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Economic research shows immigration is good for U.S. workers, the economy, and affordability (opens in a new tab)

Essays Aug 31, 2026

When President Donald Trump returned to the White House in 2025, mass deportations and immigration restrictions were renewed as one of the political priorities of his second administration. Since then,…

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Streamlining applications to social programs unlocks more support for the U.S. families who need it most (opens in a new tab)

Essays Jul 7, 2026

Millions of low-income families in the United States tap into multiple social programs to help them meet their needs. A single household, for example, might rely on the Supplemental Nutrition…

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Multiple Program Participation in the Safety Net: Incidence, Impediments, and Implications (opens in a new tab)

Working Papers Jul 7, 2026

Multiple program participation is a defining feature of the U.S. safety net, with half of recipients enrolling in two or more programs. Yet most research examines programs in isolation, missing…

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, one year later: Parsing the evidence on the law’s consequences so far (opens in a new tab)

Blog Jun 30, 2026

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed into law one year ago on July 4, 2025, shifted trillions of dollars in income from working-class families to corporations and very wealthy…

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U.S. regions with more unauthorized immigrant workers experienced declines in new housing construction (opens in a new tab)

A large-scale deportation would shrink the U.S. economy, with particular harm to some states (opens in a new tab)

The U.S. child care industry was hit harder by COVID-19 than the rest of the economy (opens in a new tab)

Higher-income U.S. families typically spend more on child care than families with less income (opens in a new tab)

U.S. families pay more for infant care, center-based care, and for care in densely populated areas (opens in a new tab)

The cost of child care in the United States has grown faster than other household necessities (opens in a new tab)

The U.S. child care sector recovered more slowly from the COVID-19 pandemic than the broader labor market (opens in a new tab)

Wages for U.S. child care workers are low despite the high costs of care for families (opens in a new tab)

Population weights reveal that the distribution of cost and benefits of policies are skewed differently (opens in a new tab)

Workers in the Midwest and South tend to work in more tariff-exposed industries (opens in a new tab)

Workers with less than a college education are overrepresented in the most tariff-exposed industries (opens in a new tab)

White, Hispanic, and noncitizen men are overrepresented in the most tariff-exposed industries (opens in a new tab)

AI, Tech & Energy

Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement

Political Economy & Democracy

Taxation

Competition & Economic Dynamism

Household Economic Security

Economic Equity & Opportunity

Labor, Wages & Worker Power

Economic research shows immigration is good for U.S. workers, the economy, and affordability (opens in a new tab)

U.S. regions with more unauthorized immigrant workers experienced declines in new housing construction (opens in a new tab)

A large-scale deportation would shrink the U.S. economy, with particular harm to some states (opens in a new tab)

Streamlining applications to social programs unlocks more support for the U.S. families who need it most (opens in a new tab)

Multiple Program Participation in the Safety Net: Incidence, Impediments, and Implications (opens in a new tab)

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, one year later: Parsing the evidence on the law’s consequences so far (opens in a new tab)

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