New apps and visualization tools are delivering data on critical social issues, like food insecurity and policing, to policymakers and the public. Three IPR faculty experts, sociologist Beth Redbird, statistician Elizabeth Tipton, and economist Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, have built tools for policymakers and the public using national datasets. These tools are demonstrating the widespread impact of COVID-19, racial bias in police arrests, and how to run better education studies.

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"The purpose of building a social safety net is to help people in need, not to save money. If people with disabilities are especially needy, it is entirely reasonable for the government to provide extra funds to help them. Sometimes, spending money is simply the right thing to do."
 

—Seema Jayachandran
Social Programs Can Sometimes Turn a Profit for Taxpayers
The New York Times