All of us at IRP are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Affiliate Sara McLanahan. She will be missed as a scholar, mentor and friend. We extend our condolences to her husband Irv …
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Message from the Director
Dear Friends and Colleagues, 2021 has been a year like no other in many ways. We have continued to learn how to navigate the COVID-dominated landscape, and while vaccines are now available for more and …
IRP Names Five Researchers as Emerging Poverty Scholar Fellows
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty announced the winners of a re-grant program funded by The JPB Foundation aimed at expanding antipoverty research capacity. Through the Emerging Poverty Scholars Fellowships, IRP is …
UW–Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty Named National Research Center on Poverty and Economic Mobility
CONTACT: Judith Siers-Poisson, Communications Director, sierspoisson@wisc.edu; 608-262-7779 MADISON—The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the nation’s longest-standing center for poverty research, has been awarded a five-year, $10.6 million cooperative agreement to …
IRP welcomes Dr. Mina Addo as the new National Poverty Fellow
IRP is pleased to announce that Dr. Mina Addo has been selected as the National Poverty Fellow for 2021–2022. She recently completed her Ph.D. in Social Welfare at the University of Pennsylvania and her research interests …
IRP Researcher Steven Cook Honored with Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research: Critical Research Support
IRP is pleased to announce that Researcher Steven Cook has received the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research: Critical Research Support. For more than two decades, Steve has played a critical role in IRP’s mission …
IRP Honors the Life and Legacy of Research Affiliate Peter Gottschalk
Peter Gottschalk of Portland Oregon, age 78, died on March 25. He was Professor of Economics at Boston College from 1987 until his retirement from teaching, but not from research, in 2010. He also taught …
IRP Honors the Life and Legacy of Research Affiliate Franklin D. Wilson
Message from the Director
Dear Friends and Colleagues, 2020 has been a difficult year. The COVID-19 pandemic is causing twin health and economic crises, and at the same time the nation is coming to terms with its deep-seated racial …
Wisconsin Poverty Rate Rose in 2018 Overall, for Children, and for the Elderly
CONTACT: Timothy Smeeding, smeeding@lafollette.wisc.edu, (608) 890-1317 MADISON—University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers found discouraging results in the latest Wisconsin poverty analysis using a state-specific measure. The overall statewide poverty rate using the Wisconsin Poverty Measure (WPM) rose …