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Dynarski in Sunday NYT, why talented black and Hispanic students can go undiscovered

Apr 9, 2016

Susan Dynarski’s economic view, “Why talented black and Hispanic students can go undiscovered,” was published in this Sunday's New York Times. “Public schools are increasingly filled with black and Hispanic students, but the children identified as...

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The Atlantic interviews Luke Shaefer for story on the false promise of welfare reform

Apr 4, 2016

In a recent Atlantic article, “The End of Welfare as We Know It,” author Alana Semuels explores the state of the welfare system today, focusing in on Arkansas in the years following President Bill Clinton’s 1996 reforms. Semuels argues that the...

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Ford students take on income inequality at annual Ford + U. of Toronto case competition

Mar 16, 2016

On Friday March 11, 23 Ford School master’s students traveled to the University of Toronto’s School of Public Policy and Governance for "Ford + SPPG," our annual student-led policy conference and case competition. Each year, the event brings...

Dynarski in NYT Upshot: We need to get students across the finish line to graduation

Feb 22, 2016

The United States has a college dropout crisis, says Susan Dynarski in her latest New York Times Upshot piece.While 60 percent of the population now goes to college, more than a quarter of these students drop out with no credential, she says. And...

NYT profiles bipartisan plan to reduce poverty, professor emeritus Sheldon Danziger

Feb 3, 2016

The New York Times this week highlights a recent development in the fight against poverty that brought together thinkers from both sides of the aisle, including professor emeritus Sheldon Danziger. "Finding Common Political Ground on Poverty," the...

Parthasarathy receives IRWG funding to investigate gender, caste and innovation in India

Jan 20, 2016

Professor Shobita Parthasarathy has received a 2016 seed grant from Michigan's Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG), which supports individual research activities and collaborative projects in the field of women, gender, and...

HuffPost says Shaefer’s work on extreme domestic poverty inspired $2 billion federal proposal

Jan 13, 2016

The Obama administration has announced plans for a $2 billion initiative to test new approaches to fight poverty in the U.S., citing Luke Shaefer and Kathryn Edin’s recently published book about Americans living on $2 a day.White House officials say...

Brian Jacob to use behavioral nudges to encourage teacher retention at high-needs MI schools

Dec 2, 2015

Brian Jacob, professor of economics, education and public policy at the University of Michigan, was awarded a $486,501 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to study the relationship between behavioral nudges and intrinsic motivation.Jacob,...

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Introducing the first Gerald R. Ford Presidential Fellow Bilal Baydoun

Nov 24, 2015

From Bilal Baydoun’s home on the east end of Dearborn, it’s a 15-minute walk to Detroit. But the neighborhood, he says, is something of an anomaly. “It’s overwhelmingly Arab and Muslim—probably 90 percent,” he says. To illustrate, Baydoun describes...

Move Health Policy (Way) Beyond Health Care, Jim House and Beyond Obamacare

Nov 19, 2015

James House believes President Obama's initiatives to improve the socioeconomic situation of disadvantaged groups may do more to improve population health and reduce health care spending than his landmark Affordable Care Act. In his new book, Beyond...

Increasing work opportunities, reducing poverty two decades after Welfare Reform

Nov 6, 2015

A research article by Sandra K. Danziger, Sheldon Danziger, Kristin S. Seefeldt, and Luke Shaefer, "Increasing work opportunities and reducing poverty two decades after Welfare Reform," was published in the November 2015 edition of the Journal of...

"From welfare to a work-based safety net: An incomplete transition" published by JPAM

Nov 6, 2015

A research study by Sandra K. Danziger, Sheldon Danziger, Kristin S. Seefeldt, and Luke Shaefer, "From welfare to a work‐based safety net: An incomplete transition," was published in the November 2015 edition of the Journal of Policy Analysis and...

Shaefer testifies before Senate Finance Committee at hearing on welfare and poverty

Oct 29, 2015

Luke Shaefer testified before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee today in a hearing on welfare and poverty in America. During his testimony, Shaefer offered recommendations for reforming safety net programs (such as TANF) and provided insight into...

Seefeldt cited in WaPo analysis of Kansas law limiting welfare recipient ATM withdrawals

May 26, 2015

In a Washington Post “Wonkblog” posting published last Thursday, Kristin Seefeldt provided insight into the impact a new provision passed by the Kansas legislature could have on poor families. The provision limits the amount of cash welfare...

Sue Dynarski quoted in MarketWatch article on Ivy League's 'hidden poor'

Apr 22, 2015

Sue Dynarski was quoted in a MarketWatch story addressing the struggles of low-income and first-generation students at Ivy League schools. While Columbia University served as the backdrop for “The Ivy League’s hidden poor,” published today, the...

Dean Yang’s research featured in HuffPo story about increased access to banking in developing economies

Apr 15, 2015

Dean Yang’s research is featured in “More people in the developing world are getting bank accounts, but there’s an asterisk on that progress,” an article by Jonathan Cohn in today’s Huffington Post. Cohn is referring to a new report from the World...

