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IRP Campus Researchers Presenting Their Research at APPAM Conference
Madison—A multidisciplinary group of Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) researchers and researchers-in-training from the University of Wisconsin–Madison will present their work on a wide range of poverty policy- and research-related issues at the 2018 …
IRP launches two new poverty studies initiatives with funding from The JPB Foundation
IRP is excited to announce the winners of two re-grant programs funded by The JPB Foundation aimed at expanding antipoverty research capacity. Through the Emerging Poverty Scholars Fellowships, IRP is supporting three rising stars in …
IRP regrets the passing of Mercile Lee, who oversaw the programs that enabled IRP to host poverty studies scholars of color for some 20 years
Urban Institute Webinar: Introducing the Annual Survey of Refugees Public Use Dataset, Urban Institute and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Wednesday, October 31
Introducing the Annual Survey of Refugees Public Use Dataset Wednesday, October 31, 12:00-1:00 pm EDT Please join the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as they present on an exciting new data source …
DreamUp Wisconsin selects 11 initial proposals for boosting the middle class in Dane County
CONTACT: Hilary Shager, (608) 262-7990, hilary.shager@wisc.edu MADISON—When UW–Madison was selected by Schmidt Futures as part of its Alliance for the American Dream Initiative, the grant came with a significant challenge: Produce innovative ideas for increasing …
Philip Jefferson interview on poverty, declining labor share, and the importance of racial diversity in economics
UW–Madison call for abstracts: Contemporary Social Problems Initiative to complement IRP DreamUp
Eric Grodsky says systemic poverty plays large role in Wisconsin’s persistently high achievement gap
New report finds large poverty disparities among persons of color compared to whites in Wisconsin and especially Milwaukee County
CONTACT: Timothy Smeeding, smeeding@lafollette.wisc.edu, (608) 890-1317 MADISON—A supplement to the annual Wisconsin Poverty Report released today examines poverty and income by race and ethnicity in the state overall and in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin’s most populous …