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Publications
The Right Way to Cancel Student Debt
A collaboration between JFI and Debt Collective, the issue brief makes a data-driven case for universal, automatic, and generous debt cancellation
A New Public Housing Model -- Addis Ababa’s Urban Transformation
The first report from JFI’s Social Wealth Portfolio
The Expanded Child Tax Credit and Parental Employment: Tenuous Evidence Points to Work Disincentives
Some academics and policymakers argue that the expanded Child Tax Credit will disincentive work; this report points out the weak evidence base for parents quitting work
Homeownership and the Student Debt Crisis: Latest research from the Millennial Student Debt project
The eighth report in JFI’s student debt project, the research explores links between rising student debt and declining homeownership over the past decade
Memo: Cost Simulations of a Fully-Refundable Child Tax Credit (CTC) 2022-2031
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
In Politico: JFI Fellow Paul Williams, Cea Weaver on federal housing policy
The op-ed presents the case for reconciliation package funds to address a national housing crisis
Opportunity in Crisis: New Polling on Public Opinion Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
The first of three polling briefs, “Opportunity in Crisis” is part of JFI’s Messaging Guaranteed Income project
New Research: Claudia Sahm assesses the effects of $1,400 stimulus checks
Sahm’s new brief is “They Worked: The effects of $1,400 stimulus checks on families and the economy”
Marshall Steinbaum publishes new student debt research; Brookings event
The latest research in JFI’s series on student debt
Paul Williams and James Medlock write on paternalism, market failures, and welfare policy in the US
A new position post in JFI’s “From Idea to Reality” series
Friederike Schuur on Data Networks for UN Global Pulse
Schuur, a joint fellow with JFI and United Nations Global Pulse, provides an overview of her research
How to frame guaranteed income policy: a review of literature
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
Toolkit on guaranteed income in the U.S. for pilots, research
JFI released guaranteed income toolkit of collective best practices, pilot efforts & policy as cash initiatives continue to grow and policy proposals proliferate
Creating a cash button: new op ed in Insider from Stephen Nuñez and Rachel Black
“The government needs a better system so getting cash to people isn’t so painfully slow.”
Overview toolkit on guaranteed income in the U.S.
Best practices, resources, and existing models of planned and ongoing research in the U.S., from JFI experts
JFI student debt research featured in Higher Ed Not Debt campaign
In a week-long virtual action on the Hill for student loan forgiveness, Higher Ed Not Debt coalition members utilized JFI student debt maps and research in advocacy
JFI report shows dramatic increases in millennial student debt, interactive map of disparate impacts
New data shows fewer options, higher prices, and ballooning debt in higher education since 2009, with lowest-income communities of color hit hardest
Article: Embedded EthiCS: Integrating Ethics Across CS Education
The August 2019 cover story of the Communications of the ACM is co-authored by JFI fellows David Gray Grant and Lily Hu
A pre-analysis plan for Stockton
New details on Stockton, California’s guaranteed income demonstration
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