Friday, May 1 / 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM   •   Elevation

Session 133:
Social Policy, the Social Safety Net, and Inequality

Chair: Anne E. Winkler, University of Missouri, St. Louis
Discussant: Anne E. Winkler, University of Missouri, St. Louis
Discussant: Lloyd D. Grieger, Yale University
Discussant: Misty L. Heggeness, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Discussant: Bryan Stuart, University of Michigan

  1. Racial Heterogeneity and the Progressivity of State and Local Taxes • Rourke O'Brien, Harvard University

  2. Unintended Consequences of Taxation: Cigarette Taxes and Food Stamp Take-Up • Kyle Rozema, Cornell University

  3. Experimental Tests of Efforts to Improve Child Support Collections in Washington State • Robert D. Plotnick, University of Washington ; Asaph Glosser, MEF Associates ; Kathleen Moore, University of Washington ; Shannon Harper, University of Washington ; Emmi Obara, MEF Associates

  4. The Timing of SNAP Benefit Receipt and Children’s Academic Achievement • Anna Gassman-Pines, Duke University

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