CURRICULUM VITAE
TIMOTHY M. SMEEDING
March 5, 2016
Permanent Address
Lafollette School of Public Affairs
University of Wisconsin–Madison
IRP 3412 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608.890.3539
Homepage: http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/facultystaff/smeeding-timothy.html
E-mail: smeeding@lafollette.wisc.edu
Education
B.A.,
M.A.,
M.S.,
Ph.D.,
Economics, Canisius College, 1970
Economics, University of Connecticut, 1971
Economics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1973
Economics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1975
Current Position
Lee Rainwater Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs and Economics,
Robert M. Lafollette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Areas of Interest
The economics of public policy, especially social policy and at-risk populations; poverty and income distribution,
income transfers, and tax policy; social and economic mobility; economics of aging; economics of non-money
income, non-wage compensation and income from wealth; inequality in income, consumption and wealth;
housing and the Great Recession; social statistics; comparative international social policy.
Academic Experience
2016- present Lee Rainwater Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs and Economics
2008–2016
A & S Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs and Economics, University of Wisconsin
2006–2008
Distinguished Professor of Economics and Public Administration, Syracuse University
1999–2006
Maxwell Professor of Public Policy, Syracuse University
1990–2006
Professor, Economics and Public Administration, Syracuse University
1987–1990
Professor, Public Policy and Economics, Vanderbilt University
1976–1987
Assistant/Associate Professor, Economics, University of Utah
1975–1976
Assistant Professor, Economics, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
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Research and Administrative Experience
2015-present
2014-present
2014- 2015
2008–2014
1994–2008
2007–2008
2006–present
2003–present
1998–present
1994–2008
1990–2008
2004–2007
1983–2006
2002–2006
2000–2002
2002
1984–2001
1994–1995
1987–1990
1987–1990
1983–1986
1979
1973–1974
Senior Program Associate, The William T. Grant Foundation
Wisconsin Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC), University of Wisconsin–Madison
Senior Advisor, Employment, Labor and Social Policy Division, OECD, Paris
Director, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Founding Director, Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University
Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation
Faculty Fellow, Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality, Stanford University
Senior Research Affiliate, National Poverty Center, University of Michigan
Faculty Fellow, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Research Affiliate, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison (also
1980–1987)
Senior Research Associate, University Gerontology Center, Syracuse University
Associate Dean for Sponsored Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Founder and Overall Project Director, Luxembourg Income Study
Secretary General, Luxembourg Income Study, ASBL, Luxembourg
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Difficult Dialogues Program,
Stanford University
Visiting Research Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales,
Sydney, Australia
Research Associate, Center for the Study of Population, Poverty, and Policy (CEPS),
Luxembourg
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
Director, Graduate Program in Policy Development and Program Evaluation, Vanderbilt
University
Director, Center for the Study of Families, Children, and Elderly, VIPPS, Vanderbilt University
Director, Division of Social Science Research, Center for Public Affairs, University of Utah
Visiting Project Associate, Institute for Research on Poverty
Economist, Division of Supplemental Security Income Studies, Office of Research and Statistics,
Social Security Administration, Washington, DC
Awards and Fellowships
WARF Named Professorship, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2016
Best Paper Presentation, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis and Assoc. for Public Policy Analysis and
Management, Sept., 2012
Honorary Doctorate of Letters and Sciences, Stockholm University, September, 2008
Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2008
Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, 2007–2008
Founder and Overall Project Director Emeritus, Luxembourg Income Study, 2007
Distinguished Professor of Economics and Public Administration, Syracuse University, 2006–2008
