To watch the live video webcast or a recording, go to
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/urban-institute-events. (No registration is required.)
Panelists:
• Karina Fortuny, research associate, Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population, Urban Institute
• Pamela Loprest, director, Income and Benefits Policy Center, Urban Institute (moderator)
• Arloc Sherman, senior researcher, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Elaine Sorensen, senior fellow, Income and Benefits Policy Center, Urban Institute
• David Stapleton, senior fellow and director, Center for Studying Disability Policy, Mathematica Policy Research
At the height of the Great Recession and its aftermath, 15.6 million men and women were jobless, another 10 million stopped looking for work or settled for part-time employment, and countless millions of children and other family members coped with the economic fallout. Lost amid these large numbers are the distinct circumstances of workers with disabilities, low-income families with children, noncustodial fathers and single mothers, and immigrants.
In the third installment of a special series on “The New Unemployment and What to Do About It,” a panel of experts will examine how safety net programs -- such as welfare, food stamps, disability insurance, and child support -- have worked generally and for these subgroups when jobs are scarce. They will also explore how to retool the safety net before the next economic downturn.
Resources:
- Bios
- Fortuny slides
- Sherman slides
- Sorensen slides
- Stapleton slides
At the Urban Institute
2100 M Street N.W., 5th Floor, Washington, D.C.
Watch “Jumpstarting the Job Market,” the first forum in the series, on C-SPAN at
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297026-1.
Watch "Young and Older Workers: (Not) Entering and Exiting the Labor Market," the second forum, at
http://www.urban.org/events/Young-and-Older-Workers.cfm.
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