Our international policy research explores best practices in policy design and poverty reduction strategies across different countries and draws out lessons relevant to policy development in the United States. We examine how the structure and impact of child allowance programs in other nations might inform the creation of one in the U.S.; how countries can deliver cash at important family transition points, such as the birth of a child; and how policies such as universal child benefits can play a foundational role in safety net and social protection systems worldwide.
Research
2024
- The promise of Universal Child Benefits: The foundational policy for economic and social development, with the ILO, UNICEF, and Learning for Well-Being Institute—Feb 2024
2023
- Starting sooner: Should cash payments begin during pregnancy?—Nov 2023
- Too little, too late: An assessment of public spending on children by age in 84 countries, with UNICEF Innocenti, Global Office of Research and Foresight and The York Policy Engine—June 2023
2022
- A step in the right direction: The expanded Child Tax Credit would move the United States’ high child poverty rate closer to peer nations, with UNICEF Innocenti, Global Office of Research and Foresight—Oct 2022
2020
- What a child allowance like Canada’s would do for child poverty in America, with The Century Foundation—July 2020