Irwin Garfinkel
Mitchell I. Ginsberg Professor of Contemporary Urban Problems, School of Social Work at School of International and Public Affairs
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School of International and Public Affairs
Irwin Garfinkel is the Mitchell I. Ginsberg Professor of Contemporary Urban Problems and co-director of the Columbia Population Research Center. A social worker and an economist by training, he has authored or co-authored over 180 scientific articles and twelve books on poverty, income transfers, program evaluation, single parent families and child support, and the welfare state. His research on child support influenced legislation in Wisconsin and other American states, the U.S. Congress, Great Britain, Australia, and Sweden. He is currently the co-principal investigator of the Fragile Families and Child Well being Study. His most recent book is Wealth and Welfare States: Is America Laggard or Leader?
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- PhD, University of Michigan
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