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Irwin Garfinkel
Mitchell I. Ginsberg Professor of Contemporary Urban Problems
B.A., Pittsburgh; M.A., Chicago; Ph.D., Michigan
E-mail: ig3@columbia.edu
Telephone: (212) 851-2383
Office: Room 714
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Bio:
Irwin Garfinkel is the Mitchell I. Ginsberg Professor of Contemporary Urban Problems and co-director of the Columbia Population Research Center (CPRC). He has authored or co-authored over 150 scientific articles and eleven books on poverty, income transfers, program evaluation, and child support. His research on child support influenced legislation in the state of Wisconsin, among other states, the U.S. Congress, Great Britain, Australia, and Sweden. He is currently the co-principal investigator of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study and has just completed a book entitled The American Welfare State: Laggard or Leader?
Research Interests:
- Social welfare policy
- Poverty and income distribution
- Family
- Single parent families
- Child support
Awards:
- Faculty Mentoring Award, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, 2005
- James E. Flynn Prize for Research, 2003
Current Grants & Projects:
Recent Publications & Presentations:
Books
Garfinkel, Irwin, Smeeding, Timothy, and Lee Rainwater. (Forthcoming 2009). The American Welfare State: Laggard or Leader? New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Book Chapters
Nepomnyaschy, Lenna and Garfinkel, Irwin. (Forthcoming, 2009). Child Support. In S. Kamerman, S. Phipps and A. Ben-Arieh (Eds.), From child welfare to child well-being: an international perspective on knowledge in the service of making policy. A special volume in honor of Alfred J. Kahn,.
Knab, Jean, Garfinkel, Irwin, and McLanahan, Sara. (2007). The Effects of Welfare and Child Support Policies on Maternal Health and Wellbeing. In R. Schoeni and J.S. House (Eds.), Health Effects of Non-Health Policy. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Garfinkel, Irwin, Huang, Chien-Chung, and Naidich, Wendy. (2006). The Effects of a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) on Poverty and Income Distribution. In B. Ackerman, A. Alstott, P. Van Parijs, and E. Olin Wright (Eds.), Redesigning Distribution: Basic Income and Stakeholder Grants as Cornerstones for an Egalitarian Capitalism. London; New York: Verso.
Garfinkel, Irwin, Kaushal, Neeraj, Teitler, Julien and Garcia, Sandra. (2005). Vulnerability and Resilience: New Yorkers Respond to 9/11. In Nancy Foner (Ed.), Wounded City: The Social Impact of 9/11. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Garfinkel, Irwin. (2004). Making Sense of Family Change and Family Policy: Rapporteur’s Remarks. In D.P. Moynihan, T. Smeeding, and L. Rainwater (Eds.) The Future of the Family. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Garfinkel, Irwin and Sara McLanahan. 2003. Strengthening Fragile Families. In I. Sawhill (Ed.) One Percent for the Kids. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.
Journal Articles
Rich, Lauren, Garfinkel, Irwin, and Qin Gao. (2007). Child Support Enforcement Policy and Unmarried Fathers’ Employment in the Underground and Regular Economies. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 26(4): 791-810.
Plotnick, Robert, Garfinkel, Irwin, McLanahan, Sara, and Inhoe Ku. (2006). The Impact of Child Support Enforcement on Nonmarital Childbearing. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 26(1): 79-98.
Garfinkel, Irwin, Rainwater, Lee, and Timothy Smeeding. (2006). A Re-examination of Welfare States and Inequality in Rich Nations: How In Kind Transfers and Indirect Taxes Change the Story. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 25(4): 897-918.
Huang,Chien-Chung, Mincy, Ronald and Irwin Garfinkel. (2005). Child Support Obligation of Low Income Fathers. Journal of Marriage and the Family 67(5): 1213-1225.
Mincy, Ronald, Garfinkel, Irwin, and Lenna Nepomnyaschy. (2005). In-Hospital Paternity Establishment and Father Involvement in Fragile Families. Journal of Marriage and the Family 67(3): 511-626.
Harknett, Kristen, Garfinkel, Irwin, Bainbridge, Jay, Smeeding, Timothy, Folbre, Nancy, and Sara McLanahan. (2005). Are Public Expenditures Associated with Better Child Outcomes in the U.S.? A Comparison Across 50 States. Analysis of Social Issues and Public Policy 5(1): 103-125.
Huang, Chien-Chung, Garfinkel, Irwin, and Jane Waldfogel. (2004). Child Support and Welfare Caseloads. Journal of Human Resources 39(1): 108-134.
Garfinkel, Irwin, Huang, Chien-Chung, McLanahan, Sara, and Daniel S. Gaylin. (2003). Will Child Support Enforcement Reduce Non-marital Childbearing? Journal of Population Economics 1: 55-70.
Presentations
Gao, Qin, Zhai, Fuhua, and Irwin Garfinkel. 2008. “How Does Public Assistance Affect Family Expenditures? The Case of Urban China.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, April 18, in New Orleans, LA.
Gellar, Amanda, Garfinkel, Irwin, and Bruce Western. 2008. “Incarceration and Financial Support in Fragile Families.” Paper presented at the annual Workshop on Crime and Population Dynamics, June 2, in Baltimore, MD.
Last updated August 18, 2008.
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