Kathryn Edin

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Injustice of place: Learning from history

Dec 12, 2023

A place-based view of the legacy of poverty in the U.S. At first glance, there's not much in common among the spinach fields of Crystal City, Texas; the cotton mills near Greenwood, Mississippi; and the historic salt works in Manchester,...

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Nurturing the future: Luke Shaefer builds the case for a universal child allowance

May 9, 2018

“Raising kids is expensive!” says H. Luke Shaefer, Associate Professor of Social Work and Public Policy, and director of the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions Initiative. So what would be a quick, easy way to help parents and kids? Most...

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Washtenaw Reads selects $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America, for 2017

Oct 6, 2016

$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America, by Kathryn J. Edin and H. Luke Shaefer, has been selected as next year’s pick for the Washtenaw Reads community initiative. Washtenaw Reads aims to “promote reading and civic dialogue through the...

Luke Shaefer delivers a talk at the Ford School

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Welfare Reform Redux: Luke Shaefer on the rise of extreme poverty, the influence of $2.00 a Day, and what comes next

Apr 23, 2016

On Tuesday, September 1, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt published $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America. Written by Luke Shaefer and Kathryn Edin, the book movingly documents the troubling rise of extreme poverty in the wake of America’s 1996...

Luke Shaefer delivers testimony before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee

"$2.00 a Day" makes New York Times' list of 100 Notable Books of 2015

Dec 4, 2015

Published on September 1, 2015, $2.00 a Day, Living on Almost Nothing in America, a book by Luke Shaefer and Kathryn Edin, has drawn audiences across the nation. The book, which illuminates extreme poverty in the U.S., has been positively reviewed...

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...

Atlantic, HuffPo and others highlight Shaefer/Edin's new book on extreme poverty in US

Sep 8, 2015

Luke Shaefer and Kathryn Edin’s new book, $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America, details the lives of Americans in extreme poverty.In a recent op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, the authors estimate that the proportion of Americans living...

Shaefer cited in New York Times op-ed exploring severity of poverty in U.S.

Mar 27, 2015

Luke Shaefer was among a handful of national experts cited in a New York Times online op-ed exploring the current state of poverty and inequality in the United States. In “How Poor Are the Poor?,” published Wednesday, columnist Thomas B. Edsall...

Book Talks @ The Ford School

$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

Oct 14, 2015, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT

Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium

Authors Kathy Edin and Luke Shaefer discuss the majorn themes of their revelatory research on income inequality and extreme poverty in the United States.

Mixed Methods Research on Economic Conditions, Public Policy, and Family and Child Well-Being

Jun 27, 2005, 12:00 am EDT

Michigan Union Anderson Room

Sponsors and organizersThis workshop is sponsored by The Center for Human Potential and Public Policy at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago, The American Psychological Association, The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the National Poverty Center at the University of Michigan's Gerald R.

Kathryn Edin and Luke Shaefer - $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

Oct 14, 2015 1:26:39

The authors Kathy Edin and Luke Shaefer, of the book "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America," discuss the major themes of their revelatory research on income inequality and extreme poverty in the United States. October, 2015.