Blog Posts
Apr 23, 2018
The Two Reasons Long-Term Economic Growth Will Slow
While the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 will likely boost economic growth in the near term, the effects of the legislation are temporary.
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Press Releases & Statements
Dec 14, 2009
PGPF Discusses Study Comparing Long-Term Costs of Current Health Care Legislation
The study examines the most recent version of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the House-passed Affordable Health Care for America Act, and it provides the first long-term comparative analysis of the costs of the House and Senate health care reform legislation.
Press Releases & Statements
Sep 28, 2018
Peterson Foundation Statement on Tax Cuts 2.0
"Tax Cuts 2.0 is a fitting name, because this bill would add more than $2.0 trillion to our national debt over 10 years once it kicks in," Michael A. Peterson, Chairman and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, said.
Analysis
Nov 9, 2010
Improving Health Care
The rapid growth in health care costs is the largest and fastest growing fiscal challenge.
Programs & Projects
Mar 15, 2019
Past and Present Differences in Opportunity by Neighborhood
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.
Programs & Projects
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.
Programs & Projects
Mar 15, 2019
Financial Fragility Among Middle-Income Households: Evidence Beyond Asset Building
This paper explores the determinants of financial fragility of American middle-income households ($50,000–75,000 annually). It analyzes the socioeconomic characteristics of fragile middle-income households (defined as unable to come up with $2,000 in a month). It focuses on family size, debt levels, degree of financial literacy and the ability of these households to plan for retirement.
Programs & Projects
Mar 15, 2019
(Machine) Learning About Immigration's Impact in Local Labor Markets With Classified Ad Text
This project constructs a dataset of job vacancies from 1975–2000 with details on industry, region, occupation, wage and unionization status to improve understanding of evolving trends in labor demand.
Programs & Projects
Mar 15, 2019
Neighborhood Disadvantage and Children’s Cognitive Skill Trajectories
This study examines how neighborhood disadvantage is associated with children’s trajectories of growth in math and reading skills in early elementary school. It seeks to understand better how the communities in which children attend school affect their academic success in early grades, and how these associations vary by students’ characteristics.
Blog Posts
Jul 8, 2015
Pete Peterson op-ed on Greek crisis in USA Today
An op-ed by PGPF Founder and Chairman Pete Peterson is featured today in USA Today.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/pete-peterson-op-ed-on-greek-crisis-in-usa-today