Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)
Timothy Smeeding, Director
IRP is a center for interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. It is based at the University of Wisconsin_Madison. As one of three Area Poverty Research Centers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, it has a particular interest in poverty and family welfare in the Midwest. Economist Timothy Smeeding founded the Luxembourg Income Study, which enables cross-national comparisons of poverty. The following is from the April 6, 2009, report The Stimulus and Poverty: First Steps Toward a Strong Antipoverty Policy. See http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org/ExclusiveCommentary.aspx?id=7e5e73f6 -7891-4046-a5b9-41bd3aa2275a. The stimulus bill…
