Panel: Policy Changes and Poverty Rates
(Poverty and Social Policy)

Saturday, November 9, 2013: 1:45 PM-3:15 PM
DuPont Ballroom H (Washington Marriott)

*Names in bold indicate Presenter

Panel Chairs:  Nan Maxwell, Mathematica Policy Research
Discussants:  Kristin Seefeldt, University of Michigan and Elizabeth Ananat, Duke University
Greatly Reducing Poverty: How a Four-Part Package of Policy Changes Could Cut SPM Poverty By 50% Or More
David R. Riemer1, Linda Giannarelli2, Conor Williams1 and Kye Lippold2, (1)Community Advocates Public Policy Institute, (2)Urban Institute


The Invisible Safety Net: How Benefit Continuations Under Means-Tested Transfer Programs Mitigate Estimated Effective Marginal Tax Rates
Gary W. Reinbold, University of Illinois, Springfield


Taxing the Poor: Recent Income Tax Proposals and the Poverty Rate in New York City
John Kramper, Todd Seidel, Daniel Scheer, Christine D'Onofrio and Mark Levitan, NYC Center for Economic Opportunity


Examining the Impact of Government Benefits On Chronic and Transient Poverty in the U.S., 1998-2008
Sara E. Kimberlin, University of California, Berkeley


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