Research
Critics of temporary rental assistance argue that it gives people the financial leeway to work less. But that was not the case for low-income workers in Chicago. The workers, who received up to $1,000 to get them out of a jam, had more stable employment than the people who did not receive any help, according…
Workers who contracted long COVID or suffered the most severe symptoms of the virus felt a big impact on their families’ finances from the resulting disruptions to their work, researchers at the University of South Carolina and Montana State University found. When the adults in families with children experienced long COVID or got so sick…
