Submissions from 2023
Expanded Child Tax Credit Payments Supported Families Raising Children with Disabilities, Allyson Baughman, Laura Brugger, Meg Comeau, Leah Hamilton, Candace Jarzombek, Caroline Parker, and Stephen RollMarch 20th, 2023
“It helped us more than I could have imagined”: How the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit Supported Families Raising Children with Disabilities, Laura Brugger, Stephen Roll, Leah Hamilton, Allyson Baughman, Meg Comeau, Candace Jarzombeck, and Caroline ParkerMarch 1st, 2023
Submissions from 2022
Financial Well-being of Frontline Healthcare Workers: The Importance of Employer Benefits, Mathieu Despard, Sophia Fox-Dichter, Haotian Zheng, Grace Anderson, Olivia Borland, and Kourtney GilbertNovember 23rd, 2022
DEMOCRATIZING THE ECONOMY OR INTRODUCING ECONOMIC RISK? GIG WORK DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Daniel Auguste, Stephen Roll, and Mathieu DespardSeptember 23rd, 2022
Usage and Impact of Benefits Among Frontline Healthcare Workers, Mathieu DespardSeptember 19th, 2022
Combatting Rising Healthcare Costs for Healthier Adults, Alejandra Muñoz-RiveraAugust 18th, 2022
Experimental Evidence on Consumption, Saving, and Family Formation Responses to Student Debt Forgiveness, Jason Jabarri, Stephen Roll, Mathieu Despard, and Leah HamiltonJune 17th, 2022
Disparate financial assistance support for small business owners, Sophia Fox-Dichter, Daniel Auguste, Mathieu Despard, and Michal Grinstein-WeissJanuary 1st, 2022
Submissions from 2021
Did Government Benefits Help Israeli Households Avoid Hardship during COVID-19? Evidence from a National Survey, Olga Kondratjeva, Talia Schwartz-Tayri, Sam Bufe, Stephen Roll, John Gal, and Michal Grinstein-WeissNovember 11th, 2021
Paid sick leave heading into COVID-19: A descriptive account of workers who lacked paid sick leave, David Rothwell, Sophia Fox-Dichter, Mathieu Despard, and Michal Grinstein-WeissNovember 1st, 2021
Vaccine hesitance during COVID-19: Exploring motivations and incentives, Laura BruggerNovember 1st, 2021
Expanded Child Tax Credit payments have not reduced employment, Stephen Roll, Leah Hamilton, and Yung ChunOctober 21st, 2021
Employment Changes During COVID-19, Mathieu Despard, Sam Bufe, Stephen Roll, and Katie KristensenSeptember 1st, 2021
Employment, Financial and Well-being Effects of the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit: Wave 1 Executive Summary, Leah Hamilton, Stephen Roll, Mathieu Despard, and Elaine MaagSeptember 1st, 2021
Housing Hardships During COVID-19, Sophia Fox-Dichter, Yung Chun, Stephen Roll, and Katie KristensenSeptember 1st, 2021
How are families in the U.S. using their Child Tax Credit payments? A 50 state analysis, Stephen Roll, Yung Chun, Laura Brugger, and Leah HamiltonSeptember 1st, 2021
Impact of COVID-19 on Households with Children, Alejandra Muñoz-Rivera, Jason Jabbari, Stephen Roll, and Michal Grinstein-WeissSeptember 1st, 2021
The Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 Study: Survey Methodology Report, Stephen Roll, Sam Bufe, Yung Chun, and Michal Grinstein-WeissSeptember 1st, 2021
Use of Public Benefits Over the First Year of Pandemic, Sam Bufe, Stephen Roll, Katie Kristensen, and Dan ZhaoSeptember 1st, 2021
Vaccination Options for Medicaid Parents Uncomfortable with Office Visits during COVID Pandemic, Amy McQueen, Tess Thompson, Enguday Teshome, Jennifer Staten, Saneel Kulkarni, Thidaporn Tanpattana, Lourdes Balaez, and Matthew W. KreuterSeptember 1st, 2021
Pinching pennies or money to burn? The role of grit in financial behaviors, Jason Jabbari, Joshua Jackson, Stephen Roll, and Michal Grinstein-WeissAugust 1st, 2021
“Take my word for it”: Group Texts and Testimonials Enhance State and Federal Student Aid Applications', Jason Jabbari, Stephen Roll, Sam Bufe, and Jessica McKayAugust 1st, 2021
Timely and Well-Targeted Financial Assistance during COVID-19, Mathieu Despard, Selina Miller, and Katie KristensenJuly 23rd, 2021
