IRP is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. As one of three Area Poverty
Research Centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it has a particular interest in poverty and family welfare in the Midwest.

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Workshop

June 15-18, 2009: IRP Summer Research Workshop
"Current Research on the Low-Income Population"

Robert J. Lampman Memorial Lecture

June 16, 2009: The American Welfare State: Laggard or Leader? Irwin Garfinkel

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Recent Publications

Stepping Stone or Dead End? The Effect of the EITC on Earnings Growth

Dahl, M., DeLeire, T., and Schwabish, J.

Changing Poverty and Changing Antipoverty Policies

Cancian, M. and Danziger, S.

Long-Term Effects of Public Low-Income Housing Vouchers on Labor Market Outcomes

Carlson, D., Haveman, R., Kaplan, T., and Wolfe, B.

From Policy to Polity: Democracy, Paternalism, and the Incorporation of Disadvantaged Citizens

Bruch, S. K., Ferree, M. M., and Soss, J.

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Last Updated: 29 June, 2009