The Center for Poverty Research at UC Davis seeks applications
from graduate students who are interested in visiting the
Center in order to expand their understanding of the causes and
consequences of poverty. The Center anticipates hosting up to
four graduate students during fall quarter 2013.
We seek applications from Ph.D. students in a variety of
disciplines, including economics, psychology, sociology, social
work, public policy and graduate schools of law and education,
with research interests in our core research areas:
The Center awards up to 5 grants of up to $20,000 each for
research in our priority research areas. Preference is given to
junior scholars from all disciplines, both quantitative and
qualitative research proposals are welcomed. Awardees will
present their findings the following year at our annual
conference.
Dr. Kevin Gee is currently an Associate Professor in the School
of Education and a Faculty Research Affiliate with
the Center for Poverty & Inequality Research. He was a
recipient of the 2015 National Academy of Education
(NAEd)/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship, a 2014 Young Scholars
Program (YSP) award from the Foundation for Child
Development (FCD) and a 2015-6 UC Davis Hellman
Fellowship.
Linking income and health has been a notorious challenge for
researchers. With multiple sources of income such as earnings,
cash transfer and near cash transfer programs, it is difficult to
isolate their effects on health. The 1993 expansion to the Earned
Income Tax Credit (EITC), the largest and most recent of federal
expansions to date, provided researchers a unique opportunity.
