We examine trends in employment, earnings, and incomes over the last two decades in the United States, and how the safety net has responded to changing fortunes, including the shutdown of the economy in response to the Covid-19 Pandemic. The U.S. safety net is a patchwork of different programs...

Intro -- Contents: Volume I -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction - Robert A. Moffitt -- 1. The Medicaid Program - Thomas Buchmueller, John C. Ham, and Lara D. Shore-Sheppard -- 2. The Earned Income Tax Credit - Austin Nichols and Jesse Rothstein -- 3. US Food and Nutrition Programs - Hilary Hoynes...

Intro -- Contents: Volume II -- Preface - Robert A. Moffitt -- 1. The Supplemental Security Income Program - Mark Duggan, Melissa S. Kearney, and Stephanie Rennane -- 2. Low-Income Housing Policy - Robert Collinson, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Jens Ludwig -- 3. Employment and Training Programs -...

Few government programs in the United States are as controversial as those designed to help the poor. From tax credits to medical assistance, the size and structure of the American safety net is an issue of constant debate. These two volumes update the earlier Means-Tested Transfer Programs in...

Few United States government programs are as controversial as those designed to aid the poor. From tax credits to medical assistance, aid to needy families is surrounded by debate—on what benefits should be offered, what forms they should take, and how they should be administered. The past few...

We look at the effect of the 2000 repeal of the earnings test above the normal retirement age (NRA) on retirement expectations of male workers in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Using administrative records on Social Security benefit entitlements linked to the HRS survey data, we can...