Past Scholars | 2004 to 2005

Greg J. Duncan

Northwestern University

Research Initiative:

Future of Work

Greg Duncan, Edwina S. Tarry Professor of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University, will write an accessible, non-technical book profiling Milwaukee's successful New Hope project, arguing that similar support programs for low-wage workers can and should be developed to assist people in climbing from poverty. He will also continue research investigating how the random pairing of college roommates with different ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds impacts students’ views on racial and economic issues.

Awards:

Non-Cognitive Skills and Labor Market Outcomes

Publications:

Higher Ground : New Hope for the Working Poor and Their Children

Consequences of Growing Up Poor

Neighborhood Poverty, Volume 1 : Context and Consequences for Children

Neighborhood Poverty, Volume 2 : Policy Implications in Studying Neighborhoods

For Better and For Worse : Welfare Reform and the Well-Being of Children and Families

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