This chapter discusses trends in U.S. poverty since 1964 and the factors behind those trends. Between 1965 and 1970 the official poverty rate fell significantly because market poverty declined and the antipoverty impact of transfers improved. After 1970 market poverty stopped declining but since...

The foster care system attempts to prepare children and youth who have suffered child maltreatment for successful adult lives. This study documents the economic advantages of a privately funded foster care program that provided longer term, more intensive, and more expensive services compared to...

Using administrative employment data from the state of Washington, we use short-duration longitudinal panels to study the impact of Seattle's minimum wage ordinance on individuals employed in low-wage jobs immediately before a wage increase. We draw counterfactual observations using...