AEI Poverty: Experts, highlights, and headlines

Poverty scholars

Robert Doar Morgridge Fellow in Poverty Studies Research areas: Welfare, Poverty, Federal programs

 

Kevin Corinth Resident Fellow Research areas: Poverty, Homelessness assistance programs

 

Maura Corrigan Visiting Scholar Research areas: Social welfare policy & programs, Child welfare, Food stamps

Arthur Brooks President Research areas: Social entrepreneurship, Free enterprise, Philanthropy

 

Michael R. Strain Resident Scholar Research areas: US economy, Labor market policy, Labor economics, Federal budget

Headlines and Highlights

Bringing up baby 
Robert Doar, US News & World Report
When Harvard social scientist and celebrated author Robert Putnam lists the challenges facing poor Americans, family structure is always at the top.

The new conservative creed in the United States
Arthur Brooks, El Pais
sA new kind of conservatism is taking root in America.

Homelessness can require complex solutions
Kevin C. Corinth, The New York Times
The Housing First philosophy threatens to distract us from the solutions that would most effectively address other important needs.

Making it easier to skip paying child support
Robert Doar, The Wall Street Journal
With little public attention, the Obama administration has been changing America’s child-support enforcement. The most recent Census Bureau report found that in 2011 fewer than 50% of single mothers had child-support orders—down from almost 60% in 2003.

How Christmas spirit can solve homelessness
Kevin Corinth, The Huffington Post
What was it about Christmas that brought temporary relief to the city’s overstretched, billion-dollar shelter system? Family.

Hard choices to improve education
Robert Doar, Brad Wassink, The Detroit News
Four AEI videos from prominent scholars and practitioners tackle the tough question of how we can improve education.

 

 

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