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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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19:18

Jessica Calarco on Parents and the Power of Privilege...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2020/02/24

We’ve all heard stories about the rise in helicopter parenting—parents who do their kids’ homework, drop off things at school for them that they’ve forgotten, and intervene to smooth the path for their children. It’s become so common that many schools now have rules against this kind of parental behavior. But our guest for this episode, sociologist Jessica Calarco of Indiana University, says that for many privileged parents and families, these rules just don’t seem to apply. She set out to find out

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15:40

Angela Guarin: Do Low-Income Noncustodial Fathers...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2020/02/12

For this episode, we hear from Angela Guarin about a paper she wrote with Lonnie Berger, Maria Cancian, and Dan Meyer that tries to understand how low-income noncustodial fathers who have children in more than one household make decisions when it comes to supporting their children. Guarin is a postdoctoral fellow at Los Andes University in Colombia and was a graduate research fellow at the Institute for Research on Poverty while earning her Ph.D. in social welfare at the University of

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29:59

Lars Højsgaard Andersen on the Consequences of...

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2020/01/06

For this episode, we hear from Lars Højsgaard Andersen of Denmark’s Rockwool Foundation about a policy change in Denmark that aimed to increase employment among refugees to the country by reducing public benefits. The policy change brought a number of consequences — some intended, some not — that could inform similar policies being implemented in other countries.

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18:24

Michael Strain: The American Dream Isn't Dead

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2019/11/13

This episode features Michael Strain, the Economic Policy Director at the American Enterprise Institute, who gave a talk at IRP earlier this year titled “The American Dream isn’t Dead.” It’s a provocative title and Strain says that this line of work is growing out of concerns he has about the narrative around the American Dream.

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15:30

Leslie Hodges on Unemployment Insurance and Material...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2019/10/15

In this episode, we hear from IRP postdoctoral scholar Leslie Hodges about the Unemployment Insurance program and how the program might mitigate economic distress, including poverty and material hardships, when someone loses a job.

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20:00

Brian Thiede on the Rural Economy and Barriers to...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2019/09/30

There has been renewed interest in issues facing the U.S. rural economy in recent years. In this episode, Penn State sociologist and demographer Brian Thiede breaks down some of the key changes that have taken place in the rural labor market and discusses potential policy responses to barriers to work faced by rural Americans.

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19:13

Aaron Sojourner and Matt Wiswall on the Value of...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2019/08/05

In this episode, we hear from economists Aaron Sojourner and Matt Wiswall about the value of investments in quality child care and how we can think about tradeoffs when it comes to child care subsidies and related policies.

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23:00

Damon Jones on Whether a Modest Basic Income Might...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2019/07/18

The idea of a universal basic income has been gaining traction in recent years, but we don’t have much evidence about what a large-scale universal basic income policy would do. In this episode, University of Chicago economist Damon Jones talks about the idea of a universal basic income and discusses a study he did with Ioana Marinescu that looked at the Alaska Permanent Fund to better understand the labor market effects of universal and permanent cash payments.

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16:54

Marci Ybarra on the Administrative Burdens of...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2019/05/28

The concept of administrative burden focuses on how bureaucracy, complex paperwork, and confusing regulations can reduce the effectiveness of public programs and limit the rights of citizens. In this podcast episode, University of Chicago professor Marci Ybarra argues that research conducted in non-profit settings can introduce similar types of burdens by putting additional demands on those being served and on workers, and by changing the incentives for agencies themselves.

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27:33

Walter Stern on Race and Education in New Orleans:...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2019/04/26

In this episode, we hear from Walter Stern, an assistant professor in the History and Educational Policy Studies departments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He discusses his recent book called Race and Education in New Orleans: Creating the Segregated City. His book, which focuses on the period from 1764-1960, looks at the role that schools played in the segregation of American cities with a particular focus on New Orleans.

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41:14

Maria Cancian and Dan Meyer on Final Results from the...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2019/03/14

In this episode, Maria Cancian and Daniel Meyer discuss the Child Support Noncustodial Parent Employment Demonstration or CSPED, a large, eight state experiment that aimed to see if a different approach to child support could lead to better outcomes. Over the course of the episode, they talk about how the CSPED project came to be, what it looked like for child support offices to change their approach to child support services for this demonstration, and what they learned. Cancian is the Dean of the

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18:33

Jordan Conwell on Parental Income, Race, Gender, and...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2019/02/01

In this podcast episode, sociologist Jordan Conwell of the University of Wisconsin-Madison talks about a study he did that aims to help us understand racial income inequality by looking for differences in how children of different races and genders, but the same family income, fare in early educational measures.

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14:23

Lenna Nepomnyaschy on the Role of Fathers in Reducing...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2019/01/15

In this podcast episode, Lenna Nepomnyaschy of the Rutgers School of Social Work talks about a study she did with Dan Miller, Maureen Waller, and Allison Dwyer Emory that looks at how father involvement matters for reducing socioeconomic inequalities in child outcomes.

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11:00

Jacob Bastian on the Real Costs of the EITC

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2018/11/27

In this episode, Jacob Bastian of the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy discusses his research with the Census Bureau's Maggie Jones on the real public costs of the Earned Income Tax Credit.

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21:30

Michael Light on Rates of Violence and the...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2018/11/02

In this episode, University of Wisconsin-Madison sociologist Michael Light talks about a paper he co-authored with Julia Thomas looking at the consequences of segregation and whether whites benefit from segregation when it comes to rates of violence.

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46:53

Beth Vaade, Kerry Lawton, and Eric Grodsky on...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2018/09/07

In this episode of the Poverty Research and Policy Podcast, Beth Vaade of the Madison Metropolitan School District, Kerry Lawton of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and Eric Grodsky, a professor of Sociology and Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discuss their experiences developing and working in research-practice partnerships in education.

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24:44

Heather Hill on Why Disruptions in Income Might...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2018/08/01

In this podcast episode, Heather Hill of the University of Washington's Evan's School of Public Policy and Governance discusses her research on income dynamics and why income disruptions might matter for children's cognitive, social, and emotional outcomes.

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21:45

Maria Cancian On Changing Families And Changing Child...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2018/07/05

In this podcast episode, University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor of Public Affairs and Social Work Maria Cancian talks about the changing demographics of U.S. families and the challenges this creates for the child support system.

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20:48

Kathleen Moore on the Housing Choice Voucher Program...

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2018/04/02

In this podcast episode, IRP National Poverty Fellow Kathleen Moore talks about the Housing Choice Voucher Program and her research about how landlords respond to inquiries from potential renters who hold housing vouchers. Transcript

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20:20

Brad Wilcox On The “Success Sequence” For Millennials

Poverty Research & Policy ·

2018/03/05

In this podcast episode, Brad Wilcox of the University of Virginia and the National Marriage Project talks about the "Success Sequence" and how, for millennials, finishing their education, obtaining a full-time job, and getting married before having children may help families avoid poverty.

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