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Mar 15, 2019

Preparing the Future Workforce: Early Care and Education Participation Among Children of Immigrants

This project seeks to understand how mobility has evolved over the course of the 20th Century to predict how it may evolve over the next 30 years. It examines neighborhood factors that affect mobility and investigates whether the historical characteristics of childhood neighborhoods affect adult outcomes. The paper includes results for children by race, gender and levels of parental income.


https://www.pgpf.org/us-2050/research-projects/Preparing-the-Future-Workforce-Early-Care-and-Education-Participation-Among-Children-of-Immigrants

Analysis



Jul 9, 2018

Trustees: Funding Challenges Threaten Medicare’s Future

Medicare faces significant financial challenges in future years because of rising healthcare spending and an aging population.


https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2018/07/trustees-funding-challenges-threaten-medicares-future

Press Releases & Statements

Mar 4, 2009

Americans Rank Country's Growing Budget Challenges, Debt, and Deficit as a Top Priority for Obama Administration

The results of the national survey, commissioned by the Foundation and released today, show that amidst the current economic crisis, there is strong consensus about the fundamental importance of the country's sustained fiscal health, and that Americans place a high priority on tackling the federal government's growing budget deficit and debt.


https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/new-national-survey-results-show-americans-rank-countrys-growing-budget-challenges-debt-and-deficit-as-a-top-priority-for-obama-administration

Blog Posts



Mar 11, 2019

The President's Budget Reduces Debt a Little, But Only If Growth Is Rosier than Projected

The budget would achieve some deficit reduction on paper under the administration's calculations, but it fails to address the key drivers of our debt.


https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2019/03/the-presidents-budget-reduces-debt-a-little-but-only-if-growth-is-rosier-than-projected

Programs & Projects

Oct 27, 2017

Tax Reform Should Grow the Economy. Not the Debt.

Washington is debating tax reform. There’s talk of substantial tax cuts that would give trillions of dollars back to American taxpayers. That might sound great to some. But if Congress doesn’t find a way to pay for those tax cuts, future generations will be stuck with the bill.


https://www.pgpf.org/tax-reform

Programs & Projects



Mar 15, 2019

Demographic Drivers of the Post-Recessionary Fertility Decline and the Future of U.S. Fertility

This paper examines trends in important demographic drivers of fertility—such as women’s intentions to have children, postponed childbearing, and migration—to better understand the implications of the recent fertility decline for future fertility patterns.


https://www.pgpf.org/us-2050/research-projects/Demographic-Drivers-of-the-Post-Recessionary-Fertility-Decline-and-the-Future-of-US-Fertility

Grants

Mar 23, 2009

High School Students Aren't Taught About the National Debt

The nation’s schools teachers feel ill-prepared to teach basic federal budget terms and engage students in public policy questions to promote active citizenship.


https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/grants/high-school-students-arent-taught-about-the-national-debt

Programs & Projects

Feb 22, 2018

The Tax Reform Tradeoff

To help better inform the current debate over tax reform, the Tax Policy Center (with a grant from the Peterson Foundation) put real numbers behind different scenarios for tax reform that are both distributionally neutral and fiscally responsible.


https://www.pgpf.org/the-tax-reform-tradeoff

Analysis

Oct 2, 2012

Will the presidential candidates debate the debt?

The leaders we elect will be tasked with taming our growing national debt — making this one of the most critical elections in recent memory.


https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/will-the-presidential-candidates-debate-the-debt

Blog Posts

Mar 27, 2018

Budget Process Reform: What Are Budget Caps?

There are separate limits on the amount of funding that can be provided for defense and nondefense purposes through the appropriation process.


https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/03/budget-process-reform-what-are-budget-caps