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Barbara Wolfe
Professor of Public Affairs, Economics and Population Health Sciences;
Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Research on Poverty
Office: 204 Observatory Hill Office Building
Phone: (608) 263-2029
Fax: (608) 265-3233
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Department of Economics
University of Wisconsin - Madison
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53726-1393
Barbara Wolfe is Professor of Economics, Population Health Sciences, and Public Affairs and Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Research on Poverty. Her research focuses broadly on poverty and health issues. Current projects examine the effect of expansions in public health insurance on health-care coverage and labor force outcomes; the role of income on health using a natural experiment; whether housing voucher programs lead to higher earnings, higher quality child care, and less reliance on other public assistance programs; the adequacy of resources when individuals retire and during their first decade of retirement; and the increasing selectivity of high quality universities. Recent work addresses the effects of welfare reform; economics of disability; ties among income, wealth, and health; racial disparities in health; and intergenerational determinants of success in young adults. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine and vice-chair of the National Academy of Sciences/Institute of Medicine Board on Children, Youth and Families.
Professor Wolfe's recent articles have appeared in the Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Human Resources, International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Economy Inquiry, Journal of Health Economics, and Demography. She received her doctorate in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Curriculum vitae
Working papers and research
Department of Population Health Sciences information
Courses
Economics 845: New Research in Health and Mental Health Economics: Children, Health Care Policy towards Children and Related Topics: fall 2008
Economics-Population Health Science 548: Advanced Topics in Public Finance: fall 2006