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LEARN MORE Highlighted Content Special Message RSF President Sheldon Danziger on the Foundation's Funding Priorities in Response to the Crises of 2020-2021 The severe consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, including its economic disruptions, and the recent mass protests to combat systemic racial inequality in policing and other institutions reaffirm the importance of social science research examining economic, political, racial, ethnic, generational, and social inequalities relevant to public policy and social change. Read More SPECIAL MESSAGE RSF JOURNAL RSF RESEARCH NEW BOOK FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Core Programs and Special Initiatives RSF will accept letters of inquiry (LOIs) under the following core programs: Social, Political and Economic Inequality; Future of Work; Behavioral Science and Decision Making in Context. LOIs must include specific information about the proposed data and research design. Apply by November 10, 2021. Learn more FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Pipeline Grants Competition We are interested in research focused on structural barriers to economic mobility and how individuals, communities and state entities understand, navigate and challenge systemic inequalities. This initiative will support early- career tenure-track scholars and promote diversity by prioritizing applications from scholars who are underrepresented in the social sciences. Apply by November 4, 2021. Learn more FEATURED PUBLICATIONS See More Hijacking the Agenda Economic Power and Political Influence by Christopher Witko Jana Morgan Nathan J. Kelly Peter K. Enns In Hijacking the Agenda, political scientists Christopher Witko, Jana Morgan, Nathan J. Kelly, and Peter K. Enns examine why Congress privileges the concerns of businesses and the wealthy over those of average Americans. They go beyond demonstrating this bias to document how and why economic policy is skewed in favor of the rich. Learn More The Other Side of the Coin Public Opinion toward Social Tax Expenditures by Christopher Ellis Christopher Faricy The purpose of this book is to understand public opinion toward tax expenditure programs—the “other side” of the American social welfare state. We set out to thoroughly examine how citizens form attitudes toward social tax expenditures and how the design of social tax expenditure programs structure opinions toward social spending. Learn More Cradle to Kindergarten A New Plan to Combat Inequality, 2nd Edition by Ajay Chaudry Taryn Morrissey Christina Weiland Hirokazu Yoshikawa Cradle to Kindergarten, 2nd Edition, offers a comprehensive, evidence-based strategy that diagnoses the obstacles to accessible early education and charts a path to opportunity for all children. Learn More RSF RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal of original empirical research articles by both established and emerging scholars. Learn more IN THE LATEST ISSUE Wealth Inequality and Child Development: Implications for Policy and Practice August 2021, Volume 7, Issue 3 Edited by Christina Gibson-Davis and Heather Hill Wealth—a household’s assets minus its debts—is an important indicator of child well-being. Higher household wealth is related to better academic achievement, behavior, and health among children. This volume of RSF, edited by social policy experts Christina Gibson-Davis and Heather Hill, provides the first comprehensive examination of the contours and consequences of wealth inequality for children under the age of 18. The contributors consider the vast racial and ethnic disparities in wealth and how those disparities affect child well-being. Learn More RECENT BLOG POSTS See More NOV 8, 2021 New Presidential Authority Grants Approved OCT 18, 2021 In Memoriam: Robert F. Schoeni, 1964-2021 OCT 15, 2021 RSF Author and Grantee David Card Awarded Nobel Prize in Economics RSF IN THE NEWS See More NOV 30, 2021 RSF grantee/author Patrick Sharkey interviewed on NY Times “Ezra Klein” podcast. NOV 17, 2021 RSF grantees Robert Shapiro, Bruce Cain & Howard Rosenthal cited in NY Times article on strong political headwinds faced by Democrats in midterm elections. NOV 17, 2021 RSF trustee Jason Furman writes for the Wall Street Journal on how Biden can simultaneously address inflation and advance his social spending bill. Russell Sage Foundation 112 East 64th Street New York, NY 10065 Join our mailing list Facebook Twitter YouTube RSS Feed Footer Menu Contact Us Privacy Policy Terms of Use