Regional & Community Outreach
Beth.Mattingly@bos.frb.org
Biography
As part of RCO's leadership team, Beth manages the planning and execution of research projects, seeks to advance the strategic dissemination of RCO’s work, and leads the team working on the Massachusetts Economic Conditions and Household Opportunity Survey (Mass ECHOS). She works with her team to ensure that RCO publications are informative, accessible, and engaging to a wide variety of audiences.
Her research focuses on policy modeling, racial wealth divides, and implications of public policies and how they vary across demographic groups. Previously, Beth directed the Vulnerable Families Research Program at the University of New Hampshire's Carsey School of Public Policy and served as a research consultant at the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, where she was part of the team that developed the California Poverty Measure and worked extensively on the American Voices Project. She brings her experience as a researcher and leader to support RCO’s mission and efforts to uplift low- and moderate-income families in New England through pursuing and publishing high-quality, community-focused research.
In addition to an expansive list of policy-relevant briefs, Beth‘s research has been published in several academic journals, including Social Services Review, Social Forces, and Journal of Marriage and Family, on topics ranging from the demography of poverty to the implications of safety-net policies across the nation. Beth holds doctorate and master's degrees from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College.
Publications
“There’s good news in the economic data, but low- and moderate-income households face challenges,” with Amy Higgins. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Community Development Opinion Piece (2024).
Coping with hardship: “Exhausted almost every possible frickin resource” to replace income during a long pandemic, with Ann Carpenter and Alessandra Rister Portinari Maranca, in Monitoring the Crisis: American Voices Project. Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2024).
“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).
“The solution is no secret, we can fix child care,” with Sarah Savage, Catherine Tonsberg, and Jess Carson. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Community Development Opinion Piece (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).