Labor Policy & Unemployment from The Brookings Institute
Labor Policy & Unemployment topic area conducts in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level.
Forum for Youth Investment
Forum for Youth Investment helps leaders change the odds for kids by finding scalable solutions to pressing problems that drive opportunity gaps, and by helping public and private leaders align the myriad of programs and policies created to improve youth opportunities and outcomes.
Effective Strategies
National Dropout Prevention Center has identified 15 Effective Strategies that have the most positive impact on reducing school dropout.
Pew Results First Clearinghouse
The Results First Clearinghouse Database is an online resource that brings together information on the effectiveness of social policy programs from nine national clearinghouses. It applies color-coding to the clearinghouses’ distinct rating systems, creating a common language that enables users to quickly see where each program falls on a spectrum from negative impact to positive impact. As such, this database can help users easily access and understand the evidence base for a variety of programs.
Workforce Development Collections
The Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Workforce Development Collections research focuses on labor markets, addressing several core areas: the causes of unemployment and the effectiveness of social safety net programs in mitigating its effects; education and training systems to improve workers’ employability and earnings; and the influence of state and local economic development policies on local labor markets. The Institute also assesses emerging trends affecting workers and labor markets in its core research areas.
Self-Sufficiency Research Clearinghouse
US Department of Health and Human Services; Office of the Administration for Children and Families; Self-Sufficiency Research Clearinghouse, 2009-2021 is a virtual portal of research on low-income families and vulnerable populations which builds and disseminates knowledge about effective approaches to helping low-income children and families.
Neighborhoods and Youth Development
Neighborhoods and Youth Development tests place-based, two-generation strategies to help vulnerable parents and children.
Low-Income Working Families
Low-Income Working Families studies the economic security and well-being of low-income working families.
Inequality and Mobility
Inequality and Mobility produces new insights about the overlapping dimensions of inequality, mobility, and inclusion.
From Safety Net to Solid Ground
From Safety Net to Solid Ground analyzes proposals and policies that help families advance toward better opportunities.