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Factsheet: Using asset limits in public benefit programs (opens in a new tab)
Factsheets Mar 10, 2026
A household’s assets, or its overall wealth, are the resources required to ensure its family members can weather the financial disruption when unexpected expenses emerge. Yet many U.S. households do…
Factsheet: What the research says about the economic impacts of reproductive care (opens in a new tab)
Factsheets Jun 27, 2022
Before the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on June 24 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, more than five decades of liberating access to contraception and abortion care had demonstrable…
Factsheet: Six frequently asked questions about schedule quality and Fair Workweek laws across the United States (opens in a new tab)
Factsheets Apr 15, 2022
Seven cities and one state have implemented Fair Workweek laws—legislation that aims to improve the quality of work schedules that employers offer to their workforce. If your jurisdiction is considering…
Factsheet: What does the research say about the economics of paid leave? (opens in a new tab)
Factsheets Apr 22, 2021
The United States is the only advanced economy in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that does not guarantee any paid family and medical leave to its entire workforce.…
Factsheet: What does the research say about care infrastructure? (opens in a new tab)
Factsheets Apr 15, 2021
The United States is emerging from the greatest health, economic, and caregiving crises in a century. Many policymakers are looking for ways to jumpstart the economy and, recognizing the tie…
Factsheet: New study shows that emergency paid sick leave reduced COVID-19 infections in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Factsheets Oct 26, 2020
The United States is one of three high-income nations that does not guarantee paid sick leave for workers.338 As of March 2020, 25 percent of private-sector workers had no access…
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