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Institute for Research on Poverty
IRP is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. As one of three Area Poverty
Research Centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it has a particular interest in poverty and family welfare in the Midwest.
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Events

Seminars
January 22, 2009: '[He] Finds Himself in the Most Absolute Destitution:' Disability and Poverty in the 'West,' 1802–1946, Walton O. Schalick

January 29, 2009: Out of Reach: Place , Poverty, and the New American Welfare State, Scott W. Allard

February 5, 2009: Fragile Fathers: The Meaning of Family for Low-Income Unmarried Urban Men, Kathryn Edin

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Recent Publications

The School Breakfast Program and Breakfast Consumption

Waehrer, G. M.

Inside the War on Poverty: The Impact of Food Stamps on Birth Outcomes

Almond, D., Hoynes, H. W., and Schanzenbach, D. W.

Living Wage Laws: How Much Do (Can) They Matter?

Holzer, H. J.

Measuring Job Content: Skills, Technology, and Management Practices

Handel, M. J.

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 Last Updated: 30 December, 2008
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