March 2021
Columbia University Center on Poverty & Social Policy: The Benefits and Costs of Expanding the Empire State Child Credit
Contributors: Irwin Garfinkel; Laurel Sariscsany; Elizabeth Ananat; Sophie Collyer; Christopher Wimer
This Robin Hood-funded report from the Columbia University Center on Poverty & Social Policy finds that cash and near-cash benefits increase children’s health, education, and future earnings and decrease health, child protection, and criminal justice costs.