Work / Income

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Barbara Butrica, Income & Benefits Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Retirement income and assets; economic well being of baby boom generation; Social Security.

Melissa Favreault, Income & Benefits Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Income and wealth distribution; dynamic microsimulation models; mortality and morbidity; pensions; retirement and aging; Social Security, Supplemental Security Income.

Robert Lerman, institute fellow, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.

Areas of expertise: Education and employment; job training; income and wealth distribution; school-to-work initiatives; child support/paternity; family structure and composition; poverty; unwed fathers; welfare reform.

Nancy Pindus, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.

Areas of expertise: Health occupations; sectoral employment and economic development; job training; social services integration; performance monitoring; welfare reform; community development, including New Market Tax Credit program; food assistance programs; tribal assistance and economic development.

Caroline Ratcliffe, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.

Areas of expertise:Poverty; cash welfare and Food Stamp Program impact on outcomes for children and families; welfare-to-work programs.

Margaret Simms, Low-Income Working Families Project.

Areas of expertise: Civil rights; economics of race and ethnicity; employment and training; income and wealth; low-wage labor markets; minority business development; minority labor markets; poverty; welfare reform.

Karen Smith, Income & Benefits Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Income and wealth distribution; dynamic microsimulation models; pensions; retirement and aging; Social Security; retirement income.

Wayne Vroman, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.

Areas of expertise: Labor market composition, structure, and trends; unemployment insurance.

Doug Wissoker, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.

Areas of expertise: Housing, hiring and employment discrimination; poverty; civil rights.

Sheila Zedlewski, director, Income & Benefits Policy Center.

Areas of expertise: Work support programs; state spending for low-income populations; poverty; welfare reform; food stamp policy; child nutrition programs; engagement of older adults.