Melissa S. Kearney

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Professor of Economics, University of Maryland; Director, Aspen Economic Strategy Group, University of Maryland

Tens of millions of American families are getting a monthly allowance from Uncle Sam. Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty Images

July 15, 2021

Experts explain the significance of this new ‘allowance.’

Keeping kids above the poverty line contributes to their stability in adulthood. Maskot/DigitalVision via Getty Images

April 26, 2021

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Northwestern University; Hilary Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley, and Melissa S. Kearney, University of Maryland

Many studies conducted in recent years tie lower poverty rates for children to better health and higher pay when they grow up.