Making the U.S. Safety Net More Responsive to Economic Downturns

What triggers economic insecurity and who is most at risk?

Social protection and good-quality public services also promote society-level economic security by acting both as a safety net and as automatic ...

Quantifying the Impact of SNAP Benefits on the U.S. Economy and ...

Higher income individuals, on the other hand, are more likely to save a substantial share of their increased income from the government spending ...

The association of safety-net program participation with government ...

Safety-net programs in the United States provide critical support to families facing economic hardship and food insecurity. The number of ...

The Shortcomings of a Work-Biased Welfare System | Richmond Fed

The U.S. welfare system includes a broad variety of means-tested programs aimed at reducing poverty by providing government-sponsored benefits to eligible ...

Experts Say the 'New Normal' in 2025 Will Be Far More Tech-Driven ...

Social justice will get priority: The reawakening of public movements for social justice and economic equality may create more-responsive ...

Recession Graduates: The Long-lasting Effects of an Unlucky Draw

Fortunately, understanding that these cohorts are vulnerable raises the possibility of policy intervention. In fact, we find that the social safety net ...

State of Homelessness: 2024 Edition - endhomelessness.org

It increasingly serves more people, but needs more resources to combat the nationwide affordable housing crisis. Record-High Homeless Counts. A record-high ...

Overview of Canada's COVID-19 Economic Response Plan

Canada entered this crisis with a strong balance sheet, the lowest net debt-to-GDP ratio in the G7, and historically low borrowing rates, giving the government ...

Reweaving the social safety net - Deloitte

The modern social “safety net,” including various types of income assistance and social care, has helped protect our most vulnerable citizens for decades.

Redesigning Canada's social safety net for the post-pandemic ...

EI needs sweeping reforms to become more responsive to economic downturns and to better support unemployed workers' adjustments to changes in ...

Relief, Recovery, Reform: A Retrospective on the US Policy ...

Reaching recovery is more challenging in this case, relative to the Great Recession. Back then, the task at hand was to increase consumer spending and get ...

Opinion | What Happened to Our Covid Social Safety Net?

The CARES Act, passed in March 2020, included the largest increase in benefits and eligibility in American history. It offered people “a sense ...

Great Depression: American Social Policy

(To fund the New Deal and stimulate economic growth, the Roosevelt Administration spent more than the federal government was actually receiving ...

Guaranteed Income and the Safety Net - New America

Since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis there has been an increase in bipartisan support for guaranteed income (GI) programs, possibly due to the ...

How to Fix Economic Inequality?

Many experts argue that longstanding US policies that widened inequality have also exacerbated the pandemic's impact. As the United States and other countries ...

The U.S. Inequality Debate | Council on Foreign Relations

A stronger social safety net, including better unemployment ... make the economy more resilient. “What the country needs is not a ...

Federal Fiscal Relief and COVID-19: Implications for Californians

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law on March 27, 2020 and provides the largest amount of fiscal relief to date – ...

Social Safety Net: Essential Support System for Vulnerable ...

By empowering individuals and families, safety nets help improve their quality of life and create a more prosperous future. In times of crisis, ...

Countries Provide Support to Workers in the Informal Economy

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, countries have begun to help informal sector workers through safety-net programs, cash transfers, and public-works programs.

Recessions Often Improve Population Health, but COVID-19 May Be ...

More advantaged Americans are likelier to have the option to work from home, the resources to adapt to new and rapidly changing expectations, ...