Sheldon H. Danziger is an economist at the University of Michigan’s Ford School of Public Policy who has extensively studied the effects of welfare reform on work and earnings. He teaches courses on welfare policy and poverty and co-directs the National Poverty Center. At a July 25, 2006, roundtable on welfare, he outlined four lessons learned from a decade of welfare reform: More single mothers have moved from welfare to work than researchers expected 10 years ago; a small group of welfare recipients have multiple problems that make it difficult for them to work; “last hired, first fired” affects those off welfare and newly employed; and when work pays, people will work.
| Website | http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/faculty_staff/person_display.php?personid=42 |
| Email address | sheldond@umich.edu |
| Phone number | 734-615-8321 |
| Categories | education, Government & politics, Law & courts, Poverty & welfare, Society & culture |
| Locations | Michigan, United States of America |
| Resource Types | Sources |
| Languages | English |