Episode 13: The Long-Run Benefits of Income Support

In Jared’s first episode back from China, he and Ben interview Arloc Sherman and Tazra Mitchell about the effectiveness of safety net programs. As Arloc and Tazra describe, programs like SNAP (formerly called food stamps) and the Earned Income Tax Credit, which provide poor families with income assistance, carry both near-term and long-term benefits for children in the families that receive them. Arloc and Tazra’s paper (“Economic Security Programs Help Low-Income Children Succeed Over Long Term, Many Studies Find”): Musical Interlude: “I Second That Emotion” by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

You can listen to Episode 13: The Long-Run Benefits of Income Support online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Episode 13: The Long-Run Benefits of Income Support is an episode from On The Economy by On The Economy.

This episode is 00:26:44 long.

This episode was published on Jul 27, 2017.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from On The Economy when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.