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Inside Philanthropy profiles Russell Sage Foundation’s crucial role in "moving inequality to the center of politics and policy”

Apr 15, 2015

“The [Russell Sage Foundation’s] research has played a crucial, if subtle role in moving inequality to the center of politics and policy in recent years” writes David Callahan for Inside Philanthropy. The article, “Inside the Russell Sage...

Wisconsin state aid cuts prompt universities to examine tuition hikes

Jan 30, 2015

Governor Scott Walker’s (R-WI) proposed cuts to the University of Wisconsin system are the largest the system has ever faced, according to UW-Madison chancellor Rebecca Blank in the recent Inside Higher Ed article, "Deep Cuts in Wisconsin," by Ry...

Stevenson cited in coverage of Obama’s push for paid sick leave for workers

Jan 18, 2015

Betsey Stevenson was cited in numerous stories the past several days regarding the Obama Administration’s push to require companies to give workers up to seven days of paid sick leave each year.Stevenson, currently on leave from the Ford School,...

Justin Wolfers on the research, how pay increases influence and increase productivity

Jan 14, 2015

“Economists have long argued that increases in worker pay can lead to improvements in productivity—indeed, that it can actually be profitable to pay workers higher wages,” write Justin Wolfers and Jan Zilinsky in “Higher wages for low-income workers...

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Whitman's latest Freep op-ed: economy is looking up, but not by much

Dec 19, 2014

Marina v.N. Whitman was featured in the December 13 edition of the Detroit Free Press as a Guest Writer. Her article, “The economy, looking up, but not by much,” analyzes the modest economic steps that Detroit, Michigan, and the United States have...

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On poverty, policy, and people: Sheldon Danziger's lasting legacy

Dec 9, 2014

Two wars dominated the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson. One was the war in Vietnam, whose escalation in 1964 triggered more than a decade of combat in Southeast Asia and discontent at home. The other was a wide-ranging package of social legislation...

On poverty, policy, and people: Sheldon Danzinger's lasting legacy

Helping working families will help the economy, says Stevenson

Sep 26, 2014

In a Q&A session with the New Republic, Betsey Stevenson discusses the impact new policies to support working families—such as paid sick and maternity leave, and universal pre-kindergarten—could have, both on families and the economy.Stevenson, who...

NY Times publishes "answer on a postcard"

Jun 19, 2014

Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo) have proposed a bipartisan bill to dramatically simplify the college financial aid form. They announced their proposal in the op-ed column, "An Answer on a Postcard," published by The New...

No job, no welfare, no good: Atlantic features report by Seefeldt, Urban Institute

Jun 13, 2014

A recent report authored by Kristin Seefeldt and colleagues from The Urban Institute is the subject of Olga Khazan's article for The Atlantic, "What Happens If You Have No Welfare and No Job?""Spending on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or...

What fast food wage protesters can learn from the past

May 28, 2014

In a May 23 article for Business Insider, Hayley Peterson looks to history to argue "Why Today's Fast Food Wage Protests Won't Force Companies to Pony Up." "American workers have been unionizing and striking for better pay and working conditions...

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inequality

Dynarski in Sunday NYT, why talented black and Hispanic students can go undiscovered

The Atlantic interviews Luke Shaefer for story on the false promise of welfare reform

Ford students take on income inequality at annual Ford + U. of Toronto case competition

Dynarski in NYT Upshot: We need to get students across the finish line to graduation

NYT profiles bipartisan plan to reduce poverty, professor emeritus Sheldon Danziger

Parthasarathy receives IRWG funding to investigate gender, caste and innovation in India

HuffPost says Shaefer’s work on extreme domestic poverty inspired $2 billion federal proposal

Brian Jacob to use behavioral nudges to encourage teacher retention at high-needs MI schools

Introducing the first Gerald R. Ford Presidential Fellow Bilal Baydoun

Move Health Policy (Way) Beyond Health Care, Jim House and Beyond Obamacare

Increasing work opportunities, reducing poverty two decades after Welfare Reform

"From welfare to a work-based safety net: An incomplete transition" published by JPAM

Shaefer testifies before Senate Finance Committee at hearing on welfare and poverty

Seefeldt cited in WaPo analysis of Kansas law limiting welfare recipient ATM withdrawals

Sue Dynarski quoted in MarketWatch article on Ivy League's 'hidden poor'

Dean Yang’s research featured in HuffPo story about increased access to banking in developing economies

Inside Philanthropy profiles Russell Sage Foundation’s crucial role in "moving inequality to the center of politics and policy”

Wisconsin state aid cuts prompt universities to examine tuition hikes

Stevenson cited in coverage of Obama’s push for paid sick leave for workers

Justin Wolfers on the research, how pay increases influence and increase productivity

Whitman's latest Freep op-ed: economy is looking up, but not by much

On poverty, policy, and people: Sheldon Danziger's lasting legacy

Helping working families will help the economy, says Stevenson

NY Times publishes "answer on a postcard"

No job, no welfare, no good: Atlantic features report by Seefeldt, Urban Institute

What fast food wage protesters can learn from the past

Fighting poverty like an IPPSter

Matthew Davis discusses short- and long-term benefits of investments in lead abatement

Emergency manager appointments reflect growing inequality, writes Farley

Danziger chart highlights underlying relationship between poverty and inequality