Publications

IRP publishes a range of materials to disseminate information about our conferences, events, and researchers’ findings to a broad audience. We are “going green” by switching from print to electronic publication and dissemination whenever possible. We encourage Focus subscribers to e-mail us at rsnell@ssc.wisc.edu and ask to be switched from paper to electronic Focus (please provide your full name and the postal mailing address where you currently receive Focus). We have also introduced a new publication, Fast Focus, to inform readers about recent poverty research between issues of Focus.

Focus

A newsletter designed to acquaint a large audience with Institute work by means of in-depth, nontechnical essays describing selected pieces of research. Published two times a year. Reproduction of articles in Focus requires permission from IRP.

Available online:
Tables of contents and full text from Vol.1:1 (1976) to present.
Links to full texts are included in tables of contents.
As of July 2007, full text of all issues of Focus are available online.

Fast Focus

Brief, single-topic summaries of important IRP conferences, publications, and events disseminated only electronically. Articles in Fast Focus and Focus will be distinct but complementary. To subscribe, visit http://www.irp.wisc.edu/aboutirp/contact.htm.

Discussion Papers

Technical treatments of research in progress, as yet unpublished.

Submissions from IRP affiliates to the Discussion Paper series are welcome. Please refer to submission guidelines.

Available online:
Title list from DP962-92 to present.
Abstracts from DP1017-93 to present.
Full texts in pdf format from DP1013-93 to present
Links to full texts are included in title list and abstracts.

Special Reports

Reports prepared for govenment agencies, committees, or commissions.

Submissions from IRP affiliates to the Special Report series are welcome. Please see submission guidelines.

Special Reports from SR 83 on are available in electronic form only, as .pdf files posted on the IRP Web site. Special Reports 67-82 are posted in full on the Web site and will be available in printed form until existing copies are exhausted. Special Reports 1-66 may be available in printed form or can be xeroxed for a fee. Please e-mail Publications at irppubs@ssc.wisc.edu for information. Prices of individual reports appear on the Web site.

Available online:
Title list for all reports.
Full texts in pdf format from SR67 to present.
Links to full texts are included in title list.

Reprint Abstracts, 1993–2004

Abstracts of select professional journal articles published by Institute affiliates and staff between 1993 and 2004.

Full texts of IRP reprints are not available online or in hard copy due to copyright restrictions, please refer to the citation given in the article.

Available online:
Title list from #617 (1990) to #688 (1993).
Abstracts from #689 (1993) to present.

Books

Abstracts of books and older titles by IRP affiliates.

Available online:
Title list from 1970 to present.
Abstracts from 1994 to present.

How to Get IRP Publications

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