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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. A social worker and an economist by training, he has authored or co-authored over 180 scientific articles and twelve books on poverty, income transfers, program evaluation, single parent families and child support, and the welfare state. His research on child support 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
Grants & Projects:
Select Publications & Presentations:
Books
Garfinkel, I., Smeeding, T., & Rainwater, L. (in press). Wealth and welfare states: Is America a laggard or leader? Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.
Book Chapters
Garfinkel, I., & Nepomnyaschy, L. (in press). 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. (in press). 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.
Knab, J., Garfinkel, I., & McLanahan, S. (2008.) The effects of welfare and child support policies on maternal health and wellbeing. In R. Schoeni, J. House, G. Kaplan, & H. Pollack (Eds.), Making Americans healthier: Social and economic policy as health policy. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Waldfogel, J., Garfinkel, I., & Kelly, B. (2007.) Public assistance programs: how much could be saved with improved education? in C. Belfield & H.M. Levin (Eds), The price we pay (pp. 160-176). Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.
Garfinkel, I., Kaushal, N., Teitler, J. & Garcia, S. (2005). Vulnerability and resilience: New Yorkers respond to 9/11. In N. Foner (Ed.), Wounded city: The social impact of 9/11. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Garfinkel, I., Huang, C-C., & Naidich, W. (2006). The effects of a basic income guarantee (BIG) on poverty and income distribution. In B. Ackerman, A. Alstott, P. Van Parijs, & E. Olin Wright (Eds.), Redesigning distribution: Basic income and stakeholder grants as cornerstones for an egalitarian capitalism. London; New York: Verso.
Garfinkel, I. (2004). Making sense of family change and family policy: Rapporteur’s remarks. In D.P. Moynihan, T. Smeeding, & L. Rainwater (Eds.), The future of the family. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Journal Articles
Teitler, J., Reichman, N., Nepomnyaschy, L., & Garfinkel, I. (in press). Effects of welfare participation on marriage. Journal of Marriage and Family.
Geller, A., Garfinkel, I., Cooper, C., & Mincy, R. (in press). Parental Incarceration and Child Wellbeing: Implications for Urban Families. Social Science Quarterly.
Sinkewicz, M., & I. Garfinkel. (2009). Unwed Fathers’ Ability to Pay Child Support: New Estimates Accounting for Multiple-Partner Fertility. Demography. 6(2): 247-264.
Rich, L., Garfinkel, I., & Gao, Q. (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, R., Garfinkel I., McLanahan, S. & Ku, I. (2006). The Impact of Child Support Enforcement on Nonmarital Childbearing. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 26(1), 79-98.
Garfinkel, I., Rainwater, L., & Smeeding, I. (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, C., Mincy, R. & Garfinkel, I. (2005). Child Support Obligation of Low Income Fathers. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 67(5), 1213-1225.
Mincy, R., Garfinkel, I., & Nepomnyaschy, L. (2005). In-Hospital Paternity Establishment and Father Involvement in Fragile Families. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 67(3), 511-626.
Harknett, K., Garfinkel, I., Bainbridge, J., Smeeding, T., Folbre, N., & McLanahan, S. (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, C., Garfinkel, I., & Waldfogel, J. (2004). Child Support and Welfare Caseloads. Journal of Human Resources, 39(1), 108-134.
Presentations
Geller, A., Cooper, C., Garfinkel, I., Schwartz-Soicher, O. & Mincy, R.B. Beyond absenteeism: Father incarceration and its effects on children’s development. Presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Detroit, MI.
Garfinkel, I., Smeeding, T., & Rainwater, L. The American welfare state: Laggard or leader? Presented at the annual Robert J. Lampman Memorial Lecture, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin, June 16, 2008.
Gao, Q., Zhai, F., & Garfinkel, I. How does public assistance affect family expenditures? The case of urban China. Presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA.
Geller, A., Garfinkel, I., & Western, B. Incarceration and support for children in fragile families. Presented at the 2008 annual Workshop on Crime and Population Dynamics, Baltimore, MD; at the 2008 meeting of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, Los Angeles, Ca., and at the 2009 meeting of the Society for Social Work Research, New Orleans, LA.
Geller, A., Garfinkel, I., Cooper, C,. & Mincy, R.B..Parental incarceration, family risk, and child wellbeing. Presented at the 2007 Annie E. Casey Kids Count conference, Baltimore, Md., and as a poster at the 2008 annual meeting of the Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA.
Nepomnyaschy, L. & Garfinkel I. Nonresident father involvement and children's material hardship. Presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 2008 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Last updated August 19, 2009.
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