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Behind the Numbers: Health Insurance
Posted by: Karen Davenport, Director of Health PolicyOn September 16th, the Census Bureau will release new data on poverty, income, and health insurance in the United States in 2014. As a preview to...
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Behind the Numbers: Poverty
Posted by: Julie Vogtman, Senior Counsel and Director of Income Support Policy Posted by: Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Director of Research and Policy AnalysisOn September 16, 2015, the Census Bureau...
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Behind the Numbers: The Wage Gap
Posted by: Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Director of Research and Policy AnalysisOn September 16th the Census Bureau will release new national data on poverty, income, and health insurance in the U.S....
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What the New Census Bureau Data Say About Women
Posted by: Melanie Ross Levin, Director of OutreachThe Census Bureau just released new data on poverty in the U.S. in 2014 and here’s the scoop: being a woman puts you at a greater risk of poverty....
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Surprise! Poverty Increased for College Graduates and Married-Couple Families...
Posted by: Joan Entmacher, Vice President for Family Economic SecurityWe’re still analyzing the latest Census data, but one of the findings reported by the Census Bureau was particularly striking:...
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The Wage Gap: Stagnant All These Years
Posted by: Adaku Onyeka-Crawford, FellowIn 2014, women working full time, year round were typically paid 79 cents for every dollar paid to a man, resulting in $10,762 in lost earnings. According to...
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The ACA is Working. We Have Data.
Posted by: Karen Davenport, Director of Health PolicyIn 2009, as the United States Congress began to shape the legislation that became the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), 14.5...
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A Woman of Color Talks Poverty Data
Posted by: Adaku Onyeka-Crawford, FellowYesterday, the Census Bureau released new data on poverty in the U.S. in 2014. We crunched the numbers and reported that more than one in seven (14.7%) women...
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Census Data Show the Value of the Safety Net
Posted by: Amelia Bell, FellowYesterday the Census Bureau released its annual data on poverty in America, which revealed that more than 46 million people lived in poverty last year. Women and children...
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The Largest and Smallest State Wage Gaps of 2014
Posted by: Alana Eichner, Program Assistant Posted by: Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Director of Research and Policy AnalysisToday the Census released new state data and we’ve crunched the numbers to...
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5 Things Census Data Tell Us About Elderly Poverty
Posted by: Joan Entmacher, Vice President for Family Economic Security1. Poverty among the elderly is worse than you may think.Under the Census Bureau’s updated and more comprehensive supplemental...
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More Corporate Tax Breaks While One in Seven Women Lives in Poverty?
Posted by: Reggie Oldak, Senior Counsel and Director of Government Relations Unfair tax breaks for corporations cost the federal government billions of dollars a year — money that should be used to...
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The Economics of Reproductive Justice
Posted by: Kelli Garcia, Senior CounselOn Monday, CNN Money ran a story describing how a single mother, Safiyyah Cotton, survives making $7.50 an hour in Philadelphia. Spoiler alert: It’s not easy and...
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