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Why Nonprofits Should Care and What to Do

Key Takeaways: Welfare cliffs and marriage penalties are discouraging people from work and forming families. The cliffs and penalties may mean that […]

Eric CochlingMay 2, 20223 min read

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Inflation’s Growing Problem: A warning shot for Congress

The inflation rate in July—as measured by the seasonally-adjusted Consumer Price Index (CPI)—abated somewhat from June’s rate, increasing at 0.5% instead of […]

Erik RandolphAugust 16, 20212 min read

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Putting Georgia’s employment numbers in perspective

Is there any reason not to cheer? Georgia’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 percent in May. Here are three reasons why this […]

Erik RandolphJune 24, 20214 min read

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Welfare Cliffs and Gaps: The role health insurance plays in upward mobility

Cody and Estelle are a young married couple living in a suburban neighborhood. Cody has a full-time job and Estelle is a nanny so she can have their daughter with her at work. They make just enough money to pay the rent...

Georgia Center for OpportunityOctober 27, 20206 min read

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How Second Chances Impact Communities

Our communities need to understand and appreciate Kevin and others like him. We must begin to see past our biases and speak life into those who have fallen. The poverty of community is just as important (if not more important) than economic poverty, and the butterfly effect I am describing is always at play either in a positive or in a negative way.

Georgia Center for OpportunityOctober 13, 20204 min read

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Equitable Options In Education

Since 2016, the Georgia Center for Opportunity (GCO) has demonstrated the existence of welfare cliffs. Now a team of five economists has come to the same conclusion. Welfare cliffs are an unfortunate feature of the American welfare system.

Georgia Center for OpportunityOctober 7, 20205 min read

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If You Accept this Raise, You Fall Off the Welfare Cliff

Getting a raise from $15 to $18 could cost you over $20,000 in net income. Would you work hard for that promotion?

Georgia Center for OpportunityOctober 1, 20205 min read

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The Unintended Consequences of Generous Unemployment Benefits

Since 2016, the Georgia Center for Opportunity (GCO) has demonstrated the existence of welfare cliffs. Now a team of five economists has come to the same conclusion. Welfare cliffs are an unfortunate feature of the American welfare system.

David BassSeptember 29, 20204 min read

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Welfare Without Dignity Doesn’t Work

The fact of the matter is that systems like Medicaid, food stamps, and other programs are not designed to move people into a better life. Instead, they are a stop-gap that simply meets an immediate or temporary need.

Corey BurresSeptember 22, 20202 min read

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Why Nonprofits Should Care and What to Do

Inflation’s Growing Problem: A warning shot for Congress

Putting Georgia’s employment numbers in perspective

If You Accept this Raise, You Fall Off the Welfare Cliff

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Why Nonprofits Should Care and What to Do

Inflation’s Growing Problem: A warning shot for Congress

Putting Georgia’s employment numbers in perspective

Welfare Cliffs and Gaps: The role health insurance plays in upward mobility

How Second Chances Impact Communities

Equitable Options In Education

If You Accept this Raise, You Fall Off the Welfare Cliff

The Unintended Consequences of Generous Unemployment Benefits

Welfare Without Dignity Doesn’t Work

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