February 2023
Black Fathers – Indispensable Partners in the Health and Well-Being of Black Families
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty: Speaker: Alvin Thomas, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison Black fathers have long been thought of as functioning, at best,…
Find out more »The County Line: An Analysis of Race and Place in the Child Support Enforcement System
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty: Speaker: Maretta McDonald, IRP National Poverty Fellow, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Extralegal factors like race and place both…
Find out more »Race and Discretionary Decision-Making in the Administration of SNAP
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty: Speaker: Jennifer R. Daniels, IRP National Poverty Fellow, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Welfare reform has resulted in widespread…
Find out more »What Makes Systemic Discrimination ‘Systemic?’ Formal Models and Real-World Examples
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty: Speaker: David McMillon, Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Emory College Systemic Discrimination has become one of the most salient, misunderstood, and definitionally amorphous concepts, not only in…
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Networks, Regulation, and the Cessation of Professional Deviance in the Prescription Opioid Crisis
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty: Speaker: Victoria Zhang, Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Human Resources, University of Wisconsin–Madison More than two million Americans are living with an opioid addiction. Because…
Find out more »April 2023
Spillover Effects of Welfare Programs
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty: Speaker: Elira Kuka, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, George Washington University Most research on the social safety net focuses on understanding its effects on recipients and…
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