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The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and inequality and the impact of related policies and programs. As the National Poverty Research Center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, IRP coordinates the U.S. Collaborative of Poverty Centers in an integrated set of activities with the ultimate goal of improving the effectiveness of public policies to reduce poverty and inequality and their impacts on the well-being of the American people.

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 2016 Episodes

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Using Predictive Analytics to Assess Risk for Child Maltreatment (December 2016)

In this podcast, Tim Maloney of Auckland University of Technology's Centre for Social Data Analytics talks about using administrative data to help child welfare agencies predict the probability of substantiated maltreatment of children.

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Measuring the Effects of SNAP on Obesity (November 2016)

In this podcast, Lorenzo Almada of Columbia University talks about a recent paper he co-wrote with Rusty Tchernis that examines whether SNAP, or food stamps, could lead to increased obesity among people that use the program.

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Understanding Poverty and Inequality in the 21st Century (October 2016)

In this podcast, economist Steven Durlauf of the University of Wisconsin–Madison discusses how contemporary poverty and inequality in the United States are qualitatively different now than at the beginning of the War on Poverty. In light of these differences, he points to key areas of research and policy that may be helpful in responding to poverty and disadvantage in the 21st century.

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Do the Labels We Use for Public Benefit Programs Matter? (September 2016)

In this podcast, economist Tim Beatty of the University of California, Davis talks about an article he co-wrote with Charlotte Tuttle about the SNAP or food stamps program and what happened to people's spending when there was a sudden increase in the program benefit. Beatty says the answer can tell us something about whether the labels we use for public benefit programs influence how people spend their money.

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The Suburbanization of U.S. Poverty (August 2016)

In this podcast, Scott Allard, a Professor at the University of Washington's Evan's School of Public Affairs, discusses his new research on the growth of suburban poverty in the United States and the resource challenges this can create for suburban municipalities and social service providers.

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Paternal Incarceration: What Can We Learn Based on Evidence from a Danish Policy Shock? (July 2016)

In this podcast, Christopher Wildeman, an Associate Professor of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University discusses his findings from a study about paternal incarceration and children's risk of being charged as an adult based on evidence from a Danish policy shock.

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The Costs of Monetary Legal Sanctions for the Poor (June 2016)

In this podcast, Alexes Harris, a sociologist at the University of Washington, talks about work from her June 2016 book Pound of Flesh: Monetary Legal Sanctions as Punishment for the Poor.

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Reassessing the Evidence on the Rising Costs of Child Care (May 2016)

In this podcast, Chris Herbst of Arizona State University discusses his research on changes in the cost of child care in the United States in recent decades. Despite reports of skyrocketing child care costs, Herbst finds that child care costs have been essentially flat since around 2000 and that there has been a noticeable divergence in the quality of child care that low- and high-income parents purchase for their children.

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Vetting and Letting: Cohabiting Stepfamily Formation for Low-Income Black Families (April 2016)

Our April 2016 podcast features IRP National Poverty Fellow Megan Reid discussing her research on cohabiting stepfamily formation among low-income black families in the Bronx and, in particular, the ways in which mothers engage in deliberative vetting of potential partners before allowing them to move in.

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The Tax War on Poverty (March 2016)

In this podcast, law professor Susannah Camic Tahk discusses the growth in U.S. antipoverty programs that are administered through the tax code and what it means for the politics of these programs, how they're administered, and the types of problems that they raise.

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Does Child Medicaid Access Improve Long-Term Educational Outcomes? (February 2016)

Our February 2016 podcast features Lincoln Groves, who is a postdoctoral scholar in the National Poverty Fellows Program, talking about his research on how increased Child Medicaid access in the 1980s and early 1990s may have led to improved high school graduation rates.

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How Did the Safety Net Support Kids with Unemployed Parents during the Great Recession? (January 2016)

In this podcast, Urban Institute Senior Fellow and IRP visiting scholar Julia Isaacs talks about the effectiveness of safety net supports for low-income children with an unemployed parent during the Great Recession.

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