Lawrence R. Klein Award, best paper, Monthly Labor Review, 2005
Comparative Politics Dataset Award, American Political Science Association, 2005
Fellow, Gerontological Society of America, 2001
Syracuse University “Decade Report,” Top 20 Faculty in Sponsored Research Grants, Syracuse University, 2001
Maxwell Professor of Public Policy, Syracuse University, 1999–2007
Chancellor’s Citation, Award for Exceptional Academic Achievement, Syracuse University, 1998
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, 1994–1995
Russell Sage Foundation, Commuting Research Scholar, 1993–1994; 2005–2006
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Kendrick Prize, best paper 2nd Prize, Review of Income and Wealth, 1992–1993
Social Security Administration Commissioner’s Commendation, 1992
National Academy of Social Insurance, elected member, 1989
Wissenschaftszentrum, Visiting Scholar, Berlin, Germany, Summer 1987
University of Utah, University Research Fellow, Fall 1986
Sonderforschungsbereich Visiting Research Fellow, University of Frankfurt, 1983–1985
NSF Annual Report, Distinguished Research Scholar, 1983
American Statistical Association/NSF/, Bureau of the Census Research Fellow, 1980–1982
Academic Publications and Presentations
A. Books and Edited Volumes
Bartfeld, J., C. Gundersen, T. Smeeding and J. Ziliak. 2016. SNAP Matters: How Food Stamps Affect
Health and Well Being. Stanford University Press, January
Grusky, D., Smeeding, T. and Snipp, M. 2015. Monitoring Social Mobility in the 21st Century. Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Science, January
Ermisch, J., M. Jäntti, and T. M. Smeeding (Eds.). 2012. From Parents to Children: The Intergenerational
Transmission of Advantage. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, May.
Smeeding, T. M., R. Erikson, and M. Jäntti (Eds.). 2011. Persistence, Privilege and Parenting: The Comparative
Study of Intergenerational Mobility. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Smeeding, T. M., I. Garfinkel, and R. Mincy (Eds.). 2011. Young Disadvantaged Men: Fathers, Families,
Poverty, and Policy. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 635(1).
Garfinkel, I., T. M. Smeeding, and L. Rainwater. 2010. The American Welfare State: Laggard or Leader? Oxford,
UK: Oxford University Press.
Salverda, W., B. Nolan, and T. M. Smeeding (Eds.). 2009. Oxford Handbook of Economic Inequality. Oxford,
UK and New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Parsons, C., and T. M. Smeeding (Eds.). 2006. Immigration and the Transformation of Europe. Cambridge, UK:
Cambridge University Press.
Moynihan, D. P., T. M. Smeeding, and L. Rainwater (Eds.). 2004. The Future of the Family. New York: Russell
Sage Foundation. (Paperback edition, 2006).
Clark, R. L., R. V. Burkhauser, M. Moon, J. F. Quinn, and T. M. Smeeding. 2004. The Economics of an Aging
Society. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing. (Paperback edition, 2005).
Smeeding, T. M. 2004. Twenty Years of Research on Income Inequality, Poverty, and Redistribution in the
Developed World. Guest Editor. Socio-Economic Review Special Issue 2 (2, May): 149–163.
Rainwater, L., and T. M. Smeeding. 2003. Poor Kids in a Rich Country. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
(Paperback edition, 2004).
Binstock, R. H, L. L. Carstensen, D. Carter, C. Estes, D. Foster, R. B. Friendland, M. Goldstein, J. Jackson, R. D.
Lee, H. Markus, T. Rando, E. Roden, J. Shoven, T. M. Smeeding, and G. Yeo. 2002. Aging in the 21st
Century. Difficult Dialogues Program, Consensus Report. Institute for Women and Gender, Stanford
University.
Vleminckx, K., and T. M. Smeeding (Eds.). 2001. Child Well-Being, Child Poverty, and Child Policy in Modern
Nations: What Do We Know? Bristol, UK: Policy Press; Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.
(Second printing 2003).
Atkinson, A. B., L. Rainwater, and T. M. Smeeding. 1995. Income Distribution in OECD Countries: The
Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). Social Policy Studies No. 18. Paris: Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), October.
Greene, V. L., T. R. Marmor, and T. M. Smeeding (Eds.). 1994. Economic Security and Intergenerational
Justice: A Look at North America. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press.
Slottje, D. J., and T. M. Smeeding (Eds.). 1992. International Comparisons of Economic Inequality, Research in
Economic Inequality, Volume 3. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
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O’Higgins, M., L. Rainwater, and T. M. Smeeding. 1990. Poverty, Inequality, and Income Distribution in
Comparative Perspective: The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press,
Wheatsheaf Books.
