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Who enters and who exits direct care jobs in long-term care settings?
An analysis from Krista Ruffini, Karen Shen, and Yulya Truskinovsky examines the high rates of turnover among direct care workers.
Employment & Wages
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A direct care worker visa policy to support the aging US population
Employment & Wages
Immigration
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Rethinking Medicare home health
Health Care
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Progress and stagnation: US poverty, deep poverty, and the safety net, 1967–2023
Economic Security & Inequality
Social Insurance
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Designing US health insurance from scratch: A proposal for universal basic coverage
Liran Einav and Amy Finkelstein propose universal health care coverage for a basic set of medical services and the option to buy supplemental coverage in a wel…
Have workers gotten a raise?
A comprehensive evaluation of real pay changes since the pandemic looks at pay measures, inflation effects, and the distributional breakdown.
Declining school enrollment since the pandemic
An analysis of public school enrollment decline after the COVID-19 pandemic looks at differences by socioeconomic status, locale, and types of schools.
A primer on SNAP work requirements (2023)
An explainer on work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP; formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) summarizes the research on…
Event recap—Taking on tax: The past, present, and future
The Hamilton Project at Brookings convened experts on September 27, 2023 to discuss the future of tax policy.
Look beyond gross domestic product to assess the effects of tax reforms
Wendy Edelberg and Ben Harris scrutinize the misplaced focus on aggregate output in tax policy debates and suggest other considerations to prioritize.
The coming fiscal cliff: A blueprint for tax reform in 2025
Ahead of the expiration of several Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions, Natasha Sarin and Kimberly Clausing offer principles and options to guide tax policy choic…
The coming end of federal child care funding threatens working mothers’ gains
Women have made impressive gains in the labor market, but if Congress fails to allocate additional funding for the sector, work will be more difficult for mill…
