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Urban’s researchers partner with state and local leaders to provide the evidence, tools, and support they need to improve lives and strengthen communities. This work includes strategic advising to translate research into action, program evaluations to measure effectiveness, and research and data analysis to inform decisionmaking. Our experts develop custom data tools and modeling to support equitable resource allocation and lead community-engaged research and convenings to ensure policies reflect local priorities.

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Ensuring equal chances for all to succeed is a value Americans have long embraced. They are more likely than other nationalities to believe in the importance of talent and effort in shaping a persons life prospects. They are also more likely to reject social class as an acceptable determinant of
Research Report Poor People and Poor Neighborhoods in The Washington Metropolitan Area
This report is the first in a series of studies that will analyze demographic and socio-economic conditions in the Washington metropolitan area from a detailed, spatial perspective. It uses 1980 and 1990 Census data to describe where poor people live in our region, and how the poorest
Research Report Use of Sliding Scale Premiums in Subsidized Insurance Programs, The
To reduce the level of uninsurance and improve access to care, several states have established subsidized health insurance programs to help low-income, uninsured people. Many such programs require that some of the participants share in the cost of their insurance through premiums administered on a
Research Report Efforts by Child Welfare Agencies to Address Domestic Violence
This report reviews the available literature on the overlap of domestic violence and child maltreatment. Other topics include study-site selection criteria, study methodology, and efforts to integrate domestic violence concerns into child welfare agency practice in each community visited. The report
Brief Reassessing the Outlook for Medicaid Spending Growth
This brief shows that Medicaid spending growth has slowed substantially since 1992 and argues that this growth slowdown is likely to continuereducing, though not eliminating, the fiscal pressures that led to the 1995 reform proposals.
Brief Is Earnings Inequality Really Increasing?
This policy brief examines the supposition that job growth in the United States has led to rising earnings inequality. Generally, when economists examine the effects of structural changes in the economy, they use total earnings. Using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation and the