Palmer, J., T. M. Smeeding, and B. B. Torrey (Eds.). 1988. The Vulnerable. Washington, DC: Urban Institute
Press.
Smeeding, T. M. (Ed.). 1987. Should Medical Care Be Rationed by Age? New York: Rowman-Littlefield
Publishers, Barnes-Noble Books, Inc.
David, M., and T. M. Smeeding (Eds.). 1985. Horizontal Equity, Uncertainty, and Economic Well-Being. Studies
in Income and Wealth, No. 50. National Bureau of Economic Research, Chicago: University of Chicago
Press.
Smeeding, T. M. 1982. Alternative Methods for Valuing Selected In-Kind Transfer Benefits and Measuring Their
Effect on Poverty. U.S. Bureau of Census Technical Paper No. 50. Washington, DC: U.S. Government
Printing Office (March).
B. Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters
2016
Smeeding, Timothy and Céline Thévenot.2016. “International experiences in addressing child poverty—USA and
other nations” Academic Pediatrics, in press
Smeeding, Timothy.2016. “Gates, Gaps, and Intergenerational Mobility: The Importance of an Even Start”, in H.
Braun and I. Kirsch, eds. The Dynamics of Opportunity in America: Evidence and Perspectives, Springer
International Publishing, AG Switzerland: 255-295
Smeeding, Timothy.2016. “Multiple Barriers to Economic Opportunity for the ‘Truly’ Disadvantaged and
Vulnerable”, Russell Sage Foundation, Journal of the Social Sciences, in press
Tiehen, Laura, Dean Jolliffe, and Timothy Smeeding. 2015. “The Effect of SNAP on Poverty” to appear in
Bartfeld, J., C. Gundersen, T. Smeeding and J. Ziliak. 2015. SNAP Matters: How Food Stamps Affect
Health and Well Being Stanford University Press: 49-53
Bartfeld, J., C. Gundersen, T. Smeeding and J. Ziliak. 2016. “Introduction” SNAP Matters: How Food Stamps
Affect Health and Well Being. Stanford University Press: 1-17
Bartfeld, J., C. Gundersen, T. Smeeding and J. Ziliak. 2016. “Conclusion” SNAP Matters: How Food Stamps
Affect Health and Well Being. Stanford University Press: 243-253
2015
Berger, L. M., J. M. Collins and T. M. Smeeding. 2015. “Exiting or Retaining Owner-Occupied Housing in the
United States 1999–2009: How do Social Programs Matter?” Child and Youth Services Review, 57:
112-126
Berger, Lawrence M., J. Michael Collins, Sarah A. Font, Leah Gjertson, Kristen S. Slack, and Timothy
Smeeding. 2014. Spare the Home, Spare the Child? Foreclosure and Child Protective Services
Involvement”, Pediatrics, Volume 136, 2, August: 299 -307
Haveman, Robert, Rebecca Blank, Robert Moffitt, Timothy Smeeding, and Geoffrey Wallace. 2015.
The War on Poverty: Measurement, Trends, and Policy”, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management,
, Summer, Volume 34, 3: 593–638
Fisher, Jonathan, David Johnson, & Timothy Smeeding. 2015. “Inequality of Income and Consumption:
Measuring the Trends in Inequality from 1984–2011 for the Same Individuals.” Review of Income and
Wealth, 61, 4:630-650
Higgins, Sean, Nora Lustig, Whitney Ruble, and Timothy Smeeding. 2015. “Comparing the Incidence of Taxes
and Social Spending in Brazil and the United States.” Review of Income and Wealth, published online
DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12201
Morelli, S., J. Thompson, and T. M. Smeeding. 2015. “Post-1970 Trends in Within-Country Inequality and
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Poverty: Rich and Middle Income Countries” In A. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon, Handbook of Income
Distribution, Elsevier Press, UK, Vol. 2, January, 593–696
Smeeding, Timothy and Jonathan Latner. 2015. “PovcalNet, WDI and ‘All the Ginis’: A Critical Review”
Journal of Economic Inequality, December. 13, 4:603-628
Grusky, D., Smeeding, T. and Snipp, M. 2015. “The Case for Assembling an American Opportunity Study in the
United States “in Monitoring Social Mobility in the 21st Century. Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Science, 63-82
Garfinkel, Irv and Timothy Smeeding. 2015. “Welfare State Myths and Measurement”, Capitalism and Society,
8, 1:1-24
Smeeding, Timothy. 2015. “Poverty Measurement”, to appear in: D. Brady and L. Burton, eds., The Oxford
Handbook of Poverty and Society, Oxford University Press, in press
Johnson, D.S., Smeeding, T.M., 2015. Income Distribution and Inequality: Measurement Issues. In: James D.
Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social& Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol
11. Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 732–738.
Smeeding, T., 2015. Poverty, Sociology of. In: James D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of
the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol 18. Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 753–759.
2014
Smeeding, Timothy .2014. “Adjusting to the Fertility Bust”, Economic Perspectives, Science, October 10, 346,
6206: 163-165
Fisher, Jonathan, David Johnson, & Timothy Smeeding. 2014. “Imputing Income in the Consumer Expenditure
Interview Survey.” Monthly Labor Review, November, at
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/article/imputing-income-in-the-consumer-expenditure-interviewsurvey.htm
Kenworthy, Lane and Timothy Smeeding. 2014. "The United States: High and Rapidly-Rising Inequality." In
Inequality and Its Impacts, volume 2, edited by Brian Nolan and Wiemer Salverda, et al., Oxford
University Press: 695-717
Blanden, Jo, Robert Haveman, Timothy Smeeding, and Kathryn Wilson. 2014. “Intergenerational Mobility in the
United States and Great Britain: A Comparative Study of Parent-Child Pathways.” Review of Income and
Wealth, 60(3):425-449, (lead article)
Morelli, S., J. Thompson, and T. M. Smeeding. 2014. Recent trends in income inequality in the developed
countries” Journal for a Progressive Economy, March, 2: 24-33
http://progressiveeconomy.eu/content/journal-progressive-economy-march-2014-0
Smeeding, Timothy. 2014. “Diverging Destinies Revisited: The Threat to Child Development and Social
Mobility “in Amato, Paul, Alan Booth, James P. McHale, and Jennifer Van Hook. 2014. Families in an
Era of Increasing Inequality: Diverging Destinies. New York, NY: Springer Science: 51-62
2013
Fisher, J., D. Johnson, and T. M. Smeeding. 2013. “Measuring the Trends in Inequality of Individuals and
Families: Income and Consumption.” American Economic Review. May (pp. 184–188)
Chung, Y., J. Isaacs, and T. M. Smeeding. 2013. “Advancing Poverty Measurement and Policy: Evidence from
Wisconsin during the Great Recession.” Social Service Review, September
2012
Marchand, J., and T. Smeeding. 2012. “Retirement and Financial Security: Two Economists Think Out Loud.”
Chapter 13 in Gerontology: Perspectives and Issues, Fourth Edition, edited by J. Wilmoth and K. Ferraro.
New York: Springer Publishing, pp. 267–288.
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Ermisch, J., M. Jäntti, T. Smeeding, and J. Wilson. 2012 “Advantage in Comparative Perspective” Chapter 1 in J.
Ermisch, M. Jäntti, and T. Smeeding, (eds.), From Parents to Children: The Intergenerational
Transmission of Advantage. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, pp. 3–31.
Ermisch, J., M. Jäntti, and T. Smeeding. 2012. “Meta-Analysis of Outcomes at Different Life Stages.” Chapter 2
in J. Ermisch, M. Jäntti, and T. Smeeding, (Eds.). 2012. From Parents to Children: The Intergenerational
Transmission of Advantage. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, pp. 32–52.
