2006 University of Michigan Poverty Research Grants
Our U-M grants program is especially designed to fund projects that incorporate novel uses of existing datasets or analyses of novel data sources, collaborative projects involving graduate students and faculty, and projects likely to result in future successful grant applications.
Funded research: first competition (fall 2005)
Contradictions of Consolidation: Debating Fishery Restructuring in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Karen Hebert, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan
The Political Representation of the Poor. Karen Long Jusko, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan
The Invisible Poor: Educational Inequality in an Affluent Setting. L'Heureux Lewis, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan
Funded research: second competition (winter 2006)
Low Birthweight, Social Confounders, and Life Chances from Childhood through Early Adulthood. Bridget Goosby, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan; Jacob E. Cheadle, Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Fellow, University of Michigan
Rates of Long-Term Childhood Poverty by Race over Three Decades. Lloyd Grieger, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan; and Jessica Wyse, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan.
Fathering and Relating Behind Bars: The Impact of Incarceration on Father Identity and Involvement, and Relationship Quality. Daphne Hernandez, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan.
The Impact of Outreach Efforts on Medicaid Take-up in California. Mireille Jacobson, Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Fellow, University of Michigan and Thomas C. Buchmueller, Paul Merage School of Business, University of California-Irvine.
An Evaluation of the Federal Empowerment Zone (EZ) Program. Patrick Kline, Department of Economics, University of Michigan; and Matias Busso, Department of Economics, University of Michigan.
