Eloise Burtis

Mar 20, 2024 | brookings.edu | Lauren Bauer |Eloise Burtis |Wendy Edelberg |Sofoklis Goulas

Rental housing in the United States has become less affordable in recent years due to several factors, including a shift in demand for housing in the wake of COVID-19 (Mondragon and Wieland 2022). The result is low vacancy rates (i.e., the share of units available for rent without a tenant), high rent inflation, and housing expenditures that strain the budgets of lower-income households.

Dec 6, 2023 | brookings.edu | Lauren Bauer |Eloise Burtis |Olivia Howard |Sarah Wang

In 2021, an estimated 4.3 million prime-age adults (individuals aged 25 to 54) in the U.S. were enrolled in postsecondary education (college and graduate school), amounting to 7.3 percent of prime-age adults. That share has fluctuated with economic conditions but has overall trended downward over the last two decades. When there are fewer jobs and fewer work hours available, the opportunity costs of taking time to continue education are lower.

Oct 12, 2023 | brookings.edu | Sofoklis Goulas |Eloise Burtis

The COVID-19 pandemic has had dramatic effects on the learning experiences and academic performance of children as well as on parents, teachers, and schools. Recent investigations have documented large declines in K-12 student enrollment in public schools at the state and district levels after the COVID-19 pandemic (Dee and Murphy 2021, Musaddiq et al. 2022, Dee 2023).