Haveman, R., P. Piraino, T. Smeeding, and K. Wilson. 2012 “Child Development and Social Mobility: Two
Neighbors with Similar Cultures and Different Outcomes: U.S. and Canada.” Chapter 14 in J. Ermisch,
M. Jäntti, and T. Smeeding, (eds.), From Parents to Children: The Intergenerational Transmission of
Advantage. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, pp. 345–369.
Ermisch, J., M. Jäntti, and T. Smeeding. 2012. “What Have We Learned?” Chapter 19 in J. Ermisch, M. Jäntti,
and T. Smeeding (eds.), From Parents to Children: The Intergenerational Transmission of Advantage.
New York: Russell Sage Foundation, pp. 463–481.
Thompson, J. and T. Smeeding. 2012. “Inequality in the Great Recession––The Case of the United States,” in S.
Jenkins, et al., Income Inequality and the Great Recession. Oxford University Press, pp. 202–233
Brandolini, A., S. Magri, and T. M. Smeeding. 2012. “Asset-Based Measurement of Poverty.” In D. Besharov and
K. Couch, Counting the Poor: New Thinking about European Poverty Measures and Lessons for the
United States. Oxford University Press, pp.43-88
Sierminska, E., S. Allegrezza, and T. M. Smeeding. 2012 “Net Worth and the Middle Class: Patterns of Wealth
and Debt, Before and After the Financial Crisis.” In J. C. Gornick and M. Jӓntti (eds.), Inequality and the
Status of the Middle Class, Cambridge University Press, pp. 285-310
Smeeding, T. M. 2012. “New Comparative Measures of Income, Material Deprivation, and Well-Being.” In D.
Besharov and K. Couch, Counting the Poor: New Thinking about European Poverty Measures and
Lessons for the United States. Oxford University Press, pp: 405-441
Smeeding, T. M., K. Robson, C. Wing, and J. Gershuny. 2012. “Income Poverty and Income Support for Minority
and Immigrant Households with Children in Rich Countries.” In A. Masten, K. Liebkind, and D.
Hernandez (eds.), The Potential of Immigrant Youth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 203235.
2011
Smeeding, T. M., R. Erikson, and M. Jäntti. 2011. “Introduction to the Comparative Study of Intergenerational
Mobility.” In Smeeding, T. M., R. Erikson, and M. Jäntti (eds.), Persistence, Privilege and Parenting:
The Comparative Study of Intergenerational Mobility. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, pp. 1–26.
Smeeding, T. M., J. P. Thompson, A. Levanon, and E. Burak. 2011. “Income, Inequality, and Poverty over the
Early Stages of the Great Recession.” In D. Grusky, B. Western, and C. Wimer (eds.), The Great
Recession. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, pp 82–126
Smeeding, T. M., and M. J. Carlson. 2011. “Family Change, Public Response: Social Policy in an Era of Complex
Families,” in M. J. Carlson and P. England (eds.), Social Class and Changing Families in an Unequal
America. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press:, pp 121–140.
Blanden, J., K. Wilson, R. Haveman, and T. M. Smeeding. 2011. “Understanding the Mechanisms Behind
Intergenerational Persistence: A Comparison Between the U.S. and U.K.” In Smeeding, T. M., R.
Erikson, and M. Jantti (eds.), Persistence, Privilege and Parenting: The Comparative Study of
Intergenerational Mobility. New York: Russell Sage Foundation,pp 29–72.
Haveman, Robert, Carolyn Heinrich, and Timothy Smeeding. 2011. “Policy Responses to the Recent Poor
Performance of the United States Labor Market,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 31,
No. 1, pp. 177–186.
Haveman, Robert, Carolyn Heinrich, and Timothy Smeeding. 2011. “Climbing Out of a Deep Hole: Which Path
Up?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 31, No. 1, 193–195.
Smeeding, T.M., and J. P. Thompson. 2011. “Recent trends in Income Inequality: Labor, Wealth and More
Complete Measures of Income.” Research in Labor Economics. May, pp 1–49.
