Scott W. Allard Place and Poverty in the United States

  • About
    • About Scott W. Allard
    • Academic CV
    • Brookings Metro Policy Program Expert Page
    • UW Faculty Webpage
  • Books
    • Places in Need: The Changing Geography of Poverty
      • Featured in National Center for Children in Poverty’s (NCCP) November 2017 Online Book Club
      • Click here to Order
      • Introduction
      • Places in Need – Online Technical Appendix
      • Media Coverage of Places in Need
      • Book Launch Event – July 20th
    • Out of Reach: Place, Poverty, and the New American Welfare State
  • Papers
    • Articles
    • Book Chapters & Monographs
    • Briefs and Reports
    • Working Papers
  • Projects & Affiliations
    • The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program
    • Multi-City Survey of Social Service Providers (MSSSP)
    • Rural Survey of Social Service Providers (RSSSP)
    • The Minimum Wage Study
    • Family Self-Sufficiency and Stability Research Consortium (FSSRC)
  • Professional Experience
  • Media
    • Op-Eds and Blog Posts
    • Select Media Coverage
About
    About Scott W. Allard
    Academic CV
    Brookings Metro Policy Program Expert Page
    UW Faculty Webpage
Books
    Places in Need: The Changing Geography of Poverty
    Featured in National Center for Children in Poverty's (NCCP) November 2017 Online Book Club
    Click here to Order
    Introduction
    Places in Need - Online Technical Appendix
    Media Coverage of Places in Need
    Book Launch Event - July 20th
    Out of Reach: Place, Poverty, and the New American Welfare State
Papers
    Articles
    Book Chapters & Monographs
    Briefs and Reports
    Working Papers
Projects & Affiliations
    The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program
    Multi-City Survey of Social Service Providers (MSSSP)
    Rural Survey of Social Service Providers (RSSSP)
    The Minimum Wage Study
    Family Self-Sufficiency and Stability Research Consortium (FSSRC)
Professional Experience
Media
    Op-Eds and Blog Posts
    Select Media Coverage

Scott W. Allard Place and Poverty in the United States

  • About
    • About Scott W. Allard
    • Academic CV
    • Brookings Metro Policy Program Expert Page
    • UW Faculty Webpage
  • Books
    • Places in Need: The Changing Geography of Poverty
      • Featured in National Center for Children in Poverty’s (NCCP) November 2017 Online Book Club
      • Click here to Order
      • Introduction
      • Places in Need – Online Technical Appendix
      • Media Coverage of Places in Need
      • Book Launch Event – July 20th
    • Out of Reach: Place, Poverty, and the New American Welfare State
  • Papers
    • Articles
    • Book Chapters & Monographs
    • Briefs and Reports
    • Working Papers
  • Projects & Affiliations
    • The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program
    • Multi-City Survey of Social Service Providers (MSSSP)
    • Rural Survey of Social Service Providers (RSSSP)
    • The Minimum Wage Study
    • Family Self-Sufficiency and Stability Research Consortium (FSSRC)
  • Professional Experience
  • Media
    • Op-Eds and Blog Posts
    • Select Media Coverage
Research

Places in Need – Book Launch Event 5:30pm – Thurs. July 20th

June 1, 2017by Scott W. AllardNo Comments

Click here for a .pdf of the Save the Date invitation.

Research

Intro to Places in Need — Now Available Online

June 1, 2017by Scott W. AllardNo Comments

cover_placesinneed-flat4As the book release date later in June approaches – feel free to check out the introductory chapter to the book posted online at Russell Sage Foundation Press. Pre-orders will ship soon!!!

Research

How Might Minimum Wage Laws Affect Nonprofits?

May 4, 2017by Scott W. AllardNo Comments

As minimum wage rates rise across many cities and states, there is a renewed discussion around how such laws affect workers and businesses.  Less often discussed, however, is the impact of such laws on nonprofit organizations — in particular organizations that employ low-wage workers to provide care or services to the most vulnerable residents in our community. The latest report from the Minimum Wage Study at the University of Washington, examines initial nonprofit responses to the local move to $15 an hour.

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Commentary

Falling Poverty, Maintaining Support

December 23, 2016by Scott W. AllardNo Comments

The national poverty report produced by the Census Bureau in September showed the poverty rate to have fallen from 14.8% to 13.5% between 2014 and 2015. This was much welcomed news after more than a decade of very little improved economic opportunity for those at the lower end of the wage and income distribution.

While most attention at the time was paid to the drop in the poverty rate, the report’s appendices indicate the number of poor persons in the U.S. fell by more than 3.5 million from 2014 to 2015. Recent progress on poverty should bolster support for the safety net and encourage us to do more.

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Research

How a Rising Minimum Wage May Impact the Nonprofit Sector

January 6, 2016by Scott W. AllardNo Comments

As the income inequality discussion continues to simmer across the country, municipal minimum wage ordinances have become hot topics of conversation in many cities. In January 2016, Seattle will implement its second step-up in the local minimum wage in 9 months, reaching $13 for many employers in the city and edging closer to a $15 an hour minimum that will apply to most firms by 2019. San Francisco will reach a $15 an hour minimum by July 2018. Yet cities as diverse as Birmingham, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Louisville have enacted or proposed similar minimum wage laws. It is too early to discern true impact of these local wage ordinances, but speculation abounds regarding whether or how the higher wage will affect firms and the earnings of low-wage workers.

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Scott W. Allard

Places in Need (2017)

Out of Reach

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Seattle Minimum Wage Study

Seattle Minimum Wage Study, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington

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