, authors Jessica Carson and Marybeth Mattingly explore the extent to which rural and u...
In this brief, authors Jessica Carson, Marybeth Mattingly, and Andrew Schaefer use data from the Ame...
As the United States rapidly becomes both a more diverse and unequal nation, policymakers face the u...
In 2015, for the second year in a row, child poverty rates declined in the United States. However, f...
Ethno-racial inequality in poverty is an enduring but misunderstood problem. Most prior research rel...
Black children in the USA are more than twice as likely as white children to live in poverty. While ...
The extent to which means-tested transfers, social insurance, and tax credits fill the gap between a...
Ethno-racial inequality in poverty is an enduring but misunderstood problem. Most prior research rel...
Black children in the USA are more than twice as likely as white children to live in poverty. While ...
Poverty data from the American Community Survey were released on September 17, 2015, allowing a deta...
In this study, the authors investigate the income inequality responses of Blacks, Whites, and Hispan...
Recent proposals in the House and Senate focus on amplifying the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)—a r...
This brief documents the proportion of Americans who would have been poor absent the Earned Income T...
The two largest minorities in the United States, African Americans and people of Hispanic origin, sh...
In this brief, authors Douglas Gagnon, Marybeth Mattingly, and Andrew Schaefer discuss the estimated...