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Smeeding, T. M., I. Garfinkel, and R. Mincy. 2011. “Young Disadvantaged Men: Fathers, Families, Poverty, and
Policy Introduction.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 635(1, May), pp.
6–23.
2010
Osberg, L., and T. M. Smeeding. 2010. Social Values for Equality and Preferences for State Intervention in the
USA and Europe. In C. Toft and J. Cordes (eds.), Welfare State Reform in the United States and the
European Union–Policy Choices and the Constitution of the New Welfare Society, Cambridge, UK:
Cambridge University Press, pp.211-240
Frick, J.R., M. M. Grabka, T. M. Smeeding, and P. Tsakloglou. 2010. “Distributional Effects of Imputed Rents in
Five European Countries.” Journal of Housing Economics, 19, pp. 167–179.
Smeeding, T. M., and D. Freund. 2010. The Future Costs of Health Care in Aging Societies: Is the Glass Half Full
or Half Empty? In S. Tuljapurkar et al. (eds.), Riding the Age Waves Volume 3: Responses to Aging in
Advanced Industrial States, Springer-Verlag, pp.173–193.
Gauthier, A. and T. M. Smeeding. 2010. Historical Trends in the Patterns of Time Use of Older Adults. In S.
Tuljapurkar et al. (eds.), Aging in Advanced Industrial States: Riding the Age Waves - Volume 3,
International Studies in Population, Springer-Verlag, pp.289–310.
Smeeding, T. M., and J. Waldfogel. 2010. “Fighting Poverty: Attentive Policy Can Make a Huge Difference.”
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Winter, 29(2):, pp.401–407.
Brandolini, A., S. Magri, and T. M. Smeeding. 2010. “Asset-Based Measurement of Poverty.” Journal of Policy
Analysis and Management Winter, 29(2), pp 267–284. (Reprinted in K. A. Couch and D. Besharov (Eds.).
2012. Counting the Poor: New Thinking About European Poverty Measures and Lessons for the U.S.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.)
2009
Smeeding, T. M., C. Wing, and K. Robson. 2009. Differences in Social Transfer Support and Poverty for
Immigrant Families with Children: Lessons from the LIS. In Immigration, Diversity, and Education, E.
Grigorenko and R. Takanishi (eds.)’ NY and London: Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group, pp. 239-267
Leigh, A., C. Jencks, and T. M. Smeeding. 2009. Health and Economic Inequality. In Oxford Handbook of
Economic Inequality, W. Salverda, B. Nolan, and T. M. Smeeding (eds.).Oxford, UK: Oxford University
Press.pp.442-475
Brandolini, A., and T. M. Smeeding. 2009. Income Inequality in Richer and OECD Countries. In Oxford
Handbook of Economic Inequality, W. Salverda, B. Nolan, and T. M. Smeeding (eds.). Oxford, UK:
Oxford University Press .pp.71-100
Grimm, M., K. Harttgen, S. Klasen, M. Misselhorn, T. Munzi, and T. M. Smeeding. 2009. “Inequality in Human
Development: An Empirical Assessment of 32 Countries,” Social Indicator Research June, 2009, PP 135154.
Gornick, J. C., E. Sierminska, and T. M. Smeeding. 2009. “The Income and Wealth Packages of Older Women in
Cross-National Perspective.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 64B(3),pp. 402–414.
Gornick, J. C., T. Munzi, E. Sierminska, and T. M. Smeeding. 2009. “Income, Assets and Poverty: Older Women
in Comparative Perspective,” Journal of Women, Politics & Policy 30(2), pp. 272–300.
Fisher, J., D. Johnson, J. Marchand, T. M. Smeeding, and B. Torrey. 2009. “Identifying the Poorest Older
Americans,” Journal of Gerontology Social Science 64B(6), pp.758–766.
Smeeding, T. M. 2009. “New Comparative Measures of Income, Material Deprivation, and Well-Being.” Journal
of Policy Analysis and Management Fall, 28(4): pp. 745–752.
2008
Smeeding, T. M. 2008. “Access to the Income Safety Net for Children of Immigrants.” Social Policy Report,
Society for Research on Child Development 23(3), pp. 13–15.
