July 19, 2024
Anna Crockett
This article analyzes how different demographic groups can climb the income ladder and move into higher-income groups.
May 23, 2024
Anna Crockett
In the United States, a great deal of research has documented income disparities across racial and ethnic groups over time. If left unaddressed, those disparities could act as a headwind to future economic growth, especially given the country’s increasingly diverse population.
May 20, 2024
Marycruz De Leon, Kassandra Huhn, Prithvi Kalkunte and Xiaohan Zhang
This article examines Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act funding distribution in Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico.
May 8, 2024
Anna Crockett, Emily Ryder Perlmeter, Xiaohan Zhang
Proponents of short-term credentials hope these programs that are shorter (and often cheaper) than traditional college can boost economic mobility for students who would otherwise forgo a degree.
April 19, 2024
Marycruz De Leon, Kassandra Huhn, Prithvi Kalkunte and Xiaohan Zhang
In the first of a three-part series on digital inclusion, we discuss the details of recent federal broadband funding and its connection to the level of broadband availability.
March 6, 2024
Anna Crockett, Emily Ryder Perlmeter, Xiaohan Zhang
Proponents of short-term credentials hope these programs that are shorter (and often cheaper) than traditional college can boost economic mobility for students who would otherwise forgo a degree.
February 12, 2024
Claire Jeffress, Eileen Morrow and Andrew Raychawdhuri
Michael Weber, an associate professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and Jeff Fuhrer, a fellow at the Brookings Institution and the Eastern Bank Foundation, provided insight into the importance of thinking about diverse communities in policymaking at the inaugural Economic Inclusion Seminar Series Fireside Chat.
December 1, 2023
Emily Ryder Perlmeter
Women in Texas who own small businesses struggle more than men to access loans, post-COVID data show, and the situation is worse for women of color.
August 2, 2023
Aparna Jayashankar and Xiaohan Zhang
The COVID-19 pandemic severely depressed U.S. labor force participation. Although the pandemic has eased, people ages 20–24 and those over 55 have been less likely to return to the workforce.
June 21, 2023
Aparna Jayashankar, Xiaohan Zhang and Jason Saving
Research has shown that the Earned Income Tax Credit, the largest of the U.S. antipoverty programs, boosts labor force participation among single mothers. It does not, in the aggregate, have the same effect on married mothers.