The Role of Government Transfers in the Child Poverty Gap by Race and Ethnicity: A Focus on Black, Latino, and White Children
This brief provides insights into the impact of government assistance on shaping racial and ethnic inequities in child poverty. It provides an update to a prior analysis of the Black-White child poverty gap and introduces new findings on the Latino-White child poverty gap.
The Role of Government Transfers in the Black-White Child Poverty Gap
This policy brief examines the role of government transfers and tax credits in closing the Black-White child poverty gap. Government transfers and tax credits are effective in raising incomes for Black children in poverty, yet are entirely ineffective in closing the Black-White child poverty gap.
Dimming the Lights: Eliminating Energy Assistance Would Move 200,000 People into Poverty, Hurting the Rural Poor the Most
Estimating the poverty effects of President Trump’s March 2017 proposal to eliminate the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, we find that it would move more than 200,000 people into poverty, hurting the rural poor the most.