Benefits

Portable Benefits in Action: A Roadmap for a Renewed Work-Related Safety Net

A universal safety net could better deliver benefits to workers, encourage a dynamic labor market, and promote economic security for all.

December 14, 2021
Cover page for the publication "Portable Benefits in Action: A Roadmap for a Renewed Work-Related Safety Net"

Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, November 2021

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

November 30, 2021

Is Build Back Better the Start of a Benefits Reset for Workers?

After months of negotiations, the House seems poised to pass the bill by Thanksgiving.

November 15, 2021

Start at the Beginning: A Person-Centered Design and Evaluation Framework for Policies to Boost Household Cash Flow and Beyond

Aspen FSP’s set of practices for applying a person-centered framework to the design and evaluation of financial security policy.

November 1, 2021

Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, October 2021

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

October 29, 2021

Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, September 2021

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

September 29, 2021

Moving from Experimentation to the Mainstream: Policy Options to Automate Workplace Emergency Savings

In this brief we seek to illuminate policymakers’ opportunities to help make emergency savings both automatic and inclusive.

September 1, 2021

Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, August 2021

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

August 31, 2021

For Children, Better Data Equals Better Policy

Policymakers evaluating the expanded Child Tax Credit should tap into the trove of in-the-moment data to see the program’s impact and reach.

July 27, 2021