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Media Mention·Feb 11, 2024

Jens Ludwig: Pandemic learning loss is Chicago’s next big crisis

Chicago Tribune; Jens Ludwig
Topics: COVID-19, Early Childhood Education
BFI News·Apr 26, 2022

The Becker Friedman Institute Announces $1 Million Grant from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Funding Will Support New Research to Analyze Economic Implications of COVID-19 Pandemic, Illuminate Solutions for Policymakers
Topics: COVID-19
Media Mention·Dec 21, 2021

Public Policy Response to Omicron

Bloomberg; Katherine Baicker
Topics: COVID-19, Health care
Media Mention·Nov 24, 2021

US jobless claims plunge to 199,000, lowest in 52 years

Associated Press; Steve Davis
Topics: COVID-19, Employment & Wages
Media Mention·Nov 5, 2021

Recovery booster: Economists back vaccine mandates

POLITICO; IGM Economic Experts Panel
Topics: COVID-19
Media Mention·Oct 19, 2021

Work/Life Balance Is Over. The Life/Work Revolution Is Here.

Forbes; Steven Davis
Topics: COVID-19
Media Mention·Sep 14, 2021

U.S. Poverty Rate Rose From 60-Year Low, Incomes Fell Amid Virus

Bloomberg; Bruce Meyer
Topics: COVID-19, Economic Mobility & Poverty
Media Mention·Sep 14, 2021

Poverty went up in 2020, but stimulus checks and beefed up unemployment benefits were a lifeline for millions of Americans

Insider; Bruce Meyer
Topics: COVID-19, Economic Mobility & Poverty
Media Mention·Sep 14, 2021

COVID-19 cases climbing, wiping out months of progress

Chicago Tonight; Katherine Baicker
Topics: COVID-19, Health care
Media Mention·Sep 14, 2021

Census: Relief programs staved off hardship in COVID crash

Associated Press; Bruce Meyer
Topics: COVID-19, Economic Mobility & Poverty