{"product_id":"poverty-in-the-pandemic-zachary-parolin-9780871546722","title":"Poverty in the Pandemic: Policy Lessons from Covid-19","description":"At the close of 2019, the United States saw a record-low poverty rate. At the start of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to upend that trend and plunge millions of Americans into poverty. However, despite the highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression, the poverty rate declined to the lowest in modern U.S. history. In \u003ci\u003ePoverty in the Pandemic\u003c\/i\u003e social policy scholar Zachary Parolin provides a data-driven account of how poverty influenced the economic, social, and health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., as well as how the country's policy response led to historically low poverty rates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on dozens of data sources ranging from debit and credit card spending, the first national databases of school and childcare center closures in the U.S., and bi-weekly Census-run surveys on well-being, Parolin finds that entering the pandemic in poverty substantially increased a person's likelihood of experiencing negative health outcomes due to the pandemic, such as contracting and dying from COVID, as well as losing their job. Additionally, he found that students from poor families suffered the greatest learning losses as a result of school closures and the shift to distance learning during the pandemic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e However, unprecedented legislative action by the U.S. government, including the passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, and the American Rescue Plan (ARP) helped mitigate the economic consequences of the pandemic and lifted around 18 million Americans out of poverty. Based on the success of these policies, Parolin concludes with policy suggestions that the U.S. can implement in more 'normal' times to improve the living conditions of low-income households after the pandemic subsides, including expanding access to Unemployment Insurance, permanently expanding the Child Tax Credit, promoting greater access to affordable, high-quality healthcare coverage, and investing more resources into the Census Bureau's data-collection capabilities. He also details a method of producing a monthly measurement of poverty, to be used in conjunction with the traditional annual measurement, in order to better understand the intra-year volatility of poverty that many Americans experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoverty in the Pandemic \u003c\/i\u003eprovides the most complete account to date of the unique challenges that low-income households in the U.S. faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zachary Parolin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0871546728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780871546722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell Sage Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Zachary Parolin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44365027311871,"sku":"9780871546722","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12dd33ca-0707-480c-bc25-659440f6c9e3.jpg?v=1697056210","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/poverty-in-the-pandemic-zachary-parolin-9780871546722","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}