Home page School of Human Ecology Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography My research examines the ways in which birth, child, family characteristics, and public policies influence children’s cognitive and social-emotional development as well as family well-being. I am also interested in applications of quantitative research methods and study design in developmental and family sciences, and …
Home page School of Social Work Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Professor Robert’s research focuses on how social and economic aspects of people’s lives affect their health and well-being over the life course. Many of her publications focus on how neighborhood context affects health and contributes to socioeconomic and racial health disparities. Her focus is …
Home page Department of Economics Additional Information Curriculum Vitae Biography Fernanda is a labor and development economist with research interests in two different areas. First, she studies the welfare consequences of urban policies on individuals. She investigates the long-term impact of public housing programs on families and their children and their consequences on income inequality …
Home page School of Business Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Dan Sacks joined the Wisconsin School of Business in June 2022 as an Associate Professor in the Risk and Insurance Department. Professor Sacks’ studies the economics of health, health care, and health insurance, as well as social insurance programs such as government-provided health insurance and …
Home page Department of Economics Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography My research looks at how social preferences impact economic outcomes in developing countries and how they can be harnessed to improve outcomes. Exposure to risk and limits placed on collective action by lack of trust both keep people poor and decrease health and economic well-being. …
Home page Department of Public Affairs Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Lauren Schmitz is an associate professor of public affairs. She uses social, genomic, and epigenomic data to study how social inequalities shape disparities in health and socioeconomic attainment. Much of her work in this area has used quasi-experimental research designs and polygenic scores to …
Home page Personal Website Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography My research interests fall at the intersection of family demography, stratification, and gender. Much of my work examines the causes and consequences of assortative mating to gain insight into the links between family change and inequality in the United States. Another line of research examines the …
Home page Department of Gender and Women’s Studies Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Dr. Leigh Senderowicz (she/her) is a public health researcher and feminist social demographer focusing on global sexual and reproductive health and rights, race, gender, and coloniality. Her mixed-methods research focuses on contraceptive autonomy, exploring the ways that new approaches to measurement and …
Home page Department of Economics More information Curriculum Vitae Biography I have spent the last 10 years working on models of demographic change, human capital acquisition and inequality. I have developed models of fertility choice that are capable of rationalizing the demographic transition as well as the baby boom and the baby bust. My training …
Home page Department of Public Affairs Additional information Curriculum Vitae Biography Timothy M. (Tim) Smeeding is the Lee Rainwater Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs and Economics. He was director of the Institute for Research on Poverty from 2008–2014. He was named the John Kenneth Galbraith Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science, in 2017, …