Christopher D. Howard
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About Christopher
Hertel-Fernandez’s research currently focuses on the Democratic Party and the politics of federal tax policy; the sustainability of social insurance programs, with an emphasis on unemployment insurance and Social Security; and mobilization of business interests in state politics. Hertel-Fernandez is a member of the Roosevelt Institute Pipeline’s Boston Chapter, and is a former Board Member of the National New Deal Preservation Association.
Contributions
The Shallow Bipartisanship of the Child Tax Credit
A Realistic Portrait of the Social Safety Net
What Americans Think about Poverty and How to Reduce It
The Unfinished Debate over Expanding Medicaid in Virginia
What the Ryan Budget Plan Would Mean for Virginia
Tax Expenditures: What They are and Who Benefits
No Jargon Podcast
In the News
Publications
Provides the first comprehensive map of the social safety net, public and private, in the United States.
Offers a fresh approach to research methods, aimed primarily at undergraduates. Presents a balanced amount of experiments, statistical analysis, and case studies. Discusses asking good questions in the first half and providing good answers in the second half of the book.
Summarizes much of what we know about the politics of U.S. social policy with contributions from leading political scientists, sociologists, historians, and economists. Identifies promising paths for future research.
Analyzes the different meanings of “means-testing” among policy elites, some connected to eligibility and benefits and others connected to financing.