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Irwin Garfinkel
Mitchell I. Ginsberg Professor of Contemporary Urban Problems
B.A., Pittsburgh; M.A., Chicago; Ph.D., Michigan
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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 at the Columbia University School of Social Work and co-founding director of the Columbia Population Research Center. He was the director of the Institute for Research on Poverty (1975-1980) and the School of Social Work (1982-1984) at the University of Wisconsin. Between 1980 and 1990, he was the principal investigator of the Wisconsin child support study.
A social worker and an economist by training, he has authored or co-authored over 200 scientific articles and sixteen books and edited volumes on poverty, income transfers, program evaluation, single parent families and child support, and the welfare state. His research on child support and welfare influenced legislation in Wisconsin and other American states, the US Congress, Great Britain, Australia, and Sweden. He is currently the co-principal investigator of the Fragile Families and Child Well being Study. His most recent book is Wealth and Welfare States: Is America 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
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Selected Publications & Presentations:
Books
Garfinkel, I., Smeeding, T., & Rainwater, L. (2010). Wealth and welfare states: Is America a laggard or leader? Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.
Book Chapters
McLanahan, S., & Garfinkel, I. (forthcoming). Fragile families: Debates,
facts, and solutions. In M. Garrison and E. Scott (Eds.), Marriage at the Crossroads. Oxford University Press.
Garfinkel, I., & Nepomnyaschy, L. (2009). Assuring child support: a reassessment in honor of Alfred Kahn. In S. Kamerman, S. Phipps, & 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. New York: Springer Press.
Knab, J., Garfinkel, I., McLanahan, S., Moiduddin, E., & Osborne, C. (2009). The effects of welfare and child support policies on the timing and incidence of marriage following a non-marital birth. In J. Ziliak (Ed.), Welfare reform and its long-term consequences for America's poor. Cambridge University Press.
Journal Articles
Geller, A., Cooper, C., Garfinkel, I., Schwartz-Soicher, O., & Mincy, R. B. (forthcoming). Beyond absenteeism: Father incarceration and its effects on Children's development. Demography.
Schwartz-Soicher, O., Geller, A., & Garfinkel, I. (forthcoming). The effect of incarceration on material hardship. Social Service Review.
Mitchell, C., Notterman, D., Brooks-Gunn, J., Kotenko, I., Jaeger, K., Hobcraft, J., Garfinkel, I., & McLanahan, S. (2011). The role of
mother’s genes and environment on postpartum depression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(20), 8189-8193.
Hutto, N., Waldfogel, J., Kaushal, N., & Garfinkel, I. (2011). Improving the measurement of poverty. Social Service Review, 85(1), 39-74. DOI: 10.1086/659129.
Nepomnyaschy, L. & Garfinkel, I. (2011). Father's involvement with their nonresident children and material hardship. Social Service Review, 85(1), 3-38. DOI: 10.1086/658394.
Geller, A., Garfinkel, I., & Western, B. (2011). Paternal incarceration and support for children in fragile families. Demography, 48(1), 25-47.
Gao, Q., Zhai, F., & Garfinkel, I. (2010). How does public assistance affect family expenditures? The case of urban China. World Development, 38(7), 989-1000.
Nepomnyaschy, L., & Garfinkel, I. (2010). Child support enforcement and father’s contributions to their children.” Social Service Review.
Geller, A., Garfinkel, I., Cooper, C., & Mincy, R. (2009). Parental incarceration and child wellbeing: Implications for urban families. Social Science Quarterly, 90(5), 1186-1202.
Sinkewicz, M., & Garfinkel, I. (2009). Unwed fathers’ ability to pay child support: New estimates accounting for multiple-partner fertility. Demography, 46(2), 247-263.
Teitler, J., Reichman, N., Nepomnyaschy, L., & Garfinkel, I. (2009). Effects of welfare participation on marriage. Journal of Marriage and Family, 71, 892-904.
Gao, Q., Garfinkel, I., & Zhai, F. (2009) Anti-poverty effectiveness of the minimum living standard assistance policy in urban China. Review of Income and Wealth, 55(s1), 630-655.
Last updated October 10, 2011.
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