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Ziliak and Jones receive recognition for EITC paper
November 2022
UKCPR Director James Ziliak and colleague Maggie Jones, principal economist at the U.S. Census Bureau, were recently selected to receive the 2022 Richard A. Musgrave Prize for a paper published in the National Tax Journal. Their research analyzed the impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit as an anti-poverty measure. Read More.
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Ziliak quoted by CNN on food insecurity trends in U.S.
September 2022
UKCPR Director James Ziliak is quoted in a new CNN article that examines food insecurity trends in the U.S. The CNN report notes that food insecurity among families with children declined in 2021 following a spike in 2020 during the pandemic. Read more.
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Ziliak quoted in New York Times on historic SNAP benefits increase
August 2021
UKCPR Director James Ziliak is quoted in an Aug. 15 New York Times article about an historic increase in benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which will see average benefits for needy families rise by 25 percent. Read full story.
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Tax Policy Conference to focus on effects on low-income families
August 2021
A Web conference on Tax Policy for Low-Income Americans will be co-hosted by UKCPR Director James Ziliak and Bradley Hardy, associate professor of public policy at Georgetown University, on Aug. 27. The conference is sponsored by the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin. Read full story.
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Ziliak quoted in New York Times article about expansion of feeding programs
April 2021
UKCPR Director James Ziliak was quoted in an April 4 article in the New York Times about federal expansion of feeding programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and the summer feeding program for school-aged children. The multi-billion-dollar expansion of food assistance is in response to growing rates of food insecurity caused by the Covid19 pandemic, as well as an attempt to address shortfalls that fragile families have faced since the Great Recession. The expansion, initiated through executive order directed to the US Department of Agriculture, represents the largest food assistance increase since the founding of the modern food stamp program, according to Ziliak. Read the NYT article.
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Ziliak to chair panel of experts examining Supplemental Poverty Measure
February 2021
UKCPR Director James Ziliak will chair a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering Medicine panel tasked with evaluating and recommending improvements to the nation’s Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM). The SPM is used by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics to improve understanding of how lower income people are affected by the economy. Read more.
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Ziliak quoted in Washington Post on tax credit proposal
January 2021
UKCPR Director James Ziliak was quoted in a Jan. 22 Washington Post article about an economic stimulus proposal currently under discussion by the administration of Joe Biden. The plan, which is currently in development with Congressional leaders, would direct recurring monthly payments to American families and potentially increase child tax credits, according to unnamed administration officials. Read more.
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UKCPR affiliates' article 3rd most read in top-tier journal
January 2021
Research published in Health Affairs by UKCPR research affiliates Charles Courtemanche and Aaron Yelowitz was among the journal’s top 20 most viewed articles in 2020. Their article “Strong social distancing measures in the United States reduced the Covid-19 growth rate” was the third most viewed article in Health Affairs, considered the leading journal of health policy thought and research. Read more.
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Ziliak quoted in HuffPost about new stimulus package
December 2020
UKCPR Director James Ziliak was quoted in a Dec. 17 article in the Huffington Post about the trade off between extended unemployment benefits and stimulus checks, now being considered in a new Congressional relief bill. Read more
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UKCPR affiliates receive inaugural WorkRise grant
December 2020
A research project led by UKCPR Research Affiliate Bradley Hardy, along with UKCPR Director James Ziliak, and UKCPR Research Affiliate Charles Hokayem is among the inaugural slate of grantees in the WorkRise initiative led by the Urban Institute. Read more.