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Co-Director, Center on Children and Families, Budgeting for National Priorities | Senior Fellow, Economic Studies | The Cabot Family Chair
A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families and the Budgeting for National Priorities Project at Brookings. | View Full Bio
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Isabel Sawhill
As you get ready for Thanksgiving, consider giving thanks for these six social mobility trends: http://t.co/OvwRMQervW
Nov 27
Thanks for watching. "@TheCommonOne: @cspanwj Thanks for pionting out the facts for everone. Good job today on @cspanwj ."
About to appear on @cspanwj to discuss poverty in the US.
Nov 26
Those worried about nonmarital births--including conservatives--should support birth control: http://t.co/cn5aZqpYYX #thxBirthControl
Nov 12
RT @BrookingsCCF: The Washington democratic process is actively undermining US fiscal policy, write @RichardvReeves & @isawhill : http://t.co/3UWAGuu4cE
RT @TheNC: Even #TimesSquare is saying #ThxBirthControl today Join @Bedsider & @TheNC and thousands nationwide & say thanks. http://t.co/j5SjMDCGYT
RT @TheNC: Just one of the reasons to join us and thousands nationwide in saying #thxBirthControl http://t.co/Ved5xzlVNk
In honor of national #thxBirthControl day, take a look at ways that birth control is related to social mobility: http://t.co/P14jhEafaM
Multiple interventions narrow gaps between low/high inc. kids; effects last into adult yrs. http://t.co/m1NuPEyjNq http://t.co/8Zq3YNth9w
Nov 08
Using the Social Genome Model to test the impact of a “kitchen sink” strategy for mobility, with @kerrysg: http://t.co/m1NuPEyjNq
Nov 07
@saragoldrickrab @MichaelPetrilli @kevincarey1 Thanks--looking forward to seeing the rest of the pieces in the volume.
RT @BrookingsCCF: Best bet for mobility is to intervene multiple times at multiple stages, says @isawhill http://t.co/wO8Emtl2ZC http://t.co/0WTZ9fkAFB
Nov 06
RT @realclearpolicy: Blog | "Three Facts About Birth Control and Social Mobility," via @isawhill, Quentin Karpilow & @BrookingsInst — http://t.co/WQEmniVCcE
Nov 01
.@NPRinskeep @MorningEdition Need to take long view instead of shortsighted intergenerational us vs them. More here: http://t.co/93yV3ZVtwI
Oct 30
RT @AEI: .@isawhill: The US has an ethos that we are an opportunity-laden society, but the data doesn't suggest this trend. #AmericanFamily
Oct 29
Looking forward to talking family structure today with @WilcoxNMP and @MichaelPetrilli: http://t.co/iHD4HweK4Y
RT @WilcoxNMP: @isawhill of @BrookingsCCF joins @MichaelPetrilli 10/29 for event on America's changing family structure. Don't miss: http://t.co/YrY3oHqCnr
Oct 28
RT @BrookingsCCF: #newshourchats @isawhill and Harry Holzer argue that American Dream is hindered by too much spending on elderly: http://t.co/dieZJbJnSj
Oct 24
RT @matthjacobsen: @wildwasatchHD video of @isawhill economist & Senior Fellow @BrookingsInst after @TheCanKicksBack event in CO http://t.co/bmNMmP951H #debt
Oct 21
RT @FamStudies: Of Note: @isawhill and Kerry Searle Grannis on improving children's life chances http://t.co/ZfOv26YfJY
Oct 17
"We’ve been telling... students and their families for years that college is the only way to succeed in the economy these days and of course there’s a lot of truth to that. On average it does pay off... But if you load up on a whole lot of student debt and then you don’t graduate, that is a very bad situation."
Source: Wall Street Journal
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