Poverty & Inequality News
November, 2019
Check out these exciting interdisciplinary postdoctoral positions:
Inequality in America Initiative (Harvard)
Center for Ethics in Society (Stanford)
Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford)
October, 2019
The Institute for Research on Poverty is calling for applications for a postdoctoral fellow. The fellow will be in residence at the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation. Applications are due December 1, 2019.... More
September, 2019
The University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research calls for research proposals on food insecurity using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Letters of intent are due by October 10, 2019.
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September, 2019
The official poverty rate declined 0.5 percentage points to 11.8 percent in 2018, but median household income held steady at $63,179. The Supplemental Poverty Measure rate was 13.1 percent in 2018, not statistically... More
September, 2019
A coalition of the country’s top foundations have announced a “grand challenge” to recast debilitating narratives about poverty in the United States. This challenge will provide up to $100,000 in support of new... More
September, 2019
In a new policy brief published by the Migration Policy Institute, CPI affiliate Harry Holzer explores the role that immigration can play in U.S. economic growth.
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August, 2019
The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford is accepting applications for their residential fellowship program for the 2020–21 academic year. Applications are due by November 1.
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August, 2019
Policies for Action invites early-career researchers from historically disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds to submit research proposals to advance health equity. Letters of intent are due October 2.
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August, 2019
The Russell Sage Foundation has issued a call for articles examining how children in rural America are faring. Abstracts are due September 26.
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July, 2019
A new report, chaired by CPI affiliate Greg Duncan, shows how child poverty in the United States can be reduced by half within 10 years.
Read the report