Regional & Community Outreach
Beth.Mattingly@bos.frb.org
Biography
Beth is part of RCO's leadership team, managing the planning and execution of research projects, working to advance strategic dissemination of our work, and other efforts in support of the department's focus on low- and moderate-income populations across New England. Her research focuses on implications of public policies and how they vary across demographic groups, racial wealth divides, and policy modeling. Previously, Beth directed the Vulnerable Families Research Program at the University of New Hampshire's Carsey School of Public Policy, where her work centered on key issues confronting poor and low-income families including financial instability, safety-net policies, and challenges for low-wage workers. Beth also served as a research consultant at the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, where she worked closely on projects to better measure and understand poverty including the California Poverty Measure and the American Voices Project.
Beth has published research briefs on topics ranging from the demography of poverty to the implications of safety-net policies across the nation. Her work has been featured in several academic journals including Social Services Review, Social Forces, and Journal of Marriage and Family. Beth holds doctorate and master's degrees from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College.
Publications
“COVID-19 amplified gender disparities, hurting employment most for mothers and women of color,” with Rebecca Strull, Sara Chaganti, and Amy Higgins. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Community Development Issue Brief 23-3 (2023).
Unemployment insurance claims in New England across the COVID-19 pandemic: Updates through June 2021 with Kremena Ivanov and Robert Clifford. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Community Development Issue Brief 22-2 (2022).
Federal Relief Prevented Large Surges in Poverty During the COVID Pandemic, with Zachary Parolin. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Invested: Policy Matters (2021).
It Took a Pandemic: Expanded Assistance, Material Hardship, and Helping Others during the Covid-19 Crisis with Julia Gutierrez, Emily Perlmeter, and Katherine E. Wullert, "In Monitoring the Crisis: American Voices Project." Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2021).
Financial Strain and Material Hardship in the New England States During the COVID-19 Pandemic with Richard Rodems. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Community Development Issue Brief 21-1 (2021).
“Proposal to Offset Families’ Child-Care Costs Could Enhance Equity by Dramatically Cutting Poverty Among People of Color Across New England,” with Jess Carson. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Community Development Issue Brief 21-3 (2021).
COVID-19 Didn't Create a Child Care Crisis, But Hastened and Inflamed It with Jessica A. Carson. Carsey Perspective, Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire (2020).
Hardship and Well-being in the United States after the CARES Act with H. Luke Shaefer, Patrick Cooney, and Richard Rodems. Policy Solutions Policy Brief, University of Michigan (2020).
“Unemployment insurance claims during COVID-19: Disparate impacts across industry and demography in New England states,” with Robert Clifford. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Community Development Issue Brief 20-5 (2020).
“Health Insurance and Essential Service Workers in New England: Who Lacks Access to Care for COVID-19?” with Sara Chaganti and Amy Higgins. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Community Development Issue Brief 20-3 (2020).
“Early Evidence from Massachusetts and Connecticut Suggests Nutritional Assistance Use Is Dramatically Increasing in New England During the Covid-19 Pandemic,” with Erin M. Graves and Catherine Tonsberg. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Community Development Field Note 20-1 (2020).
"The Effects of the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic on Service Workers in New England,” with Sara Chaganti, Erin Michelle Graves, Amy Higgins, Sarah Ann Savage, and Catherine Tonsberg. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Community Development Issue Brief 20-1 (2020).