Understanding poverty and data
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English - October 29, 2020 06:00 - 55 minutes - 101 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCourses Education upenn penn universityofpennsylvania Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Regina Smalls Baker, assistant professor of sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences, and Amy Castro Baker, assistant professor in the School of Social Policy & Practice and director of the new Center for Guaranteed Income Research, talk about the use of data to inform recent economic relief bills, data gaps in assessing who is experiencing poverty, and the feasibility of solutions like universal basic income in alleviating poverty.