Join us in-person at Baruch College to learn more about the new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) that recommends updates for the Supplemental Poverty Measure to better reflect household needs and resources, including medical care, childcare, and housing costs. The event features five members of the NAS committee, including Center on Poverty and Social Policy (CPSP) researcher Jane Waldfogel, to present their assessment of the current Supplemental Poverty Measure, how best to account for basic needs and resources when measuring poverty, and what a change to the report's recommended new Principal Poverty Measure could accomplish. A distinguished panel, including CPSP director Christopher Wimer, follows to discuss the report's recommendations.
Cosponsors and Collaborators
Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
Center on Poverty and Social Policy, Columbia University of Social Work
Columbia Population Research Center
CUNY Institute for Demographic Research
Program
Presentations by Report Authors
Chair: James P. Ziliak, Gatton Endowed Chair in Microeconomics, University of Kentucky
Ingrid Gould Ellen, Paulette Goddard Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
David Johnson, Senior Program Officer, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Sanders Korenman, Professor and Interim Associate Dean, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY
Jane Waldfogel, Compton Foundation Centennial Professor for the Prevention of Children’s and Youth Problems and co-Director of the Columbia Population Research Center, School of Social Work, Columbia University
Panel Discussion
Moderator: Sherry Glied, Dean, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
Carolyn Barnes, Associate Professor, University of Chicago Sheldon Danziger, President, Russell Sage Foundation
Christine D’Onofrio, Director of Poverty Research, NYC Office of Economic Opportunity
Liana E. Fox, Assistant Division Chief, U.S. Census Bureau Dahlia K. Remler, Professor, Marxe School of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY
Christopher Wimer, Director, Center on Poverty and Social Policy, Columbia University of Social Work