The top 10 most-read Urban Institute papers published in 2009 reflect our national attention on the recession, health care reform, and President Obama's first year in office. An analysis of Obama's tax and stimulus plan comes in first on our list, followed later by an assessment of tax provisions in the President's 2010 budget. A Q&A about unemployment insurance comes in second, trailed by pieces on homelessness and poverty. In a policy year dominated by health care reform, two papers on the cost-saving benefits of a public option make the cut. Joining them are papers on vulnerable youth and children of immigrants, as well as a relatively new topic for Urban—policy strategies to reduce obesity.
- "President-Elect Obama's Tax and Stimulus Plans"
Roberton Williams - "Unemployment Insurance in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (HR1)"
Wayne Vroman - "Reducing Obesity: Policy Strategies from the Tobacco Wars"
Carolyn L. Engelhard, Arthur Garson, Jr., Stan Dorn - "Is the Public Plan Option a Necessary Part of Health Reform?"
John Holahan, Linda J. Blumberg - "Children of Immigrants: National and State Characteristics"
Karina Fortuny, Randolph Capps, Margaret Simms, Ajay Chaudry - "Preventing and Ending Homelessness-Next Steps"
Mary K. Cunningham - "Tax Proposals in the 2010 Budget"
Rosanne Altshuler, Leonard E. Burman, Howard Gleckman, Dan Halperin, Roberton Williams - "Transitioning In and Out of Poverty"
Signe-Mary Mckernan, Caroline Ratcliffe, Stephanie R. Cellini - "Getting to a Public Option that Contains Costs: Negotiations, Opt-Outs and Triggers"
Robert A. Berenson, John Holahan, Stephen Zuckerman - "Vulnerable Youth and the Transition to Adulthood"
Jennifer Ehrle Macomber, Mike Pergamit, Tracy Vericker, Daniel Kuehn, Marla McDaniel, Erica H. Zielewski, Adam Kent, Heidi Johnson
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