Does Frequency or Amount Matter? Testing the Perceptions of Four Universal Basic Income Proposals, Leah Hamilton, Mathieu Despard, Stephen Roll, Dylan Bellisle, Christian A. Hall, and Allison WrightApril 1st, 2021
All over the Map: A Systematic Literature Review and State Policy Scan of Medicaid Buy-In Programs for Working Individuals with Disabilities, Dan Ferris, MPA; Yueh-ya Hsu, MPH; William Liem, MSW; Meredith Raymond, MSW; and Mary Acri, PhDJanuary 11th, 2021
Increasing Successful Completion of Practical Engineering Diploma Programs, Naomi GershoniJanuary 1st, 2021
Nudging Parents to Improve Children's Oral Health: A Field Study, Deborah Marciano, Ariel Tikotsky, Merav Kynam Orenstein, Hadas Goldberg, and Yuval VeredJanuary 1st, 2021
Submissions from 2020
COVID-19 Educational Inequities: Shining a Light on Disparities in a Graduate School of Social Work, Jason Jabbari, Dan Ferris, Tyler Frank, and Michal Grinstein-WeissDecember 3rd, 2020
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Housing Instability during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Yung Chun, Stephen Roll, Selina Miller, Hedwig Lee, Savannah Larimore, and Michal Grinstein-WeissDecember 3rd, 2020
Who relocates, where do they move, and why?, Yung Chun, Jason Jabbari, Pranav Nandan, Andrew Foell, and Michal Grinstein-WeissNovember 28th, 2020
It Shouldn’t take a Pandemic to increase School Meal Access for Low-Income Students: A Two-Step Floating Catchment Area Analysis of School Meal Access during COVID-19, Jason Jabbari, Yung Chun, Pranav Nandan, Laura McDermott, Tyler Frank, Dan Ferris, Sarah Moreland-Russell, and Stephen RollNovember 3rd, 2020
Income Loss and Financial Distress during COVID-19: The Protective Role of Liquid Assets, Stephen Roll and Mathieu DespardNovember 1st, 2020
Cut Me Some Slack! Slack Resources and Technology-Mediated Human Capital Investments in Entrepreneurship, Jason Jabbari, Stephen Roll, Sam Bufe, and Yung ChunSeptember 22nd, 2020
Strategies for Debt Reduction: Comparing Financial Tips and Financial Counseling, Sophia Fox-Dichter, Madi M. Ryan, Olga Kondratjeva, and Stephen RollJuly 22nd, 2020
Material Hardship among Lower-Income Households: The Role of Liquid Assets and Place, Mathieu Despard, Valerie Taing, Addie Weaver, Stephen Roll, and Michal Grinstein-WeissJune 12th, 2020
Employee Financial Wellness Programs: Promising New Benefit for Frontline Workers?, Mathieu Despard, Ellen Frank-Miller, Yingying Zeng, Sophia Fox-Dichter, Geraldine Germain, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, and Meredith CovingtonJune 9th, 2020
Employee Financial Wellness Programs: Tips for Employers, Sloane Wolter, Jenna Hampton BSW, Sophia Fox-Dichter, and Ellen Frank-MillerJune 9th, 2020
Employee Financial Wellness Programs: Tips for Providers, Jenna Hampton BSW, Sloane Wolter, Sophia Fox-Dichter, and Ellen Frank-MillerJune 9th, 2020
Financial counseling for front-line workers: A pilot study of engagement and outcomes, Mathieu Despard, Yingying Zeng, Sophia Fox-Dichter, Ellen Frank-Miller, and Michal Grinstein-WeissJune 9th, 2020
Promoting Public Retirement Savings Accounts during Tax Filing: Evidence from a Field Experiment, Stephen Roll, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Olga Kondratjeva, and Sam BufeJune 9th, 2020
Tax-Time Saving and the Earned Income Tax Credit: Results from Online Field and Survey Experiments, Mathieu Despard, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Stephen Roll, Bradley Hardy, Dana Perantie, and Jane OliphantJune 9th, 2020
The Impact of Tax Refund Delays on the Experience of Hardship and Unsecured Debt, Olga Kondratjeva, Stephen Roll, Mathieu Despard, and Michal Grinstein-WeissJune 9th, 2020
Using Financial Tips to Guide Debt Repayment: Experimental Evidence from Low-and Moderate-Income Tax Filers, Olga Kondratjeva, Stephen Roll, Sam Bufe, and Michal Grinstein-WeissJune 8th, 2020
