Social/Family Policy

In this commentary, Jaquelyn Jahn, a social epidemiologist who will be joining the Stone Center as a postdoctoral scholar this fall, discusses the consequences of the pandemic on incarcerated populations.

J. L. Jahn, J. T. Chen, M. Agénor, and N. Krieger. Social Science & Medicine. vol. 250. 2020.

In this commentary, Stone Center faculty — Miles Corak, Janet Gornick, Paul Krugman, Leslie McCall, Branko Milanovic, and Salvatore Morelli — each with unique expertise in the study of inequality, offer insights on the COVID-19 crisis.

In this interview, sociologist Philip N. Cohen discusses his work on developing open platforms for social science research and his research on family inequality.

In this research spotlight, a study by Janet Gornick and colleagues focuses attention on a seldom-discussed axis of inequality in the US: variation in social safety net policies across states.

In his New York Times newsletter, Paul Krugman discusses the political debate over who should and who shouldn’t receive government aid.

Janet Gornick explains how proposed universal child care and other social benefit programs would help workers in the United States.

In this video, Kathryn Edin explains her work with the next generation of working-class men.

S.K. Bruch, M.K. Meyers, and J.C. Gornick. Social Service Review. vol. 92, no. 1. pp. 3-35. 2018.

J.C. Gornick. In The Triple Bind of Single-Parent Families: Resources, Employment and Policies to Improve Wellbeing. R. Nieuwenhuis and L. Maldonado (eds). pp. 437-448. Bristol: Policy Press. 2018.