Anti-Poverty Proposals

Jason E. Bordoff, Jason Furman, and Paige L. Shevlin, The Hamilton Project, December 2007

Lisa Oliphant, Cato Institute, August 2000

Michael New, Cato Institute, May 2002

Poverty Task Force, Center for American Progress, April 2007

The Center for American Progress recommends 12 poverty reduction strategies that they believe will cut poverty in half.

U.S. Conference of Mayors,January 2007

Reid Cramer, New America Foundation, March 6, 2007, American Prospect Online

Commentary from Reid Cramer on the US Conference of Mayors recommendations for effective poverty reduction.

Michael Lind, New America Foundation, July 2007

Calls for a new social contract that would guarantee all Americans with basic security and the goods necessary to live and thrive in the 21^st Century.

June E. O’Neill and Sanders Korenman, Manhattan Institute, December 2004

Report from the Manhattan Institute claims that welfare reform has played a significant role in the reduction of child poverty among black and Hispanic households headed by single mothers.

Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill, eds., Fall 2007

Includes research and analysis from leading researchers on a variety of poverty reduction strategies emphasizing the alleviation of child poverty.

Reid Cramer, New American Foundation, June/July 2007

Many cities are using innovative poverty reduction strategies. Reid Cramer examines cash conditional transfers as a poverty reduction strategy in New York City.

The American Prospect, May 2007

Ron Haskins, Senior Fellow and Co-Director, Center on Children and Families Isabel V. Sawhill, Senior Fellow and Co-Director, Center on Children and Families.

This article, published in the American Prospect, claims that poverty reduction strategies should include measures that attempt to change personal behavior as well as strengthen government support.

Bread for the World Institute, January 2008

Ron Haskins and Isabel V. Sawhill, Brookings Institution, September 2003

Emphasizes poverty reduction strategies that encourage full time work and promote marriage.

Gordon L. Berlin, MDRC, September 2007

This report, included in The Future of Children semiannual report, focuses on poverty reduction strategies that reward work among low-income individuals, with specific focus on expanding the EITC to all workers, those with or without children.

The Public Interest, Fall 2003

Isabel V. Sawhill, Vice President and Director, Economic Studies

This article, originally published in The Public Interest, argues that public policies around poverty reduction should be aimed at helping poor individuals adopt “mainstream behaviors” such as work and marriage.

Harry Holzer, Paul Offner, Elaine Sorensen, April 2004

Poverty disproportionately affects the African-American population in the United States. This report from the Urban Institute describes declining employment among young black less-educated men and concludes that child support policies and post-incarceration effects are driving these men out of the traditional labor market.

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