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Poverty Research & Policy

Institute for Research on Poverty

The Poverty Research & Policy Podcast is produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison"s Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) and features interviews with researchers about poverty, inequality, and policy in the United States.

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16:53

Mustafa Hussein: Can Your Neighborhood Affect Your...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2018/01/08

In this podcast episode, Mustafa Hussein of the School of Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee discusses his research on how differences in socioeconomic status can lead to differences in health and, specifically, how much a person's neighborhood contributes to their health outcomes.

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15:28

Robert Doar on "A Safety Net That Works"

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2017/12/01

In this podcast episode, Robert Doar of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) discusses the AEI volume he edited called A Safety Net that Works and the approaches he and his coauthors in the volume propose to improve the effectiveness of the safety net.

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17:26

Claudia Persico on How Exposure to Toxic Waste Sites...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2017/11/01

In this podcast episode, Claudia Persico, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy Anaysis at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, discusses a study she conducted with David Figlio and Jeffrey Roth that looks at the effects of prenatal exposure to a Superfund site on later learning outcomes.

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12:33

Tashara Leak on Childhood Obesity in the United States

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2017/10/10

In this podcast episode, Tashara Leak, an Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, discusses trends, health risks, and socioeconomic factors associated with childhood obesity as well as promising programs that could help families and communities address childhood obesity.

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19:15

Jason Houle on Student Loan Debt and the Reproduction...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2017/09/01

In this podcast episode, sociologist Jason Houle of Dartmouth College discusses the growth of student loan debt and its implications for racial and economic inequalities in the United States.

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19:26

Julie Poehlmann-Tynan on Attachment Behaviors In...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2017/08/01

In this episode, child psychologist Julie Poehlmann-Tynan of the University of Wisconsin–Madison talks about a new study on attachment in children who have an incarcerated father and discusses some of the factors that may lead to differences in kids’ attachment behaviors.

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14:14

Scott Winship on Extreme Poverty after Welfare Reform

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2017/07/01

In this podcast episode, Scott Winship discusses his research about poverty trends in the United States, arguing that welfare reform in 1996 did not lead to an increase in the numbers of those in extreme poverty and that fewer people are living on $2-a-day or less than has been previously reported.

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15:30

Abigail Sewell on Mortgage Markets And The Roots Of...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2017/06/01

In this podcast, Abigail Sewell of Emory University discusses her research on how political and economic processes underlying mortgage markets may be at the root of some racial disparities in health.

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21:09

Joe Soss on How Governments and Corporations Made the...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2017/05/01

In this podcast, Joe Soss of the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs discusses how criminal justice system practices including fines, fees, civil asset forfeiture, and the bail and prison industries led to the creation of what he calls a predatory system of governance.

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16:02

Harry Brighouse on the Costs of Raising a Child

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2017/04/03

In this podcast, University of Wisconsin–Madison philosophy professor Harry Brighouse discusses how to think about the costs of raising a child beyond traditional measures, illustrating what philosophers can do for social scientists who study poverty.

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13:48

Anna Gassman-Pines: Does the timing of SNAP benefits...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2017/03/03

In this podcast episode, Anna Gassman-Pines of Duke University talks about a study she completed that links the timing of SNAP benefits in a household to children’s end-of-grade achievement test scores.

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11:38

Julien Teitler on how resources matter for health and...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2017/02/03

Columbia University professor Julien Teitler discusses a study he conducted with Melissa Martinson, Rayven Plaza, and Nancy Reichman about how income disparities affect cardiovascular health across the lifespan.

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11:54

Nicole Deterding: Does it Matter Where You Get Your...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2017/01/04

In IRP’s 50th podcast episode, IRP National Poverty Fellow Nicole Deterding talks about research she and her colleague, David Pedulla of Stanford University, conducted that examines employers’ responses to degrees from for-profit versus non-profit two-year colleges in the early phases of the hiring process.

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14:25

Tim Maloney on Using Predictive Analytics to Assess...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2016/12/05

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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10:41

Lorenzo Almada on Measuring the Effects of SNAP on...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2016/11/07

Lorenzo Almada of Columbia University talks about a 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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10:02

Steven Durlauf on Understanding Poverty and...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2016/10/03

In this podcast, economist Steven Durlauf of the University of Wisconsin–Madison (edit: Durlauf is now at the University of Chicago) 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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12:12

Tim Beatty: Do the Labels We Use for Public Benefit...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2016/09/05

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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19:04

Scott Allard on the Suburbanization of U.S. Poverty

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2016/08/01

In this episode, Scott Allard, a Professor at the University of Washington’s Evan’s School of Public Affairs, discusses his 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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