Abstract Prior Journal of Marriage and Family decade‐in‐review articles have grappled with
the definition and role of family policy for research and policy practice while emphasizing its …

This paper examines how the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated policy responses
affected federal, state, and local government budgets. The pandemic raised federal deficits …

BACKGROUND Just over fifty years ago, the War on Poverty marked a significant expansion
of the scope and scale of anti-poverty programs, as well as a considerable change in their …

Purpose This study aims to determine how taxes can be used to bridge income inequality
gap in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Design/methodology/approach A panel data set of 36 SSA …

BACKGROUND Although national fiscal policies also influence racial and ethnic disparities,
the varying distribution of population by race or ethnicity is one reason to better understand …

Direct income supports have long been known to substantially reduce the extent and depth
of poverty. Evidence suggests that they can also bolster children's opportunities to succeed …

State governments have a long history of providing income tax relief to their elderly
constituents. Our research investigates the current distributional and revenue effects of these …

Building off the success of the federal earned income tax credit (EITC), states have
developed earned income credits to supplement the incomes of the working poor. In 2016, a …

Over the past two decades, research on the impacts of a diverse range of public policies and
income inequality has seen rapid growth. Despite the large number of publications to date …

This paper develops a comprehensive measure of household economic well-being. The
“sustainable consumption” concept accounts for income, assets, debt, transfer payments …