The politics of safety net reform in Southern Europe during the Great Recession: Introduction to the regional issue

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 533-538
Author(s):  
Manuel Aguilar‐Hendrickson ◽  
Ana Arriba González de Durana
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
The Great Recession

scholarly journals The Great Recession and Mental Health in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 900-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam K. Forbes ◽  
Robert F. Krueger
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
The United States ◽  
Panic Attacks ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Additional Support ◽  
The Impact

The full scope of the impact of the Great Recession on individuals’ mental health has not been quantified to date. In this study we aimed to determine whether financial, job-related, and housing impacts experienced by individuals during the recession predicted changes in the occurrence of symptoms of depression, generalized anxiety, panic attacks, and problematic alcohol use or other substance use. Longitudinal survey data ( n = 2,530 to n = 3,293) from the national Midlife in the United States study that were collected before (2003–2004) and after (2012–2013) the Great Recession were analyzed. The population-level trend was toward improvements in mental health over time. However, for individuals, each recession impact experienced was associated with long-lasting and transdiagnostic declines in mental health. These relationships were stronger for some sociodemographic groups, which suggests the need for additional support for people who suffer marked losses during recessions and for those without a strong safety net.

Changes in Safety Net Use During the Great Recession

2015 ◽  
Vol 105 (5) ◽  
pp. 161-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia M. Anderson ◽  
Kristin F. Butcher ◽  
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Program Participation ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Net Use ◽  
Poverty Levels

We examine how participation in social safety net programs differs by income-to-poverty levels, and how that relationship changed after the Great Recession. We define income-to-poverty based on the average of 2 years of merged CPS data, and investigate program participation among households with income less than 300 percent of poverty. We find changes in both the level and distribution of safety-net program participation during the Great Recession, with SNAP expanding most at the bottom, the EITC expanding most in the middle, and UI expanding most at the top of the income ranges that we investigate; TANF did not expand.

Shifts in Medicaid and Uninsured Payer Mix at Safety-Net and Non-Safety-Net Hospitals During the Great Recession

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-172
Author(s):  
Kathryn R. Fingar ◽  
Rosanna M. Coffey ◽  
Andrew W. Mulcahy ◽  
Roxanne M. Andrews ◽  
Carol Stocks
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
The Great Recession

scholarly journals Policies to Help the Working Class in the Aftermath of COVID-19: Lessons from the Great Recession

2021 ◽  
Vol 695 (1) ◽  
pp. 314-330
Author(s):  
Richard V. Burkhauser ◽  
Kevin Corinth ◽  
Douglas Holtz-Eakin
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Great Recession ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
Slow Recovery ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Earnings Losses ◽  
Persistent Unemployment ◽  
Economic Well Being

The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated government-mandated shutdowns caused a historic shock to the U.S. economy and a disproportionate job loss concentrated among the working class. While an unprecedented social safety net policy response successfully offset earnings losses among lower-wage workers, the risk of continued and persistent unemployment remains higher among the working class. The key lesson from the Great Recession is that strong economic growth and a hot labor market do more to improve the economic well-being of the working class and historically disadvantaged groups than a slow recovery that relies on safety net policies to help replace lost earnings. Thus, the best way to prevent a “k-shaped” recovery is to ensure that safety net policies do not interfere with a return to the strong pre-pandemic economy once the health risk subsides and that progrowth policies that incentivize business investment and hiring are maintained.

USA Child Poverty: The Impact of the Great Recession

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Wimer ◽  
Timothy M. Smeeding
Keyword(s):  
Great Recession ◽  
Child Poverty ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Median Income ◽  
Relative Poverty ◽  
Poverty Measure ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Impact

The Great Recession (GR) was the most dramatic economic downturn the USA has experienced in more than six decades. But against this backdrop, the USA actually made some limited progress against child poverty over the Great Recession when one considers the new US Supplemental Poverty Measure which lies at about 40 per cent of median income. The main reason was the growth of a well-targeted near cash safety net, combined with earnings enhancements in the form of refundable tax credits. These enhancements helped the working poor, but not many parents of children who could not find jobs. However these improvements had little if any effect on relative poverty counted at a European or cross-national relative poverty standard set at 60 per cent of median income. Greater progress against child poverty in the US requires a continued strong job market coupled with a child allowance.

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