The Institute for Research on Poverty is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute at the University of Wisconsin–Madison dedicated to studying poverty and economic inequality. It was established in March 1966, as a result of an agreement between UW–Madison and the Office of Economic Opportunity.[1] It is the oldest center for poverty research still active in the United States,[2] and had over 150 faculty affiliates from universities across the United States (as of 2017).[3]
| Established | March 1966 |
|---|---|
| Research type | Applied |
Field of research | Economics |
| Director | Katherine Magnuson |
| Location | Madison, Wisconsin, United States |
| Campus | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Website | www |
Founding
editThe key figure behind its founding was Robert Lampman, a professor of economics at UW–Madison, who also served as the Institute's interim director.[1][4] Lampman did not expect the Institute to last for very long, as he thought poverty in the United States would be eliminated soon after its founding.[5]
Directors
editThe following people have been director of the Institute:
- Robert Lampman (interim director; March–June 1966)
- Harold Watts (1966–71)
- Robert Haveman (1971–75)
- Irwin Garfinkel (1975–80)
- Eugene Smolensky (1980–83)[6]
- Sheldon Danziger (1983–88)
- Charles Manski (1988–91)
- Robert M. Hauser (1991–94)
- Barbara Wolfe (1994–2000)
- John Karl Scholz (2000–04)
- Maria Cancian (2004–08)
- Timothy Smeeding (2008–14)
- Lawrence Berger (2014–19)
- Katherine Magnuson (2019–present)
References
edit- ^ a b "History". Institute for Research on Poverty. Archived from the original on 2017-10-15. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- ^ "UW-Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty named national Poverty Research Center". news.wisc.edu. 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
- ^ "Institute for Research on Poverty". La Follette School of Public Affairs. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
- ^ "Commemorative History of IRP, 1966–2006". Institute for Research on Poverty. Archived from the original on 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
- ^ DeParle, Jason (1992-06-01). "At Poverty Conference, Gloom and Dashed Hope". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
- ^ Evanson, Elizabeth (1986). "A brief history of the Institute for Research on Poverty" (PDF). Focus.
External links
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