Institute for Research on Poverty

The Institute for Research on Poverty is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute at the University of Wisconsin–Madison dedicated to studying poverty and economic inequality. It was established in March 1966, as a result of an agreement between UW–Madison and the Office of Economic Opportunity.[1] It is the oldest center for poverty research still active in the United States,[2] and had over 150 faculty affiliates from universities across the United States (as of 2017).[3]

Institute for Research on Poverty
EstablishedMarch 1966
Research typeApplied
Field of research
Economics
DirectorLawrence Berger
LocationMadison, Wisconsin, United States
CampusUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Websitewww.irp.wisc.edu/index.htm

Founding

The key figure behind its founding was Robert Lampman, a professor of economics at UW–Madison, who also served as the Institute's interim director.[1][4] Lampman did not expect the Institute to last for very long, as he thought poverty in the United States would be eliminated soon after its founding.[5]

Directors

The following people have been director of the Institute:

  • Robert Lampman (interim director; March–June 1966)
  • Harold Watts (1966–71)
  • Robert Haveman (1971–75)
  • Irwin Garfinkel (1975–80)
  • Eugene Smolensky (1980–83)[6]
  • Sheldon Danziger (1983–88)
  • Charles Manski (1988–91)
  • Robert M. Hauser (1991–94)
  • Barbara Wolfe (1994–2000)
  • John Karl Scholz (2000–04)
  • Maria Cancian (2004–08)
  • Timothy Smeeding (2008–14)
  • Lawrence Berger (2014–19)
  • Katherine Magnuson (2019–present)

References
  1. "History". Institute for Research on Poverty. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  2. "UW-Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty named national Poverty Research Center". news.wisc.edu. 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  3. "Institute for Research on Poverty". La Follette School of Public Affairs. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  4. "Commemorative History of IRP, 1966–2006". Institute for Research on Poverty. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  5. DeParle, Jason (1992-06-01). "At Poverty Conference, Gloom and Dashed Hope". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  6. Evanson, Elizabeth (1986). "A brief history of the Institute for Research on Poverty" (PDF). Focus.

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