Publications

The Family Economic Policy Lab investigates social policy alternatives to address social and economic inequality. A guiding principle in our work is that research must be accessible to academics, decision-makers, practitioners, and the public. We achieve this by disseminating our work through academic articles, project reports, and Op-Eds.

Please contact Dr. Leah Hamilton at hamiltonl@appstate.edu if you need full-text access to any of our academic publications.

Reports

Reports can also be found in our projects section.

Academic Articles and Op-Eds

2024

Hamilton, L., Bellisle, D., Brugger, L., Roll, S., Fox-Dichter, S., and *Pitman, E. (2024). “It saved us”: Parent perspectives of the 2021 expanded Child Tax Credit. SN Social Sciences, 4(26). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-023-00827-z.

2023

Hamilton, L., Choplin, V., & Paputseanos, T. (2023, Dec. 6). From scarcity to security: Participant well-being in the first 2 years of a basic income pilot. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI). https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.12370
Catalyst Center et al. (2023). The Impact of the 2021 Expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) on Families Raising Children with Disabilities. Catalyst Center. https://ciswh.org/resources/the-impact-of-the-2021-expanded-child-tax-credit-ctc-on-families-raising-children-with-disabilities
Elliott, D., Hamilton, L., & Smith, S. (2023, Oct 18). Current and Recent Basic Income and Guaranteed Income Pilots in the United States [Book Chapter]. The Palgrave International Handbook of Basic Income. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-41001-7_23
Hamilton, L., Elliott, D., Quick, A., Smith, S., & Choplin, V. (2023, Sep 7). Exploring the Use of AI in Qualitative Analysis: A Comparative Study of Guaranteed Income Data. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231201504
Jabbari, J., Anglum, C., & Hamilton, L. (2023, Jul 5). The Child Tax Credit, Educational Investments, and the American Dream: A Moderated Mediation Analysis. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231231181899
Roll, S., Constantino, S.M., Hamilton, L., Miller, S., Bellisle, D., & Despard, M. (2023). How Would Americans Respond to Direct Cash Transfers? Results from Two Survey Experiments. Social Service Review. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/723522
Hamilton, L., Despard, M., Roll, S., Bellisle, D., Hall, C., & Wright, A. (2023, Feb 27). Does Frequency or Amount Matter? An Exploratory Analysis the Perceptions of Four Universal Basic Income Proposals. Social Sciences (MDPI). https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12030133
Hamilton, L., Choplin, V., & Paputseanos, T. (2023, Feb 16). From Scarcity to Security: Mental Well-being Outcomes in the First Two Years of a Basic Income Pilot. Authorea. [Submitted to Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy]. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.167650564.45189949/v1

2022

Hamilton, L. (2022, Apr 28). Data Speak Volumes in Support of Monthly Child Tax Credit | Opinion. Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/data-speak-volumes-support-monthly-child-tax-credit-opinion-1701188
Hamilton, L., Roll, S., Despard, M., Maag, E., Chun, Y., Brugger, L., & Grinstein-Weiss, M. (2022, Apr 13). The impacts of the 2021 expanded child tax credit on family employment, nutrition, and financial well-being: Findings from the Social Policy Institute’s Child Tax Credit Panel (Wave 2). Brookings. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-impacts-of-the-2021-expanded-child-tax-credit-on-family-employment-nutrition-and-financial-well-being
Roll, S., Hamilton, L., & Chun, Y. (2022, Mar 18). Expanded Child Tax Credit Payments Did Not Reduce Employment. Social Policy Institute. https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/sites.wustl.edu/dist/a/2003/files/2022/04/CTC-and-Employment-March-18-2022.pdf

2021

Hamilton, L. (2021, Oct 21). The Child Tax Credit could be Biden’s bipartisan silver bullet. Fortune. https://fortune.com/2021/10/21/child-tax-credit-biden-government-assistance-welfare-bipartisan
Jabbari, J., Hamilton, L., Roll, S., & Grinstein-Weiss, M. (2021, Sep 24). The new child tax credit does more than just cut poverty. Brookings. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-new-child-tax-credit-does-more-than-just-cut-poverty
Social Policy Institute. (2021, Sep 15). How are families in the U.S. using their Child Tax Credit payments? A 50 state analysis. Social Policy Insitute. https://socialpolicyinstitute.wustl.edu/how-families-use-ctc-payments-united-states
Hamilton, L., Yorgun, M., & Wright, A. (2021, Jul 28). “People Nowadays Will Take Everything They Can Get”: American Perceptions of Basic Income Usage. Journal of Policy Practice and Research. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42972-021-00035-0
Hamilton, L., Despard, M., Roll, S., Bellisle, D., Hall, C.A., & Wright, A. (2021). Does Frequency or Amount Matter? Testing the Perceptions of Four Universal Basic Income Proposals. Social Policy Institute Research. https://doi.org/10.7936/xr7t-5764
Hamilton, L. (2021). Asset Limits in Public Assistance and Savings Behavior Among Low-Income Families. Social Science Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.111/ssqu.12874

2020

Hamilton, L. (2020). Welfare Doesn’t Work: The Promises of Basic Income for a Failed American Safety Net [Series Book]. Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee [Series]. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-37121-0

2019

Hamilton, L. & Martin-West, S. (2019). Universal Basic Income, Poverty, and Social Justice: A Moral and Economic Imperative for Social Workers. Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/swz028
Hamilton, L., Rothwell, D., Huang, J., Nam, Y., & Dollar, T. (2019, Jul 29). Guarding Public Coffers or Trapping the Poor? The Role of Public Assistance Asset Limits in Program Efficacy and Family Economic Well-Being. Poverty & Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1002/pop4.244
Hamilton, L. (2019, Jul 11). Does generous welfare policy encourage dependence? TANF asset limits and duration of program participation. Journal of Children and Poverty. https://doi.org/10.1080/10796126.2019.1638731
Hamilton, L. & Mulvale, J.P. (2019, May 20). “Human Again”: The (Unrealized) Promise of Basic Income in Ontario. Journal of Poverty. https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2019.1616242