IRP translates and disseminates poverty research through a variety of products prepared for a range of audiences.
Research Areas
- Arrears & Related Policy
- Child Poverty
- Child Support
- Children
- Economic Support
- Economic Support General
- Enforcement
- Orders & Payments
- Child Development & Well-Being
- Child Maltreatment & Child Welfare System
- Education & Training
- Eviction & Foreclosure
- Family & Partnering
- Family Structure
- Food & Nutrition
- Food Insecurity
- Health
- Homelessness
- Housing
- Inequality & Mobility
- Intergenerational Poverty
- K-12 Education
- Parenting
- Racial/Ethnic Inequality
- Social Determinants of Health
- Transition to Adulthood
- Early Childhood Care & Education
- Employment
- Family & Partnering General
- Inequality & Mobility General
- Labor Market
- Low-Wage Work
- Unemployment/Nonemployment
- WI Administrative Data Core
- Social Insurance Programs
- Housing Assistance
- Means-Tested Programs
- Place
- Place General
- Employment General
- Housing General
- Immigration
- Poverty Measurement
- Poverty Measurement General
- State & Local Measures
- U.S. Poverty Measures
- Wealth
- Financial Security
- Health Care
- Mental Health & Substance Abuse
- Court System
- Fines & Fees
- Incarceration
- Justice System
- Juvenile Justice
- Policing
- Children General
- Prisoner Reentry
- Child Support Policy Research
- Child Support Policy Research Agreement
- CSDE
- Food Assistance
- Related Social Policies
- Postsecondary Education
- Housing Market
- Health General
- Neighborhood Effects
- Family Income
- Job Training
- Gender Inequality
- Education & Training General
- Guidelines
- Custody & Placement
- Incarcerated Parents
- Justice System General
- Spatial Mismatch
- Food & Nutrition General
- Complicated Families & Multiple-Partner Fertility
- CSPED
- Multiple-Partner Fertility
- Wisconsin Poverty Reports
- Retirement
- Health Policy
- Training
- Undergrad
- Paternity Establishment
- Obesity
- Pass-Through & Disregard
- CSDE Report

Boosting the employment and productivity of American workers
- Harry J. Holzer
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- January 2012

Estimating the Impact of Food Stamps on the New York City Poverty Rate Using a National Academy of Sciences-Style Poverty Measure
- Mark Levitan and Daniel Scheer
- Discussion Paper
- January 2012

The Dynamics of SNAP Participation and the Increase in SNAP Caseloads during the Recovery of 2003-2007
- Janna Johnson
- Discussion Paper
- January 2012

The Effects of Female Labor Force Participation on Obesity
- Pedro Gomis-Porqueras, Oscar A. Mitnik, Adrian Peralta-Alva, and Maximilian D. Schmeiser
- Discussion Paper
- December 2011

Child Support Models and the Perception of “Fairness”
- Jennifer L. Noyes
- Report
- December 2011

Child Support Orders and the Incarceration of Noncustodial Parents
- Daniel R. Meyer and Emily Warren
- Report
- December 2011

Shared Placement: An Overview of Prevalence, Trends, Economic Implications, and Impacts on Child Well-Being
- Judi Bartfeld
- Report
- December 2011

Creating Effective Education and Workforce Policies for Metropolitan Labor Markets in the United States
- Harry J. Holzer
- Discussion Paper
- November 2011

American poverty and inequality: Key trends and future research directions
- Timothy Smeeding, Maria Cancian, John Karl Scholz, Barbara Wolfe, Robert Haveman, Jennifer Noyes, Katherine Magnuson, Carolyn Heinrich, Thomas Kaplan, Lawrence M. Berger, Marcia Carlson, J. Michael Collins, Julia Isaacs, Daniel R. Meyer, and James Walker
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- October 2011

Stepparents and half-siblings: Family complexity from a child’s perspective
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Steven T. Cook
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- September 2011