Health and Social Programs Archives - Center for Economic and Policy Research

CEPR explores economic policies that affect the US health care and welfare systems. Visit the coronavirus issue page for our latest on the pandemic.

CEPR explora las políticas económicas que impactan los sistemas de salud y de bienestar de los Estados Unidos. Visite la página de problemas de coronavirus para conocer lo último sobre la pandemia.

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CoronavirusHealth and Social ProgramsInequalityUS Housing Insecurity by Race and Place During the Pandemic

In this report, we update our analysis with data through December 2020, and provide detail on both housing and food insecurity at the state and metropolitan level.

Julie Yixia Cai Shawn Fremstad Simran Kalkat / April 05, 2021

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Health and Social ProgramsInequalityUS An Inclusive Child Allowance Would Strengthen the Public Child Support System

A well-designed, inclusive child allowance program, the kind that is normal in most other rich countries, would reduce the financial pressures that too often set struggling parents at odds.

Shawn Fremstad / March 24, 2021

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Health and Social ProgramsInequalityUS Most Children Live in Households that Experience One or More Substantial Declines in Earnings During the Year: The Child Tax Credit Should Be Restructured to Help Them

Nearly half of all children live in households that experience at least one negative earnings shock during a typical year. Such shocks are particularly common among lower-income household and households headed by adults without a bachelor’s degree.

Julie Yixia Cai Shawn Fremstad / March 02, 2021

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Health and Social ProgramsInequalityUS Wage Cap Allows Millionaires to Stop Contributing to Social Security on February 23, 2021

Today is the first day of 2021 that millionaires make no contribution to Social Security.

Sarah Rawlins / February 23, 2021