New Findings on Poverty and Public Policy:
A National Poverty Center Symposium
Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Ann Arbor, MI
Speakers
Greg Duncan, Northwestern University
Welfare Reform and Child Well-Being
Ron Haskins, The Brookings Institution
The Politics of Welfare Reform Reauthorization
Maria Cancian, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Welfare and Child Support: Lessons from the Child Support Demonstration
Evaluation
Ronald Mincy, Columbia
University
Fathers in Fragile Families
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Greg Duncan
Description of and results from the Next Generation Study
PowerPoint: View Greg Duncan's slides (157K)
Video clip: Key questions and methods - The Next Generation Study (2 minutes, 16 seconds)
Video clip: Description of the welfare reform "treatments" explored in the Next Generation Study (51 seconds)
Video clip: Results from the Next Generation Study (3 minutes, 13 seconds)
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Ron Haskins
The politics of welfare reform reauthorization
PowerPoint: View Ron Haskin's slides (54K)
Video clip: Summary of debated issues for reauthorization of welfare reform legislation (9 minutes, 6 seconds)
Maria Cancian
Welfare and child support: lessons from the Child Support Demonstration Evaluation
PowerPoint: View Maria Cancian's slides (230K)
Video clip: Introduction - why child support issues are important (2 minutes, 3 seconds)
Video clip: Summary and policy implications from the Child Support Demonstration Evaluation (2 minutes, 32 seconds)
Related information
Child Support Demonstration Evaluation
Ronald Mincy
Findings and implications from the Fragile Families study
PowerPoint: View Ron Mincy's slides (153K)
Video clip: Screening for non-romantic involvement and why that is an important implementation and policy question. (3 minutes, 15 seconds)
Video clip: Summary of results and implications. (1 minute, 13 seconds)
Related information
Fragile Families and Child-Well Being Study home page
Ronald Mincy's home page