Matt Darling
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Matt Darling is a vice president at the nonprofit behavioral design lab ideas42. He specializes in applying behavioral science to problems related to the labor market and workforce development, improving the efficacy of government and private-sector programs.
Darling has worked previously as a consultant at Kohlberg and Associates and as a research assistant at the Stanford Neuroeconomics Lab. He holds a master s degree in economics from Tufts University and graduated from Hampshire College with a concentration in economics and cognitive science.
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One in seven American children live in poverty,
according to the Center for American Progress. Despite the nation’s wealth, the United States has one of the worst child poverty rates among similarly developed countries.
A new poll from Vox and Data for Progress indicates that despite the popularity of child welfare programs, one of the reasons we’ve failed to help millions of children could be a concern that’s dogged public welfare programs for decades:
widespread concern that some may take advantage of these benefits.
The introduction of Sen. Mitt Romney’s Family Security Act earlier this month centered child poverty in the national political conversation and drew praise from conservativeandliberal sources alike. As Vox’s Dylan Matthews explained, the bill “overhauls the current child tax credit and turns it from a once-a-year bonus to massive income support, paid out monthly by the Social Security Administration” that would help not
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