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JFI's microsimulations provide rapid analysis in response to federal policy debates about the Child Tax Credit

Featured in the Washington Post, Vox, Bloomberg and elsewhere, Sahm discusses short-run inflation, changing Fed policy, and monetary policy trends

The eighth report in JFI’s student debt project, the research explores links between rising student debt and declining homeownership over the past decade

Jack Landry and Stephen Nuñez publish ten-year CTC full refundability estimates, illustrating compromise proposals that retain CTC poverty impacts with space for other social programs

JFI Senior Fellow Leah Hamilton presents early results of the five-year basic income pilot in Hudson, NY with effects on wellbeing, relationships, employment

Hourlong session on Friday, Nov 19 at 3pm ET

Microsimulation work from Jack Landry and Stephen Nuñez shows significant child poverty reductions

A brief overview of a JFI report that explores the macroeconomic effects of regular cash transfers, such as the new Child Tax Credit (CTC)

Recent reports indicate that the Build Back Better legislative package will allow the increased Child Tax Credit value to continue for one year, while making its full refundability provision permanent; JFI researchers simulate the effects on poverty, costs, and racial equity

Coverage of the partnership between JFI, UFF, CEDE, and the government of the city of Niterói

Part of JFI’s white paper series on guaranteed income, the new report examines economy-wide impacts of these income support policies

As part of the Higher Ed Not Debt campaign of Generation Progress, JFI joined other research and policy organizations to provide nonpartisan analysis of free community college proposals and student debt burdens

Alex Yablon: "Empirical research suggests government money doesn't discourage work"

Join us for a Research Session with Peter Granville, Senior Policy Associate at The Century Foundation, drawing on his recent report: "Congress's Free Community College Plan Could Benefit 8 Million Students, With the Right Funding Formula."

The op-ed presents the case for reconciliation package funds to address a national housing crisis

JFI partners with the Municipal Treasury of the city of Niterói and the Federal Fluminense University to offer tools and analysis in support of the city’s sovereign wealth fund, the Fundo de Equalização da Receita (Budget Stabilization Fund)

A microsimulation brief finding that proposals to limit the refundability of the Child Tax Credit would increase child poverty by 53 percent, along with other trade-offs

The brief provides results of a range of scenarios for CTC take-up rates among eligible children, showing poverty reduction depends on enrollment of millions accessing other benefits

A microsimulation of child poverty impacts and analysis of how to reach eligible non-filers for maximum poverty impacts

Scott Smallwood: "We spend a lot of time talking about the cost of college. But what if the numbers we’re using aren’t even right?"