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Sheldon H. Danziger

Sheldon H. Danziger's research focuses on social welfare policies and on the effects of economic, demographic, and public policy changes on trends in poverty and inequality. His work includes an examination of how the 1996 welfare reform affected the work effort, family income, and material wellbeing of single mothers and of the impact of poverty on children and youth. In examining the roots of poverty in America, he has written, “Poverty remains high not because of a shortage of effective antipoverty options but because the public and policymakers have not made reducing poverty a priority.” He is currently studying the effects of the Great Recession and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on workers and families.

Three of Danziger’s books have been selected as Noteworthy Books in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics by Princeton University’s Industrial Relations Section: The Price of Independence: The Economics of Early Adulthood (co-edited with Cecilia Rouse, Russell Sage Foundation, 2007); Working and Poor: How Economic Conditions and Policy Changes Affect Low-Wage Workers (co-edited with Rebecca Blank and Robert Schoeni, Russell Sage Foundation, 2006); and America Unequal, co-authored with Peter Gottschalk (Harvard University Press and Russell Sage Foundation, 1995).

His other books include Detroit Divided, co-authored with Reynolds Farley and Harry Holzer (Russell Sage Foundation, 2000), Securing the Future: Investing in Children From Birth to College (co-edited with Jane Waldfogel, Russell Sage Foundation, 2000) and Changing Poverty, Changing Policies (co-edited with Maria Cancian, Russell Sage Foundation, 2009).

In 1989, Danziger launched the Research and Training Program on Poverty and Public Policy at the University of Michigan, a training and mentorship program for developing the careers of emerging scholars from underrepresented groups. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow.

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Funded Research:

The Well-being of the Long-term Unemployed after the Great Recession (Rockefeller Foundation)

Wealth after the Great Recession: Who Lost and Who Recovered? (Russell Sage Foundation)

Economic Shocks, Neighborhood Food Infrastructure and Very Low Food Security among Children (Department of Agriculture)

The Legacy of the War on Poverty: Implications for the Future of Anti-Poverty Policies (Ford Foundation)

The Other America and Anti-Poverty Policies (Mott)

NCRN-MN: Linking Surveys to the World: Administrative Data, the Web, and Beyond. Michigan Node of the NSF-Census Research Network (NSF)

MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood Postdoctoral Fellowship - Year 3 (MacArthur Foundation)

The Great Recession and Child Health and Behavior (Annie E. Casey Foundation)

The Effects of Food Assistance Programs on Child Well-being Among Families Experiencing Job Loss, Divorce, or Separation (Department of Agriculture)

Causes and Consequences of Public Subsidies in Higher Education: Evidence from Community College Districts (U.S. Department of Education)

The Effects of the Housing Crisis on Vulnerable Workers and Families (MacArthur Foundation)

Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Grants Research Program and Conference (Department of Commerce, Office of the Secretary)

Effects of the Recession and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Workers and Families: A Panel Study in Southeast Michigan (Ford Foundation)

The Role of Intra-Family Financial and Other Support... (MacArthur Foundation)

Understanding the Economic Concepts and Characteristics of Food Access (Department of Agriculture)

Substance Use Disorders Among Low-Income Women: Treatment Access and Use After Welfare Reform (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)

National Poverty Center (ASPE)

Access, Assets and Poverty: The Role of Financial Services Among Low and Moderate-Income Households (Ford Foundation)

A Research and Training Program on Poverty and Public Policy (Ford Foundation)

Ph.D., Massachussetts Institute of Technology

Sheldon H. Danziger's research focuses on social welfare policies and on the effects of economic, demographic, and public policy changes on trends in poverty and inequality. His work includes an examination of how the 1996 welfare reform affected the work effort, family income, and material wellbeing of single mothers and of the impact of poverty on children and youth. In examining the roots of poverty in America, he has written, “Poverty remains high not because of a shortage of effective antipoverty options but because the public and policymakers have not made reducing poverty a priority.” He is currently studying the effects of the Great Recession and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on workers and families.

Three of Danziger’s books have been selected as Noteworthy Books in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics by Princeton University’s Industrial Relations Section: The Price of Independence: The Economics of Early Adulthood (co-edite...   MORE...

Recent Publications

Books

Cancian, Maria, and Sheldon H. Danziger. 2009. Changing Poverty, Changing Policies. New York: Russell Sage. Abstract. Publisher Link .

Danziger, Sheldon H., and Cecilia Elena Rouse. 2007. The Price of Independence: The Economics of Early Adulthood. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Abstract.

Blank, Rebecca M., Sheldon H. Danziger, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2006. Working and Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes Are Affecting Low-Wage Workers. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Abstract.

Danziger, Sheldon H., and Peter Gottschalk. 2004. Diverging Fortunes: Trends in Poverty and Inequality. Russell Sage Foundation and Population Reference Bureau. Abstract.

Danziger, Sheldon H., and Robert Haveman. 2002. Understanding Poverty. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Abstract.

Journal Articles

Schmidt, Lucie G., and Sheldon H. Danziger. 2012. "Filling holes in the safety net? Material hardship and subjective well-being among disability benefit applicants and recipients after the 1996 welfare reform." Social Science Research, 41(6): 1581-97. DOI. Abstract.

Grieger, Lloyd, and Sheldon H. Danziger. 2011. "Who Receives Food Stamps During Adulthood? Analyzing Repeatable Events With Incomplete Event Histories." Demography, 48(4): 1601-1614. DOI. Abstract.

Danziger, Sheldon H., and David Ratner. 2010. "Labor Market Outcomes and the Transition to Adulthood." The Future of Children, 20(1): 133-158. Public Access.

Li, Geng, Robert F. Schoeni, Sheldon H. Danziger, and Kerwin Charles. 2010. "New Expenditure Data in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics: Comparisons with the Consumer Expenditure Survey Data." Monthly Labor Review, 133(2): 29-39. Abstract.

Danziger, Sheldon H., Richard Frank, and Ellen Meara. 2009. "Mental Illness, Work and Income Support Programs." American Journal of Psychiatry, 166(4): 398-404. DOI. Abstract.

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