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“Analysis of Full Refundability of the Child Tax Credit Without Expansion” covered in Huffpost, CNBC
Microsimulation work from Jack Landry and Stephen Nuñez shows significant child poverty reductions
Social Wealth Fund work featured in Brazil’s O Globo
Coverage of the partnership between JFI, UFF, CEDE, and the government of the city of Niterói
New Release: A Critical Review of Macroeconomic Models for Guaranteed Income & The Child Tax Credit
Part of JFI’s white paper series on guaranteed income, the new report examines economy-wide impacts of these income support...
JFI higher education research supplements grassroots “Debt-Free College” week of action
As part of the Higher Ed Not Debt campaign of Generation Progress, JFI joined other research and policy organizations to...
JFI’s Critical Review of Macroeconomic Models is covered in Insider
Alex Yablon: "Empirical research suggests government money doesn't discourage work"
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
Announcing a new partnership with the municipal sovereign wealth fund of Niterói, Brazil
JFI partners with the Municipal Treasury of the city of Niterói and the Federal Fluminense University to offer tools...
New Analysis: Assessing Non-filer Rates and Poverty Impacts for the Expanded CTC
The brief provides results of a range of scenarios for CTC take-up rates among eligible children, showing poverty reduction resulting...
New Analysis: Poverty Impacts of the ARPA’s Child Tax Credit Limited Without More Robust Enrollment of Non-filers
The brief provides results of a range of scenarios for CTC take-up rates among eligible children, showing poverty reduction depends...
Laura Beamer in Open Campus
Scott Smallwood: "We spend a lot of time talking about the cost of college. But what if the numbers we’...
New Research in Millennial Student Debt: How Schools Lie
In "How Schools Lie: The Deceptive Financial Aid System at America's Colleges," JFI researchers explore how higher education institutions mislead...
Press Release: JFI Position on Guaranteed Income
A new position paper by JFI's guaranteed income research team draws on years of policy research to define basic parameters...
New Release: 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"
JFI Research featured in a New York Times editorial by Rashida Tlaib and Eduardo Suplicy
The editorial, published June 30, is titled "Prioritizing People to Build Back the Economy"
Marshall Steinbaum publishes new student debt research; Brookings event
A report focusing on three student debt–related outcomes: total individual balances, total required monthly payments, and whether an individual...
Position Paper: Paul Williams and James Medlock on paternalism, market failures, and US welfare policy
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
New Publication: The Right Way to Cancel Student Debt
A data-driven case for universal, automatic, and generous debt cancellation.
New working paper polls guaranteed income support
Leah Hamilton, Appalachian State University Associate Professor and JFI Senior Fellow, released a working paper on support for guaranteed income...
Newark guaranteed income pilot launches website
Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka has continued to advance toward a guaranteed income program with the newly-launched Newark Movement...
Announcing a Partnership between HudsonUP and JFI
HudsonUP is the first pilot of its kind to take place in a small town in America, and one of...
Compton Pledge completes enrollment of 800 families
The guaranteed income initiative in southern California has already disbursed $1 million
Universal Basic Income in NYC: Working Paper on Macroeconomic Effects
Khalil Esmkhani, Jack Favilukis, and Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh revise and expand their macroeconomic model of guaranteed income in NYC to...