Improving Educational and Career Opportunities for Youth with Disabilities in the Future Trend Program, Yifat Klein, Osnat Elnathan, Mayzahav Itiel Barkai, Miriam Palachi, Anat Halevy, Yair Feingold, Ariel Tikotsky, and Guy HochmanMay 1st, 2020
Improving the Take-Up of Homecare Services Among Holocaust Survivors in a Jewish Charitable Organization, Olga Kondratjeva, Stephen Roll, Odelya Mantsura, Pini Miretski, Olga Statland-Vaintraub, Hannah Brumbaum, Ariel Tikotsky, and Michal Grinstein-WeissMay 1st, 2020
Household Savings Decisions in Israel’s Child Savings Program: The Role of Demographic, Financial, and Intrinsic Factors, Ofir Pinto, Olga Kondratjeva, Maya Haran Rosen, Stephen P. Roll, Aytakin Huseynli, and Michal Grinstein-WeissApril 1st, 2020
Nothing to Show for It: Non-Degreed Debt and the Financial Circumstances Associated with It, Jason Jabbari, Mathieu Despard, Olga Kondratjeva, Brinda Gupta, and Michal Grinstein-WeissApril 1st, 2020
Assessing the Short-Term Stability of Financial Well-Being in Low- and Moderate-Income Households, Stephen P. Roll, Olga Kondratjeva, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, and Stephanie SkeesMarch 20th, 2020
Does Savings Affect Participation in the Gig Economy? Evidence from a Tax Refund Field Experiment, Sam Bufe, Stephen P. Roll, Olga Kondratjeva, Bradley Hardy, and Michal Grinstein-WeissJanuary 1st, 2020
How Do the Lives of Participants in a Housing Mobility Program Change After They Move? A Case Study of the Mobility Connection Program, Jenna Hampton BSW, Stephen J. Roll PhD, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss PhDJanuary 1st, 2020
Submissions from 2019
Assessing the Short-Term Stability of Financial Well-Being in Low- to Moderate-Income Households, Sicong Sun, Stephen P. Roll, Olga Kondratjeva, Sam Bufe, and Michal Grinstein-WeissMarch 20th, 2019
How do Changing Financial Circumstances Relate to Financial Well-Being? Evidence from a National Survey, Sam Bufe, Stephen P. Roll, Olga Kondratjeva, and Michal Grinstein-WeissMarch 20th, 2019
How do Changing Financial Circumstances Relate to Financial Well-Being? Evidence from a National Survey, Sam Bufe, Sicong Sun, Stephen P. Roll, Olga Kondratjeva, and Michal Grinstein-WeissMarch 20th, 2019
Dependent Care FSAs: Policy Proposals to level the Playing Field for Low- to Moderate-Income Parents, Ellen Frank-Miller, Sophia Fox-Dichter, and Sloane WolterFebruary 1st, 2019
Making Dependent Care FSAa Work for Low- to Moderate-Income Families 5 Action Steps for Employers, Sophia Fox-Dichter, Ellen Frank-Miller, and Sloane WolterFebruary 1st, 2019
Credit-Building Services for Employees: An Assessment of Engagement and Outcomes, Yingying Zeng MSW, MSP and Mathieu Despard PhD, MSWJanuary 1st, 2019
Dependent Care FSAs: The Uneven Playing Field for Employers and Workers, Ellen Frank-Miller, Sophia Fox-Dichter, and Sloane WolterJanuary 1st, 2019
Dependent Care FSAs Work for Low- to Moderate-Income Families: 5 Action Steps for Policymakers, Sophia Fox-Dichter, Ellen Frank-Miller, and Sloane WolterJanuary 1st, 2019
Employer-Sponsored Small-Dollar Loans: An Assessment of Take-Up, Engagement, and Outcomes, Ellen G. Frank-Miller PhD; Sophia Fox-Dichter MSW; Sloane Wolter AB; Jenna Hampton BSW; Mathieu Despard PhD, MSW; and Geraldine Germain MSWJanuary 1st, 2019
Financial Counseling for Low- and Moderate-Income Employees: An Assessment of Engagement and Outcomes, Mathieu Despard PhD, MSW; Yingying Zeng MSW, MSP; and Sophia Fox-Dichter MSWJanuary 1st, 2019
Financial Counseling for Low- and Moderate-Income Home Health Care Employees: An Assessment of Take-Up, Engagement, and Outcomes, Ellen G. Frank-Miller PhD, Sophia R. Fox-Dichter MSW, Sloane Wolter AB, and Jenna Hampton BSWJanuary 1st, 2019
