Our Policy Briefs are designed to summarize key academic research findings, highlighting important implications for policy.

Residential Instability among the Formerly Incarcerated
Claire Herbert, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Drexel University; Jeffrey Morenoff, Professor of Sociology, Research Professor at the Population Studies Center and Survey Research Center, and Director, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan; David Harding, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley; Liam Purvis, Undergraduate, University of California, Berkeley (#42)

Health Insurance and Health Care Use in the Aftermath of the Great Recession: Findings from the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study
Lucie Kalousová, University of Michigan, Katrina Hauschildt, University of Michigan (#41)

Finding food assistance and food retailers in Detroit
Scott W. Allard, Evans School, University of Washington, Maria V. Wathen, University of Michigan, Sandra K. Danziger, University of Michigan, H. Luke Shaefer, University of Michigan

Rising Wealth Inequality: Causes, Consequences and Potential Responses
Lisa Keister, Duke University, Gabriel Zucman, London School of Economics, Thomas Shapiro, Brandeis University, Fabian Pfeffer, University of Michigan, Larry Bartels, Vanderbilt University, Michael Sherraden, Washington University, Wojciech Kopczuk, Columbia University, Ken Scheve, Stanford University (#40)

Food Insecurity in the Detroit Metropolitan Area Following the Great Recession
Sandra K. Danziger, University of Michigan, Scott W. Allard, University of Chicago, Maria V. Wathen, University of Michigan, Sarah A. Burgard, University of Michigan, Kristin S. Seefeldt, University of Michigan, Rick Rodems, University of Michigan, Alicia Cohen, University of Michigan (#39)

Job Search in the Detroit Metropolitan Area during and after the Great Recession
Lucie Kalousova, Patrick Wightman, Sheldon Danziger and Italo Gutierrez, National Poverty Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan (#38)

The Hardship Experiences of the Long-Term Unemployed in the Detroit Metropolitan Area After the Great Recession
Sarah A. Burgard, Lucie Kalousova, Sheldon Danziger, Kristin S. Seefeldt, National Poverty Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan (#37)

Young Adults in Southeast Michigan after the Great Recession: Results from the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study
Lucie Kalousova, Sheldon Danziger, and Sarah A. Burgard, University of Michigan (#36)

Material Hardships During the Great Recession: Findings From the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study Alix Gould-Werth and Kristin S. Seefeldt, University of Michigan (#35)

The Receipt Of Public Benefits and Private Charity Among Low Income Households Following the Great Recession
Scott W. Allard, University of Chicago, Sandra Danziger and Maria Wathen, University of Michigan (#34)

Persisting Hardships in Southeast Michigan After the Great Recession
Sarah A. Burgard, Sheldon Danziger, Kristin Seefeldt, Scott Allard, Sandra Danziger, Tedi Engler, Alix Gould-Werth, Lucie Kalousova, Shawn M. Pelak and Maria Wathen, National Poverty Center, University of Michigan (#33)

Economic Hardship and Children's Behavioral Health in the Wake of the Great Recession: Findings from the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study-Child and Youth Study
Ariel Kalil, University of Chicago and Lindsey Leininger, University of Illinois–Chicago (#32)

Receipt of Public Benefits and Private Support among Low-income Households with Children after the Great Recession
Scott W. Allard, University of Chicago, Sandra Danziger and Maria Wathen, University of Michigan (#31)

Employment Problems in the Wake of the Great Recession: Findings from the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study
Alix Gould-Werth and Sarah A. Burgard, University of Michigan (#30)

Housing Instability and Health: Findings from the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study
Sarah A. Burgard, University of Michigan and Kristin S. Seefedlt, Indiana University (#29)

Extreme Poverty in the United States, 1996 to 2011
H. Luke Shaefer, University of Michigan and Kathryn Edin, Harvard University (#28)

Savings Policy and Decisionmaking in Low-Income Households
Sendhil Mullainathan, Harvard University and Eldar Shafir, Princeton University (#24)

An Economic View of Food Deserts in the United States
Marianne Bitler, University of California-Irvine and Steven J. Haider, Michigan State University (#23)

Sharing Lessons from the First Conditional Cash Transfer Program in the United State
James Riccio, MDRC (#22)

Reconsidering Culture and Poverty
David J. Harding, University of Michigan, Michèle Lamont, Harvard University, and Mario Luis Small, University of Chicago (#21)

The Health Effects of Social and Economic Policy: The Promise and Challenge for Research and Policy
Harold Pollack, University of Chicago, George A. Kaplan, University of Michigan, James S. House, University of Michigan, and Robert F. Schoeni, University of Michigan (#20)

The Price of Independence: The Economics of Early Adulthood
Sheldon H. Danziger, University of Michigan and Cecilia Elena Rouse, Princeton University (#19)

Social and Economic Policies as Health Policy: Moving Towards a New Approach to Improving Health in America
Harold Pollack, University of Chicago, George A. Kaplan, University of Michigan, James S. House, University of Michigan, and Robert F. Schoeni, University of Michigan (#18)

The Assets and Liabilities Held by Low-Income Families John Karl Scholz, University of Wisconsin - Madison and Ananth Seshardi, University of Wisconsin - Madison (#17)

The Colors of Poverty: Why Racial & Ethnic Disparities Persist
Ann Chih Lin, University of Michigan and David R. Harris, Cornell University (#16)

Homeownership: America's Dream?
Raphael W. Bostic and Kwan Ok Lee, University of Southern California (#15)

Using Financial Innovation to Support Savers: From Coercion to Excitement Peter Tufano and Daniel Schneider, Harvard University (#14)

Access to Financial Services, Savings, and Assets Among the Poor
Michael S. Barr, Professor of Law, University of Michigan; and Rebecca M. Blank, Robert S. Kerr Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution (#13)

The Causes of Racial Disparities in Business Performance
Robert W. Fairlie, Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz; and Alicia M. Robb, Research Associate in Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz and Senior Economist with Beacon Economics (#12)

Income Volatility and Food Assistance Programs
Dean Jolliffe, Economist, Economic Research Service, USDA; and James Ziliak, Professor of Microeconomics and Director of the Center for Poverty Research, University of Kentucky (#11)

Helping Disconnected Single Mothers
Rebecca M. Blank, Henry Carter Adams Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy & Professor of Economics, University of Michigan and Robert V. Kerr Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Brian K. Kovak, Department of Economics, University of Michigan. (#10)

Education and Health
David Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics and Dean for the Social Sciences, Harvard University; and Adriana Lleras-Muney, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. (#9)

The New Face of the Low-Wage Workforce
George Borjas, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. (#8)

Has Welfare Reform Changed State Expenditure Patterns?
Therese J. McGuire , Kellogg School of Management and David F. Merriman , Loyola University (#7)

How Are Low-Skilled Women Doing in the Labor Market?
Rebecca Blank, and Heidi Shierholz, University of Toronto (#6)

How Do Tax Policies Affect Low Income Workers?
Kevin A. Hassett, The American Enterprise Institute and Anne B. Moore, University of California, Berkeley (#5)

Effects of Welfare Reform on the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program
Lucie Schmidt. (#4)

Family Support During the Transition to Adulthood
Robert Schoeni and Karen Ross. (#3)

Substance Abuse and Welfare Reform
Rukmalie Jayakody, Kristin Seefeldt, Sheldon Danziger, and Harold Pollack. (#2)

Changes in the Distribution of Children’s Family Income Over the 1990’s
Rebecca M. Blank and Robert F. Schoeni. (#1)