Researchers find sharp decline in poverty in the U.S. despite report from U.S. Census Bureau.
LEO Director Jim Sullivan and Bruce Meyer of University of Chicago release alternative consumption-based poverty measure today.
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LEO earns $700,000 in funding awards to support continued anti-poverty work.
LEO earns $700,000 in funding awards from J-PAL and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation to support evaluations of education, homelessness, self-sufficiency and diversion programs.
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The Fiscal Case for Refugee Resettlement
New Research from LEO Co-Founder Bill Evans shows first-of-its-kind evidence of the fiscal case for the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program.
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