A revelatory account of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don't think it exists
Jessica Compton's family of four would have no cash income unless she donated plasma …

Nonstandard scheduling is a pervasive feature of the American workplace. Drawing from
interviews with 54 low‐income mothers employed in six retail workplaces in the Chicago area, …

… Luke Shaefer is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work
and … H. Luke Shaefer’s time spent on this project was funded in part by a cooperative research …

Homelessness in the United States is often examined using cross-sectional, point-in-time
samples. Any experience of homelessness is a risk factor for adverse outcomes, so it is also …

This study estimates the effects of participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) on the risk of food as well as nonfood material hardships experienced by low-…

To reduce child poverty and income instability, and eliminate extreme poverty among families
with children in the United States, we propose converting the Child Tax Credit and child …

We examine the effects of an unconditional cash transfer on the economic wellbeing (material
hardship, ability to meet needs, money on hand, use of friends and family for assistance, …

APRIL 2020 TO DECEMBER 2020 Since late April 2020, the US Census Bureau has fielded
the Household Pulse survey to better understand how American households are dealing …

The material well-being of children has profound implications for a variety of social and
health outcomes. This paper provides estimates of the prevalence and intensity of material …

Among unemployed workers, the less educated and racial and ethnic minorities are less
likely than the highly educated and White non-Hispanics to aPplyfor and to receive …