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Factsheet: Defining top U.S. income and wealth thresholds for tax policy (opens in a new tab)
Factsheets May 27, 2026
Federal and state policymakers in the United States, responding to high levels of income and wealth inequality and shrinking tax revenues, are increasingly interested in proposals to tax households with…
Factsheet: What the research says about early care and education in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Factsheets Apr 16, 2026
Research has long shown the importance and value of high-quality early childhood care and education. Child care offers working parents the ability to fully participate in the labor force and…
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: U.S. economic mobility and policies to increase upward mobility (opens in a new tab)
Factsheets Jun 17, 2025
The United States often has been touted as a land of opportunity, where hard work leads to success and children do better than their parents. But increasingly, these notions of…
Factsheet: What we know about the federal employer-provided child care credit and how can it be better used by businesses (opens in a new tab)
Factsheets Apr 22, 2025
The employer-provided child care credit, also referred to as Section 45F in the Internal Revenue Code, provides a limited subsidy to businesses in the United States that provide child care…
Factsheet: What the research says about taxing pass-through businesses (opens in a new tab)
Factsheets Apr 30, 2024
In recent years, so-called pass-through businesses have taken center stage in a number of crucial tax policy debates. This large and growing category of U.S. business—which includes sole proprietorships, partnerships…
Factsheet: What the research says about the economics of the 2021 enhanced Child Tax Credit (opens in a new tab)
Factsheets Nov 29, 2022
The Child Tax Credit has historically provided income support to middle- and high-income taxpayers with children. In 2021, however, the U.S. Congress enacted a temporary enhanced Child Tax Credit with…
Factsheet: Is the U.S. economy in a recession, and how does recession dating work? (opens in a new tab)
Factsheets Aug 10, 2022
As inflationary pressure continues to cause higher prices for U.S. families, policymakers and economists alike continue to debate whether the United States is entering—or already entered, or will soon enter—a…
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 the research says about the economics of early care and education (opens in a new tab)
Factsheets Sep 15, 2021
Despite the important role that child care plays in the lives of many U.S. families, the private child care market is not meeting their needs. This is not just an…
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.…
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