News: Social Welfare
Reverend Barber: Civil Rights, Voting, and the 2020 Election
For Rev. Barber, the fight to end voter suppression is intimately bound up in the campaign to remake the moral…
My Year of Discovery at Columbia’s China Center for Social Policy
Xuan Huo (left) with Professor Qin Gao (right) in the Columbia School of Social Work’s lobby I first met Qin…
Welfare and Well-Being: Life Satisfaction Among Welfare Recipients in Rural China
In a new study, Professor Qin Gao and her colleague found that for rural participants in China’s social safety net…
Welfare Participation and Youth Depression: Correlation or Causation?
Professor Qin Gao has contributed to a paper showing that, while some studies are linking welfare participation and levels of…
My Experience as a Visiting Scholar at the China Center for Social Policy
At the end of my first month as a visiting scholar at the China Center for Social Policy, run by…
New Study: Through Welfare, States Are Widening Black-White Child Poverty Gap
A poverty studies scholar uncovers racial bias in choices states make in the use and distribution of federal assistance benefits….
Michael Tubbs on Structural Violence, UBI, and the Dignity of Work
During a full day of events, the millennial mayor of Stockton, California, inspired all he met with his determination to…
Journal Article Addresses Unique Mental Health Needs of China’s Migrant Children
Children of China’s many internal migrants have a hard time adjusting. Two alumni and a current student have co-written a…
Interim Dean Garfinkel Contributes to Study on Slashing Child Poverty
In a new National Academies report, Interim Dean Irwin Garfinkel and colleagues identify the most effective policy means for reducing…
Qin Gao’s Carnegie Council Interview One of 2018’s Most Popular
Highlights from Dr. Qin Gao’s interview on poverty reduction and social welfare in China ranked among the Carnegie Council for…