UC Davis Poverty Research Content

How are Local Guaranteed-Income Programs Working Throughout U.S.?

Karen Michele Nikos — May 30, 2025 - 11:42am

In recent years, cash-assistance programs have been piloted across the United States, typically as guaranteed income. In a recent study, we explored how these programs are being designed and evaluated. Reviewing 105 programs covering over 40,000 beneficiaries, we compared eligibility criteria, funding sources, distribution amounts, program administration, pilot duration, and evaluation measures.

What Motivates Food Bank Donors?

Jamie Sara Gelfond — October 11, 2024 - 2:23am

In a recent study involving UC Davis Professor of Human Ecology Catherine Brinkley, 2.97 millions pounds of food-bank donations from 296 organizations were analyzed to understand the dependencies between community food security and local food movements.

How Did COVID-19 Stresses Affect Latina Mothers, Children?

Karen Michele Nikos — April 28, 2023 - 3:48pm

Children exhibited more externalizing behaviors among Latinx families that engaged in more pandemic-related financial cutbacks as a function of maternal stress.

How Will Food Stamp Cuts Affect Families?

Karen Michele Nikos — February 28, 2023 - 3:22pm

The ‘benefits cliff’ represents the steepest ever drop-off in SNAP since the program started, say UC Davis researchers.

How Does Household Food Insecurity Affect Young Children with Disabilities?

Karen Michele Nikos — June 21, 2022 - 10:44am

Food insecurity is one of many pathways through which the cascading influences of economic hardship can ultimately impact children’s outcomes.

Could Raising the Minimum Wage Alleviate Food Insecurity in the U.S.?

Karen Michele Nikos — March 03, 2022 - 10:55am

A UC Davis study shows that minimum wage hikes help food security in households.

How Does County-Level Immigration Policy Affect Growth of Local Latino Populations?

Karen Michele Nikos — May 14, 2021 - 9:41am

This blog summarizes and highlights an initial policy brief by M.

UC Davis Poverty Research Summit to Build a Roadmap for Reducing Poverty in ��Ƶ, Nation

Lindsey Alexandra OTousa — April 18, 2016 - 2:56pm

What:

The UC Davis Poverty Research and Policy Summit will bring together researchers, policymakers and people who work on the front lines of poverty to discuss ways forward in a state with the highest poverty rate in the nation. Twenty-three percent of ��Ƶns lived in poverty in 2014, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s supplemental poverty measure.

When:

Friday, April 22, 11:50 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Where:

UC Center Sacramento, 1130 K St., Suite LL22