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.Music is from "Test Drive" by Zapac, used under Creative Commons license.

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. Music is from "Test Drive" by Zapac, used under Creative Commons license.

The Costs of Monetary Legal Sanctions for the Poor

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.Music is from "Test Drive" by Zapac, used under Creative Commons license.

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. Music is from "Test Drive" by Zapac, used under Creative Commons license.

Reassessing the Evidence on the Rising Costs of Child Care

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.Music is from "Test Drive" by Zapac, used under Creative Commons license.

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. Music is from "Test Drive" by Zapac, used under Creative Commons license.

Vetting and Letting: Cohabiting Stepfamily Formation for Low-Income Black Families

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.Intro and closing music from Test Drive by Zapac, used under Creative Commons License.

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. Intro and closing music from Test Drive by Zapac, used under Creative Commons License.

The Tax War on Poverty

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.Intro and closing music is from "Test Drive" by Zapac, used under Creative Commons license.

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. Intro and closing music is from "Test Drive" by Zapac, used under Creative Commons license.

Does Child Medicaid Access Improve Long-Term Educational Outcomes?

In this podcast, Lisa Gennetian of the National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families discusses research about income instability in the households of Hispanic children and how better understanding the ways that race, ethnicity, and language affect the experience of poverty may matter when it comes to developing better public policy.Intro and closing music is from "Test Drive" by Zapac, used under a Creative Commons license.

In this podcast, Lisa Gennetian of the National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families discusses research about income instability in the households of Hispanic children and how better understanding the ways that race, ethnicity, and language affect the experience of poverty may matter when it comes to developing better public policy. Intro and closing music is from "Test Drive" by Zapac, used under a Creative Commons license.

Income Instability in the Lives of Hispanic Children

Our November 2015 podcast features Clare Huntington, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law at Fordham University. In the podcast, Huntington discusses how family law and the related institutions that support it do not align with needs of many of today's families, particularly given a shift in marriage trends in the United States in which lower income Americans are much less likely to ever get married.

The Mismatch between Family Law and Nonmarital Families

Neighborhood violence is often talked about as being a result of poverty or random threat but, in this podcast, University of Wisconsin–Madison sociologist Robert Vargas says that those characterizations can be very inaccurate. Instead, based on his extensive ethnographic research in a Chicago neighborhood, Vargas explains we can't understand problems of violence or disadvantage without understanding the political histories and structures of those neighborhoods.*Music is from "Test Drive" by Zapac

Neighborhood violence is often talked about as being a result of poverty or random threat but, in this podcast, University of Wisconsin–Madison sociologist Robert Vargas says that those characterizations can be very inaccurate. Instead, based on his extensive ethnographic research in a Chicago neighborhood, Vargas explains we can't understand problems of violence or disadvantage without understanding the political histories and structures of those neighborhoods. *Music is from "Test Drive" by Zapac

Why Is Violence So Persistent in Some Areas of Chicago?

Does foster care lead to worse academic achievement for kids? In this podcast, IRP Director Lawrence Berger discusses a Wisconsin study he conducted with other IRP colleagues that explores the relationship between foster care and academic achievement using linked child welfare and Department of Public Instruction data.

The Academic Achievement of Children in Foster Care

In this podcast, UW–Madison School of Social Work Professor Daniel Meyer discusses the growth of family complexity in the United States, what that growth might mean for inequality, and the challenges that policymakers face in adapting U.S. family policy to the needs of more complex families.

Family Complexity, Inequality, and Public Policy

Institute for Research on Poverty Podcasts

New York University Professor Dalton Conley talks about how advances in the availability of genomic data can potentially inform the study of intergenerational poverty and inequality.

Genetics and the Reproduction of Poverty

In this podcast, UCLA Associate Professor of Economics Leah Boustan discusses the Great Black Migration that took place in the United States from 1915 to 1970 and how competition from migrants from the South affected wages in Northern labor markets.

The Great Black Migration and Competition in Northern Labor Markets

Following a 1982 Supreme Court decision, children that arrived in the United States with their undocumented parents were granted full access to the K–12 school system. However, with pathways towards citizenship—and, thus, work, drivers' licenses, voting, and post-secondary education—severely limited, these young people transition toward fewer and fewer rights as they near their 18th birthday. In this podcast, Roberto Gonzales of the Harvard Graduate School of Education talks about his work with these undocumented young people and the implications that immigration policy changes might hold for them.

Undocumented Young Adults in the United States and the 'Transition from Belonging to Illegality'

Color

In this podcast, Professor Dorceta Taylor discusses her book, Toxic Communities, which addresses the structural processes by which poor and minority Americans are disproportionately exposed to industrial pollution, and the state of environmental justice scholarship.

