In January, 2014, the Center hosted the “War on Poverty
Conference” fifty years after the passage of President
Lyndon Johnson’s Economic Opportunity Act in 1964. Johnson’s
legislation was the start of many anti-poverty programs that
provided access to health care, nutritional assistance and
educational support that continue today. This conference hosted
top poverty scholars who look closely at its legacy.
In this presentation, Kent Germany discusses the War on Poverty,
the United States budget, and president Lyndon Johnson’s economic
vision.
Germany is an Assistant Professor of History and African American
Studies at the University of South Carolina and co-host of
For The Record, a PBS interview program on politics and
history.
In this presentation, Martha Bailey discusses a quantitative
history of the War on Poverty.
Bailey is an Associate Professor of Economics and a Research
Associate Professor at the Population Studies Center at the
University of Michigan. She is also a Research Associate with the
National Bureau of Economic Research.
In this presentation, Gavin Wright discusses Martha Bailey’s
paper, “How We Fought the War on Poverty: A Quantitative
History.”
Wright is the William Robertson Coe Professor of American
Economic History at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow at
the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
In this presentation, Douglas
Miller discusses research on Head Start and evaluates some
recent study findings.
Miller is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University
of California, Davis, a Faculty Affiliate of the UC Davis Center
for Poverty Research and a Faculty Research Fellow for the
National Bureau of Economic Research.
In this presentation, Greg Duncan discusses Douglas Miller’s
paper “Long Run Puzzles in Head Start Research.”
Duncan is an economist and Distinguished Professor in the
Department of Education at the University of California, Irvine.
He currently serves as chair of a National Research Council’s
Institute on Medicine Committee on child research.
In this presentation, at the January 2014 War on Poverty
Conference, Hilary Hoynes discusses her research on the food
stamp program in the U.S. and the program’s impact over the past
50 years.
Hoynes is a Professor of Public Policy and Economics, and Haas
Distinguished Chair in Economic Disparities at the University of
California, Berkeley. She is a Research Affiliate for the UC
Davis Center for Poverty Research and is co-editor of the leading
journal in economics, American Economic Review.
In this presentation, Chloe Gibbs discusses David Frisvold’s
paper “‘Nutrition and Cognitive Achievement: An Evaluation of the
School Breakfast Program.”
Gibbs is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education at
the University of Virginia’s Batten School of Leadership and
Public Policy as well as the Curry School of Education.
In this presentation, Sarah Reber discusses the history and
legacy of Title 1, the 1965 legislation which sought to improve
academic achievement among disadvantaged youth.
Reber is an Associate Professor of Public Policy in the UCLA
Luskin School of Public Affairs and a Faculty Research Fellow at
the National Bureau of Economic Research.
In this presentation, Sean Reardon discusses Sarah Reber’s paper,
“The History and Legacy of Title I.”
Reardon is a Professor of Education and Sociology at Stanford
University and Director of the Stanford Interdisciplinary
Doctoral Training Program in Quantitative Education Policy
Analysis.
In this presentation, James Sullivan discusses the successes of
U.S. safety net programs from President Lyndon Johnson’s Great
Society program of the 1960s to the most recent economic
recession.
Sullivan is an Associate Professor of economics at the University
of Notre Dame, and a research affiliate of the National Poverty
Center at the University of Michigan.
In this presentation, Thesia Garner discusses James Sullivan’s
paper “Winning the War: Poverty from the Great Society to the
Great Recession.”
Garner is a Senior Research Economist in the Division of Price
and Index Number Research with the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
where she has served since 1984.
In this presentation, Kenneth Chay discusses how the 1966 Fair
Labor and Standards Act, which expanded protections to some farm
workers and increased the minimum wage, impacted hospital costs,
employment and Medicare.
Chay is a Professor of Economics and Community Health at Brown
University, as well as a Research Associate with the National
Bureau of Economic Research.
