Poverty, not the poor

D Brady - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
This review explains how and why the United States has systemically high poverty.
Descriptive evidence shows that US poverty is (i) a huge share of the population,(ii) a …

Effects Of The 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit On Adults' Mental Health: A Quasi-Experimental Study: Study examines the effects of the expanded Child Tax Credit …

A Batra, K Jackson, R Hamad - Health Affairs, 2023 - healthaffairs.org
The US Congress temporarily expanded the Child Tax Credit (CTC) during the COVID-19
pandemic to provide economic assistance for families with children. Although formerly the …

The Child Tax Credit and family well-being: An overview of reforms and impacts

S Collyer, MA Curran, I Garfinkel… - The ANNALS of the …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The Child Tax Credit (CTC) has become an increasingly important element of the US safety
net. We discuss the structure of the CTC and its effects on childhood poverty and other …

Some surviving, others thriving: Inequality in loss and coping during the pandemic

CC Thomas, MC Schwalbe, M Garcia… - RSF: The Russell …, 2024 - rsfjournal.org
We investigate the contrasting realities of the pandemic on psychosocial experiences and
ways of coping among American Voices Project respondent surveys (N= 720) and …

Caregiving in a Crisis: Mothers' Parenting Experiences and the Persistence of Class-Based Parenting During the COVID-19 Pandemic

P Fielding-Singh, E Talbert, L Hummel… - RSF: The Russell Sage …, 2024 - rsfjournal.org
Mounting research has revealed how the labor of caregiving and parenting in the United
States fell disproportionately to mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic, with negative …

Economic precarity among single parents in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic

Z Parolin, EK Lee - The Annals of the American Academy of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Single-parent families have historically faced greater economic precarity relative to other
family types in the United States. We investigate how and whether those disparities widened …

Impact of the expanded child tax credit and its expiration on adult psychological well-being

E Cha, J Lee, S Tao - Social Science & Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated stress and psychological distress among adults
with children, with certain populations experiencing a greater mental health burden. The …

The inequitable burden of the COVID-19 pandemic among marginalized older workers in the United States: An intersectional approach

SB Andrea, J Eisenberg-Guyot… - The Journals of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected the lives of people globally,
widening long-standing inequities. We examined the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on …

Trajectories and correlates of mental health among urban, school-age children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study

R Oblath, R Dayal, JK Loubeau, J Lejeune… - Child and Adolescent …, 2024 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic posed numerous obstacles to psychosocial wellbeing
for children. We conducted a longitudinal study to evaluate child mental health and social …

Real-time poverty, material well-being, and the Child Tax Credit

J Han, BD Meyer, JX Sullivan - National Tax Journal, 2022 - journals.uchicago.edu
Two timely poverty measures were developed to monitor economic conditions in the
pandemic. One uses reports to a global income question on the Current Population Survey …