Marianne Page has expertise in labor economics and public finance. In addition to her appointment in the Department of Economics, she is the Deputy Director of the Center for Poverty Research at UC Davis, and a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Page's research focuses on economic mobility in the United States. She investigates at how families, the economy, and social policies affect children's likelihood of achieving economic success in adulthood. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.