Join Aparna Mathur and Avik Roy in a fireside chat exploring innovative approaches to redesigning technology for better access to social safety net programs. This session will discuss key challenges that low-income taxpayers face in navigating complex systems and highlight how streamlined technological solutions could improve participation in essential benefits. Aparna will share practical recommendations for modernizing IRS processes to reduce administrative burdens and increase financial support uptake among eligible Americans.
Aparna Mathur is a visiting scholar at FREOPP where she researches social safety net issues. She is a senior manager in economics at Amazon and a former Senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.