Youngjin Stephanie Hong

Research

My scholarship examines broadly three areas:

Three areas of my scholarship
1
Examining policy access inequities for marginalized families and ways to reduce them
2
Impacts of safety-net policies on parents’ and children’s well-being
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
  • Tax credits (e.g., Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit)
3
Impacts of publicly funded early care and education programs on childcare access, parental employment outcomes and job quality, and child well-being
  • Child care subsidies
  • Public pre-kindergarten
Combined effects of multiple policiesIn areas 2 and 3, I also study the combined (interaction) effects of multiple policies

Peer-Reviewed Articles

2026
Child Abuse and Neglect, 179, 108218
Responding holistically: Does the U.S. state safety net support prevent child maltreatment?
Hong, Y.S., Berger, L.M., Pac, J., & Rhodes, A.P.
2026
Children and Youth Services Review, 189, 109156
Does greater purchasing power of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program improve children’s development?
Hong, Y.S.
2026
Social Service Review, 100(2), 346-387
Monthly Child Tax Credit receipt and spending, household structure, and race/ethnicity
Hong, Y.S., & Bellisle, D.
2026
JAMA Pediatrics, 180(3), 325-333
Universal Pre-Kindergarten for child maltreatment prevention
Hong, Y.S., Pac, J., & Berger, L.
Media mentions: NYC Family Policy Project; City and State New York
2026
Population Research and Policy Review, 45(5), 1-33
Do larger Earned Income Tax Credit and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits create complementary effects on child development?
Hong, Y.S.
2025
The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 11(4), 142-174
Settlement duration matters: Deportation threat and safety net participation among mixed-status families
Hong, Y.S., Ybarra, M., & Garcia, A.
2025
Social Science and Medicine, 382(118280), 1-8
Local government spending tradeoffs in the Great Lakes Region: Criminal legal spending, community investments, and public safety
Gottlieb, A., DiMonte, C., Bocanegra, K., Hong, Y.S., & Peck-Block, A.
2025
Children and Youth Services Review, 170(108118), 1-10
Deportation threat and infant birthweight in California, 2003-2012: The role of place and immigrant mothers’ legal status
Ybarra, M., Hong, Y.S., & Garcia, A.
2025
Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 71, 151-162
Reducing childcare subsidy instability through eligibility period extensions: Equity impacts of 12-month recertification requirements
Hong, Y.S., Henly, J.R., & Alexander, D.
Received a special designation as exemplifying policy research at the 2021 Society for Research in Child Development.
2022
Social Service Review, 96(4), 655-702
How is instability in child-care subsidy use associated with instability in child-care arrangements?
Kim, J., Pilarz, A.R., Hong, Y.S., Henly, J.R., & Sandstrom, H.
2020
Children and Youth Services Review, 114(105034), 1-14
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and school readiness skills
Hong, Y.S., & Henly, J.R.

Reports

2023
UIUC School of Labor and Employment Relations
Families’ experiences with the Child Tax Credit: Advancing tax equity through administration reforms and community partnerships
Dylan, B., Goldberg, R.M., & Hong, Y.S.