Effective Policy for Reducing Poverty and Inequality?

2017/07/07 by Hilary W. Hoynes, Hilary Hoynes, Ankur J. Patel +1 · 197 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Economic growth #Economics #Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth #Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics #Income, Poverty, and Inequality #Law #Political science #Poverty #Public administration #Public policy #Sociology #Treasury

paper · doi:10.3368/jhr.53.4.1115.7494r1

published in The Journal of Human Resources 53(4), 859-890 (University of Wisconsin Press)

openalex publication_date 2017/07/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/26

Abstract

Hilary W. Hoynes⇑ and Ankur J. Patel Hoynes is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley. She is also a Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Ankur Patel is a Financial Economist at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Hilary Hoynes, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley, 2607 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720 (hoynesatberkeley.edu).

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