Workplace Credit-Building Counseling at a Midwest Employer: An Assessment of Take-Up, Engagement, and Outcomes, Ellen G. Frank-Miller PhD; Sophia Fox-Dichter MSW; Sloane Wolter AB; Jenna Hampton BSW; and Yingying Zeng MSW, MSPJanuary 1st, 2019
Submissions from 2018
Financial Well-Being in Low- and Moderate-Income Households: How Does It Compare to the General Population?, Sicong Sun, Olga Kondratjeva, Stephen P. Roll, Mathieu Despard, and Michal Grinstein-WeissDecember 12th, 2018
Financial Well-Being in Low- and Moderate-Income Households: How Does It Compare to the General Population?, Sicong Sun, Olga Kondratjeva, Stephen P. Roll, Mathieu Despard, and Michal Grinstein-WeissDecember 12th, 2018
Refund to Savings 2015-2016: Field Experiments to Promote Tax-Time Saving in Low- and Moderate-Income Households, Stephen P. Roll, Genevieve Davison, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Mathieu R. Despard, and Sam Bufe
A Toolkit for Expanding Financial Capability at Tax Time, Genevieve Davison, Merideth Covington, Olga Kondratjeva, Stephen P. Roll, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss
Employee Financial Wellness Programs: Differences in Reach by Financial Circumstances, Sophia R. Fox-Dichter, Yingying Zeng, Mathieu R. Despard, Ellen Frank-Miller, and Geraldine GermainFebruary 1st, 2018
The State of State EITCs: An Overview and Their Implications for Low- and Moderate-Income Households, Genevieve Davison, Stephen P. Roll, Samuel H. Taylor, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss
Employee Financial Wellness Programs: Differences in Reach by Race and Ethnicity, Sophia R. Fox-Dichter, Mathieu R. Despard, Ellen Frank-Miller, and Geraldine GermainJanuary 1st, 2018
Research from 2017
Employee Financial Wellness Programs Project: Comprehensive Report of Findings, Ellen Frank-Miller, Meredith Covington, Mathieu R. Despard, Geraldine Hannon, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss
Employee Financial Wellness Programs: A Review of the Literature and Directions for Future Research, Geraldine Hannon, Meredith Covington, Mat Despard, Ellen Frank-Miller, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss
Assessing Retirement Needs and Interest in myRa: Findings From the Refund to Savings Initiative, Stephen P. Roll, Jane E. Oliphant, Dana C. Perantie, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, and Genevieve Davison
Coping With a Crisis: Financial Resources Available to Low- and Moderate-Income Households in Emergencies, Dana C. Perantie, Stephen P. Roll, Jane E. Oliphant, Shenyang Guo, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss
Research from 2016
Home Delinquency Rates Are Lower Among ACA Marketplace Households: Evidence From a Natural Experiment, Emily A. Gallagher, Radhakrishnan Gopalon, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Stephen P. Roll, and Genevieve Davison
The Role of Health Insurance in the Financial Lives of Low- and Moderate-Income Households, Mathieu R. Despard, Dana C. Perantie, Jane E. Oliphant, Stephen P. Roll, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss
Characteristics and Hardships Associated With Bank Account Ownership Among Refund to Savings Participants, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Dana C. Perantie, Jane E. Oliphant, Anna deRuyter, and Mathieu R. Despard
Support for a Tax-Time Savings Policy: Interest in Deferring Tax Refunds With Matched Incentives, Dana C. Perantie, Jane E. Oliphant, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss
Research from 2015
Use of Alternative Financial Services Among Low- and Moderate-Income Households: Findings From a Large-Scale National Household Financial Survey, Mathieu R. Despard, Dana C. Perantie, Lingzi Luo, Jane Oliphant, and Michal Grinstein-Weiss
Refund to Savings 2013: Comprehensive Report on a Large-Scale Tax-Time Saving Program, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Dana C. Perantie, Blair D. Russell, Krista Comer, Samuel H. Taylor, Lingzi Luo, Clinton Key, and Dan Ariely