Publications
Publications
Publications and forthcoming
New York Paid Family Leave and Household Economic Security After Childbirth, forthcoming, Social Service Review
State-Level Investments in Children and Disparities in Material Hardship (with Margot Jackson, Taryn Morrissey, and Christopher Wimer), forthcoming, Sociological Science
Effects of the Expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit for Childless Young Adults on Material Well-Being (with Katherine Michelmore, Natasha Pilkauskas, and Christopher Wimer), 2026, National Tax Journal [NBER working paper]
- U-Michigan Poverty Solutions policy brief
Spending Response to the Expanded Child Tax Credit: An Analysis Using United States Consumer Expenditure Survey Data (with Jake Schild, Sophie Collyer, Thesia Garner, Neeraj Kaushal, Jane Waldfogel, and Christopher Wimer), 2026, Reveiw of Income and Wealth
Impact of the Expanded Child Tax Credit and Its Expiration on Adult Psychological Well-being (with Eunho Cha and Stacie Tao), 2023, Social Science & Medicine
A Comprehensive Literature Review of the Impact of Child Tax Credit/Child Allowance in the United States and South Korea (with Hyeri Choi), 2023, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
Selected policy briefs and reports
The Impact of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on Monthly Poverty Rates, Columbia Center on Poverty and Social Policy (CPSP), 2025
2024 Poverty Rates in Historical Perspective, CPSP, 2025
Retooling the Childless EITC to Better Support Young Adults, CPSP & Young Invincibles, 2025
The Role of Government Transfers in the Child Poverty Gap by Race and Ethnicity: A Focus on Black, Latino, and White Children, CPSP & Institute for Child, Youth, and Family Policy at Brandeis University, 2024
The 2021 Child Tax Credit Expansion: Child Poverty Reduction and the Children Formerly Left Behind, CPSP, 2022