Research Analysis
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Unintended Consequences: How Child Support Programs Discourage Employment for Low-Income Families
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Low-income fathers with debt are more likely to reduce labor hours and child support payments.
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Left Out: Women’s Life Changes Put Their Access to Health Insurance at Risk
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Instability in low-income women’s life events corresponds to an increased reliance on public health insurance systems.
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How Sweets, SNAP, and Stress Affect Childhood Obesity
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A study examines prenatal risk factors among low-income Hispanic mothers that may lead to childhood obesity.
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Holes in the Safety Net: Why Eligible Families Don’t Fully Participate in Assistance Programs
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In Maryland, the lowest-income families aren’t signing on for the public assistance for which they’re eligible.
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Enduring Damage: The Effects of Childhood Poverty on Adult Health
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For young children, poverty’s most damaging effects manifest over time.
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Sewing Up the Hole in the Safety Net: Hope for the Hard-To-Reach Homeless Through Medicaid Expansion
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A study of Massachusetts’ Medicaid expansion shows a significant increase in Medicaid enrollment among the homeless seeking substance abuse treatment.
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Why We’ll Need More Than Just Inhalers if Climate Change and Air Pollution Persist
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A large, multi-country study in Europe demonstrates a synergistic relationship between climate change and air pollution and their negative effects on respiratory health.
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Incarceration and Deterrence: Do Sentence Enhancements Prevent Crime?
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Research finds evidence that sentence enhancements not only keep criminals off the streets, but also keep them from becoming criminals in the first place.
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Peace Without Treaties
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Stronger international laws may be discouraging states from signing peace treaties.
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The Job-Skills Mismatch
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Understanding why the US economy has done a poor job of matching workers to openings in the wake of the Great Recession.
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Death by Insurance: Disparities in Healthcare Outcomes Based on Payment Methods
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Researchers find a link between health outcomes and the type of insurance used by patients being treated for similar medical conditions at the same hospitals.