California’s poverty rate climbed in the first quarter of 2023, the latest quarter measured by the Public Policy Institute of California. Poverty increased from 11.7% in 2021 to 13.2%, the institute ...

Stigma is a glue that holds poverty, inequality and economic insecurity in place enabling and exacerbating inequalities of wealth, health and opportunity, says a new report. Poverty stigma is a ...

We review evidence on the effectiveness of the minimum wage versus in-work benefit policies in reducing poverty in OECD countries. The most credible evidence suggests that raising the minimum wage is ...

Working more hours will not be enough to lift many families from “in-work poverty”, research by the Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI) has found. Increasing working hours would help some ...

Stigma is a glue that holds poverty, inequality and economic insecurity in place enabling and exacerbating inequalities of wealth, health and opportunity, says a new report. Poverty Stigma is a ...

We examine how the well-being of those with few resources changed, amidst economic disruption and large, transitory government transfers. We find that in the years leading up to the pandemic and in ...

The finding that Medicaid work requirements could reduce poverty by 1.6 to 2.9 million people, rather than representing their likely impact, stems from an unwarranted assumption: If millions of ...

California’s poverty rate climbed in the first quarter of 2023, the latest quarter measured by the Public Policy Institute of California. ‘We’re seeing an uptick in poverty. That’s not because the ...