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The Joy and Stress of Being a Parent in America

As my dedicated readers will no doubt have noticed, I’ve been absent from posting for a few weeks. This is for good reason: at the end of August, my wife and I welcomed a baby boy into the world. It’s hard to overstate how much our lives have changed since Read more…

By Kevin Werner, 2 monthsSeptember 16, 2025 ago
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Cash Assistance is Still Good

Big news in the cash assistance research space this week: there’s a new working paper out that looks at the effects of unconditional cash aid on the cognitive development of children in poverty. Surprisingly, and perhaps disconcertingly to advocates of cash aid such as myself, the study finds that children Read more…

By Kevin Werner, 4 monthsJuly 29, 2025 ago
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