Past Scholars | 2011 to 2012

Ricardo A. M. R. Reis

Columbia University

Research Initiative:

Social Inequality

Reis will research the impact of social transfer programs, including unemployment and disability insurance, Medicaid, and pensions, on employment and economic activity during a recession. He will analyze whether such programs—and the increased government spending that accompanies them—are effective at lowering unemployment and if they help or hinder economic recovery.

External Links:

Ricardo Reis' Homepage at Columbia University

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Social Inequality

Since 2001, the Foundation’s Social Inequality program has examined the social and political consequences of rising economic inequality. The program has investigated a variety of areas of social life, from education and health care to intergenerational mobility, to determine whether the increasing financial gap between the rich and poor has also exacerbated social inequalities of the kind that amplify and entrench economic differences.

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