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Social, Political, and Economic Inequality

Experiences of Low-Wage Workers During the Implementation of the Seattle Minimum Wage Ordinance

Awarded Scholars:
Heather D. Hill, University of Washington

Project Date: Jul 2018

Award Amount: $44,517

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The Role of Landlords in Shaping Housing Opportunities for Low-Income Households

Awarded Scholars:
Anita L. Zuberi, Duquesne University

Project Date: Jul 2018

Award Amount: $17,088

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How Economic Elites Transmit Wealth Across Generations

Awarded Scholars:
Annette P. Lareau, University of Pennsylvania

Project Date: Jun 2018

Award Amount: $50,000

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Inequality and Mobility over the Past Half Century Using the Synergistic Distributions of Income, Consumption and Wealth

Awarded Scholars:
David Johnson, University of Michigan Jonathan Fisher, Stanford University

Project Date: Apr 2018

Award Amount: $96,281

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The Effects of Employment Incentives and Cash Transfers on Parent and Child Outcomes: Long-Term Evidence from the Welfare Reform Experiments

Awarded Scholars:
Hilary Hoynes, University of California, Berkeley Jordan Matsudaira, Cornell University Zhuan Pei, Cornell University

Project Date: Dec 2017

Award Amount: $129,677

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Inequality, Institutions, and the Making of Financial Policy: A Collaborative Project on Rulemaking in the Aftermath of Dodd-Frank

Awarded Scholars:
Daniel Carpenter, Harvard University Susan Yackee, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Project Date: Dec 2017

Award Amount: $142,388

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School Quality and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from the Golden Era of Upward Mobility

Awarded Scholars:
David Card, University of California, Berkeley Lowell Taylor, Carnegie Mellon University

Project Date: Dec 2017

Award Amount: $96,525

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Building an Agenda to Reduce the Number of Children in Poverty by Half in Ten Years

Awarded Scholars:
Natacha Blain, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine Suzanne Le Menestrel, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine

Project Date: Dec 2017

Award Amount: $75,000

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Block Grants and the Welfare State

Awarded Scholars:
James P. Ziliak, University of Kentucky Robert A. Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University

Project Date: Sep 2017

Award Amount: $34,999

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Low-Income Parents and the Pursuit of Higher Education

Awarded Scholars:
Amanda L. Freeman, University of Hartford Autumn R. Green, Endicott College

Project Date: Nov 2017

Award Amount: $29,617

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