Safety net, tax credits help Wisconsin families
Temporary increases in safety net programs and tax credits for working families helped keep many in Wisconsin from poverty during the recession and its aftermath, a new report by the University of Wisconsin–Madison finds. Read more ...
Students bring community together through hunger meal
About 65 people gathered March 1 to participate in the La Follette School Student Association‘s “Hunger Meal” that raised money and awareness to combat food and income inequality. Read more in La Flog …
Students to hold Hunger Meal March 1
At the March 1 Hunger Meal sponsored by La Follette School students, whether diners get a gourmet dinner, rice and beans, or something in between will be determined the same way many receive their lot in life: by chance. Read more ...
Smeeding to discuss Great Recession
Professor Timothy Smeeding will discuss "Employment, Poverty, Inequality and Education in the United States over the Early (and Middle) Stages of the Great Recession" on Thursday, February 2, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. in 8417 Sewell Social Sciences. Read more ...
New U.S. measurement expands understanding of poverty
Professor Tim Smeeding has joined other economists in praising the Census Bureau’s release of poverty numbers based on an alternative measure. Read more ...
DeLeire to discuss public health coverage Thursday
La Follette School director Tom DeLeire will discuss state expansion of health insurance coverage to low-income childless adults on Thursday, December 1, from 12:15-1:30 p.m. in 8417 Sewell Social Sciences. Read more ...
Book examines persistence of socioeconomic class across generations
A new book co-edited by professor Timothy Smeeding explores why children born into poor families in the United States tend to stay poor and children born into wealthy families generally stay rich. Read more ...
Students work on coat drive
La Follette School students spent an evening sorting coats, hats, scarves and mittens before low-income individuals came to choose winter gear. Read more ...
Video, slides of Wolfe lecture on poverty, health available
A video and slides of public affairs professor Barbara Wolfe giving the Robert J. Lampman Memorial Lecture is available on the Institute for Research on Poverty’s web site. She presented “Poverty and Poor Health: Can Health Care Reform Break the Link?” on June 21, 2011.
Institute for Research on Poverty wins 5-year national grant
The Institute for Research on Poverty, led by public affairs professor Timothy Smeeding, was awarded a five-year national Poverty Research Center grant by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Read more ...