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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?"

In "How Schools Lie: The Deceptive Financial Aid System at America's Colleges," JFI researchers explore how higher education institutions mislead students by understating true costs and overstating aid

A new position paper by JFI's guaranteed income research team draws on years of policy research to define basic parameters for a guaranteed income. The paper covers the aspects that overwhelming evidence suggests may create a more robust safety net in the United States, in tandem with existing programs

A discussion around our book, MARKET ECONOMY, MARKET SOCIETY, featuring Stephanie Mudge, Adam Przeworski, Wolfgang Streeck, and Waltraud Schelkle, co-hosted with London School of Economics Sociology

Hosted by JFI, the Urban Institute, and Aspen Institute Financial Security Program, this discussion highlights pain points and lessons from the past year's federal safety net measures

The first of three polling briefs, "Opportunity in Crisis" is part of JFI's Messaging Guaranteed Income project

Sahm's new brief is "They Worked: The effects of $1,400 stimulus checks on families and the economy"

The editorial, published June 30, is titled "Prioritizing People to Build Back the Economy"

A two-day, online series of events and presentations on international basic income

The latest research in JFI's series on student debt

A new position post in JFI's "From Idea to Reality" series

JFI is hosting the second Basic Income Research and Action Lab (BIRAL) seminar: “International Perspectives in Basic Income Messaging,” an international collaboration of JFI, FRIBIS, BIEN, and GRI Basic Income Research Group

Schuur, a joint fellow with JFI and United Nations Global Pulse, provides an overview of her research

A preponderance of research and pilots have demonstrated the positive impacts of guaranteed income, but policy proposals require careful attention to framing to garner widespread political will for cash

JFI released guaranteed income toolkit of collective best practices, pilot efforts & policy as cash initiatives continue to grow and policy proposals proliferate

A panel hosted by the Phenomenal World.

JFI Lead Researcher on Guaranteed Income, Stephen Nuñez, spoke to the state of research in guaranteed income and UBI