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Cash assistance for child poverty
Intersections
English - May 24, 2017 18:37 - 32 minutes - 26.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 100 ratingsPolitics News Business Non-Profit policy experts intersections politics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode of Intersections, guest interviewer Ron Haskins, co-director of the Brookings Center on Children and Families, discusses changes in the social safety net and the role of cash assistance in meeting the needs of families with children with Luke Shaefer of the University of Michigan and Chris Wimer from Columbia University. Shaefer and Wimer present details from their upcoming papers on the costs and benefits of establishing a universal child allowance to provide families with a measure of financial stability.
Full show notes available here: http://brook.gs/2qWHkpW
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