Policies for Action is pleased to announce eight new research teams that will investigate a variety of policies and their impacts on economic security for families and people of color. These teams will produce high-impact research aimed at answering critical questions around which policies most effectively address the racial wealth gap and promote racial and health equity.
Appalachian State University, led by Leah Hamilton and Hope Wollensack, will assess whether guaranteed income facilitates wealth and credit building among Black households in Georgia.
Center for Rural Strategies, led by Tim Lampkin and Emmitt Y. Riley III, will examine the impacts of predatory lending policies on Black communities living in the Mississippi Delta.
Dēmos, led by Lebaron Sims and Andy Morrison, will examine how implementing proposed public banking models could affect community asset ownership and governance in communities of color.
Duke University and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, led by William Darity Jr. and Fenaba Addo, will examine the effectiveness of various policies aimed at erasing Black-white wealth inequity, including universal programs applicable to all Americans, indirect programs targeted exclusively at Black American wealth accumulation, and direct monetary payments to support Black American wealth accumulation.
Equity and Transformation, led by Rachel Pyon, will evaluate the effects of guaranteed income on formerly incarcerated people in Illinois.
Multiplier, led by Hilary Abell, Cynthia Hewitt, Robynn Cox, and Taura Taylor, will evaluate the benefits of employee ownership for Black workers and examine which targeted strategies are needed to ensure the benefits of employee ownership extend to Black business owners and Black workers.
University of California, Davis, led by Bettina Ng’weno and Mark Cooper, will analyze public input from two statewide reparations processes for Black and Native Californians and engage Black, Native, Asian, and Latinx owners of land-based businesses, advocates, and California State staff in analyzing climate and agricultural programs for racial disparities.
University of California, Los Angeles, led by Lauren van Schilfgaarde, will map current tribal taxation laws, state legislation addressing dual taxation, and tribal-state taxation agreements, allowing the research team to trace the economic impact of these policies.
Learn more about these new studies and their important work.
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