Pollution and Environmental Justice in Low-Income Communities of Color

The U.S. prison population has expanded significantly over the last three decades. In this podcast, University of Minnesota sociologist Christopher Uggen talks about the links between crime, punishment, and inequality and discusses how the criminal justice system can mediate transitions in and out of poverty and adult social roles.

Criminal Punishment and American Inequality

Timothy Smeeding, director of the Institute for Research on Poverty and Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs, talks about the latest Wisconsin Poverty Report, released in June of 2013. Smeeding says that poverty in Wisconsin increased modestly between 2010 and 2011 and that the state saw a statistically significant increase in child poverty, mostly a result of changes in refundable tax credits. The podcast explains the differences between the Wisconsin Poverty Measure and the official federal poverty measure and looks at how a better understanding of how we define poverty can have an effect on our understanding of who is poor.

The Wisconsin Poverty Report and How We Think About Measuring Poverty

Pam Herd and Don Moynihan discuss their work on red tape—or administrative burden—and how it affects the way that people access government social welfare programs. They discuss potential benefits of shifting administrative burden from program participants to the program administrators and how improving program implementation can alter the way that people perceive government and civically engage.

Administrative Burden and Access to Government Programs

Douglas Harris, associate professor of economics and University Endowed Chair in Public Education at Tulane University in New Orleans, talks about the development of the charter school system in New Orleans coming out of Hurricane Katrina. He explains some of the likely hypotheses for why New Orleans' schools might be doing better and discusses the challenges of measuring improvement in the city's schools.Intro Music is from "Stormy Blues" by Arne Bang Huseby

Douglas Harris, associate professor of economics and University Endowed Chair in Public Education at Tulane University in New Orleans, talks about the development of the charter school system in New Orleans coming out of Hurricane Katrina. He explains some of the likely hypotheses for why New Orleans' schools might be doing better and discusses the challenges of measuring improvement in the city's schools. Intro Music is from "Stormy Blues" by Arne Bang Huseby

Evaluating the Post-Katrina New Orleans School System

Joe Glass of UW–Madison's School of Social Work discusses results from his study that examines disparities in the effects of alcohol consumption by race, ethnicity, and poverty status.

Disparities in the negative consequences of drinking by race, ethnicity, and poverty status

IRP Director Lawrence Berger discusses the challenges that families with multipartner fertility or complexity encounter when it comes to determining roles and dividing resources like time, money, and public benefits across multiple households or family groups.

Roles and Resources in Complex Families

In this podcast, Crystal Hall of the University of Washington Evans School of Public Affairs talks about her work applying insights from behavioral and cognitive psychology to better understand the decision making of people living in the context of poverty. Hall explains how the operating assumptions of programs and services might not do a good job at taking account of the many tradeoffs that people with fewer material resources have to make.

Thinking about Decision Making in the Context of Poverty

Judith Levine of Temple University talks about her recently released book Ain't No Trust: How Bosses, Boyfriends, and Bureaucrats Fail Low-Income Mothers and Why It Matters. In the podcast, Levine explains how low-income mothers experience more than their share of distrust and how that distrust serves as a form of inequality. In Levine's work, she finds that much of this distrust develops from often-negative social interactions with employers, government workers, and people in the women's social networks. The distrust that develops out of those interactions can undermine policy and serve as a barrier that keeps these mothers from pursuing better opportunities.

Low-Income Mothers and Distrust

In this podcast, University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologist Bridget Goosby discusses her work on how the health of African American people may be linked to stress associated with discrimination.

The Biosocial Links between Discrimination and African-American Health

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.Music is from "Test Drive" by Zapac, used under Creative Commons license.

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. Music is from "Test Drive" by Zapac, used under Creative Commons license.

How did the safety net support kids with unemployed parents during the Great Recession?

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University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee economist Owen Thompson talks about his research that examines how parenting practices changed among southern African Americans relative to their experiences during the civil rights era.

Does discrimination lead to difference in parenting practices?

A podcast featuring Damon Jones, an economist at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy. Jones discusses the Earned Income Tax Credit, along with other refundable tax credits, and the associated "lump sum" tax returns for lower income tax filers.  He looks into the unpopularity of the now-defunct Advance EITC and how the lessons learned from that program might apply to other efforts to distribute the EITC and other credits throughout the year, as well as the implications for healthcare credits under the Affordable Care Act.

The EITC and Refundable Tax Credits for Low-Income People

Marcy Carlson, professor of sociology at UW–Madison, talks about parents having kids with more than one partner and how this can be a challenge for families and for policymakers.

Multiple Partner Fertility and Disadvantaged Families

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