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

Wisconsin Poverty Report: Methodology and Results for 2008
- Julia B. Isaacs, Joanna Young Marks, Timothy M. Smeeding, and Katherine Thornton
- Report
- September 2010

Promising antipoverty strategies for families
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Deborah Reed
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2010

The Effect of Family Income on Risk of Child Maltreatment
- Maria Cancian, Kristen Shook Slack, Mi Youn Yang
- Discussion Paper
- August 2010

U.S. Health Care Reform: A Primer and an Assessment
- Robert Haveman and Barbara Wolfe
- Discussion Paper
- August 2010

Young Disadvantaged Men: Fathers, Families, Poverty, and Policy An Introduction to the Issues
- Timothy M. Smeeding, Irwin Garfinkel, and Ronald B. Mincy
- Discussion Paper
- August 2010

Income Support Policies for Low-Income Men and Noncustodial Fathers: Tax and Transfer Programs
- Ronald B. Mincy, Serena Klempin, and Heather Schmidt
- Discussion Paper
- June 2010

Policies that Strengthen Fatherhood and Family Relationships: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?
- Virginia Knox, Philip A. Cowan, Carolyn Pape Cowan, and Elana Bildner
- Discussion Paper
- June 2010

Incarceration and Prisoner Reentry in the United States
- Steven Raphael
- Discussion Paper
- June 2010

Improving Education and Employment for Disadvantaged Young Men: Proven and Promising Strategies
- Carolyn J. Heinrich and Harry J. Holzer
- Discussion Paper
- June 2010