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Immigration Enforcement and the “Chilling Effect” on Latino Medicaid Enrollment

Is contemporary interior immigration enforcement generating a “chilling effect” on Medicaiduse among Latinos? In the first section we theorize the “chilling effect” as a subclass of “massfeedback effects,” which we expand to include a narrative of contemporary Latino politics. In the second section we introduce the details of Secure Communities and explain how itfits in the broader development of America’s new immigration enforcement regime. The section after that describes our data, measures and methods.

Poverty and Child Development: A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit

Although adverse socioeconomic conditions are correlated with worse child health and development, the effects of poverty-alleviation policies are less understood. We examined the associations of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) on child development and used an instrumental variable approach to estimate the potential impacts of income. We used data from the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (n = 8,186) during 1986–2000 to examine effects on the Behavioral Problems Index (BPI) and Home Observation Measurement of the Environment inventory (HOME) scores.

State of the Union 2016: Safety Net

How does the U.S. stack up against peer countries in terms of its safety net? Stanford University professor Karen Jusko addresses this question at our 2016 State of the Union conference. Read the full report.

 

Why is There So Much Poverty in California? The Causes of California's Sky-High Poverty and the Evidence Behind the Equal Opportunity Plan for Reducing It

Poverty and Deep Poverty in California

State Fiscal Policy during the Great Recession

Plunging tax revenues and soaring social program demand during the Great Recession created state budget shortfalls of historic magnitude. After reviewing states’ aggregate reaction to the economic downturn, we conduct an original analysis of the recession’s budgetary impact on the states and their policy responses. Economic factors such as falling personal income and home values explain much of the variation in the recession’s impact.

Podcast: Changes to Federal Aid Programs

Diantha Parker talks with Indivar Dutta-Gupta of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities about how changes to safety net programs could affect low and middle income Americans.

Podcast: The Lasting Impacts of SNAP and EITC

Diantha Parker talks with UC Davis economist Hilary Hoynes about how the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) can help to reduce poverty...permanently.

Debate: Does Philanthropy Shortchange the Poor?

The Center hosts regular debates on trends in poverty and inequality, the future of poverty and inequality, and how poverty and inequality might be reduced.

Participants: 

  • Robert Reich, Associate Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
  • Kenneth Prewitt, Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

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