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M. Jäntti, E. Sierminska, and T. M. Smeeding. 2008. How is Household Wealth Distributed? Evidence from the
Luxembourg Wealth Study. In Growing Unequal, Paris: OECD, pp. 253–271.
Callan, T., T. M. Smeeding, and P. Tsakloglou. 2008. “Short-Run Distributional Effects of Public Education
Transfers to Tertiary Education Students in Seven European Countries.” Education Economics 16(3), pp.
275–288.
Fisher, J. D., D. Johnson, J. Marchand, T. M. Smeeding, and B. B. Torrey. 2008. “The Retirement Consumption
Conundrum: Evidence from a Consumption Survey.” Economics Letters 99(3), pp. 482–485.
Haveman, R., and T. M. Smeeding. 2008. Education : le diplôme, inaccessible sésame. In Prospérité, justice,
intégration…L’Amérique veut retrouver son rêve, Alternatives Internationales n°40 – Septembre, pp. 34–
46.
Munzi, T., and T. M. Smeeding. 2008. Conditions of Social Vulnerability, Work and Low Income: Evidence for
Spain in Comparative Perspective. In Institutions for Social Well-Being, Alternatives for Europe, edited
by L. Costablile. Palgrave-Macmillan Publishers, pp. 33–72.
Brandolini, A., and T. M. Smeeding. 2008. Inequality Patterns in Western-Type Democracies: Cross-Country
Differences and Time Changes. In Democracy, Inequality and Representation: A Comparative
Perspective, edited by P. Beramendi and C. J. Anderson. New York, Russell Sage Foundation, pp. 25–61.
Brandolini, A., and T. M. Smeeding. 2008. Inequality: International Evidence. In New Palgrave Dictionary of
Economics, pp. 1013–1021.
Horrace, W. C., J. T. Marchand, and T. M. Smeeding. 2008. “Ranking Inequality: Applications of Multivariate
Subset Selection.” Journal of Economic Inequality 6(1, March): 5–32.
Smeeding, T. M. 2008. Poverty, Work, and Policy: The United States in Comparative Perspective. In Social
Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective, 3rd edition, edited by David Grusky.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, pp. 327–329.
Smeeding, T. M. and J. C. Gornick. 2008. Luxembourg Income Study. In International Encyclopedia of the
Social Sciences, 2nd edition, edited by William A. Darity, Jr. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, pp.
419–422.
2007
Bell, L., G. Burtless, J. C. Gornick, and T. M. Smeeding. 2007. Failure to Launch: The Economics of Early
Adulthood. In The Price of Independence, edited by S. Danziger and C. E. Rouse. New York: Russell
Sage Foundation Press, pp. 27–54.
Smeeding, T. M., and C. Parsons. 2007. Luxembourg: Un Cas Unique? In L’Immigration au Luxembourg, et
apres? Edited by Serge Allegrezza, Mario Hirsch and Norbert von Kunitzki. Luxembourg: Dutch
University Press, pp. 1–8.
Sierminska, E., A. Brandolini, and T. M. Smeeding. 2007. Comparing Wealth Distribution across Rich Countries:
The Luxembourg Wealth Study Project. In International Finance Committee (IFC) Bulletin #25,
Measuring the Financial Position of the Household Sector 1(March): 297–310.
Fisher, J., D. Johnson, J. T. Marchand, T. M. Smeeding, and B. Boyle Torrey. 2007. “No Place Like Home: Older
Adults, Housing, and the Life-Cycle.” Journal of Gerontology Social Science 62B(2): 8120–8128.
2006
Wilson, K., K. Lambright, and T. M. Smeeding. 2006. “School Finance, Equivalent Educational Expenditure and
Income Distribution: Equal Dollars or Equal Chances for Success?” Education Finance and Policy 1(4):
396–424.
Haveman, R., and T. M. Smeeding. 2006. “The Role of Higher Education in Social Mobility.” Future of Children
16(2): 125–150.
Garfinkel, I., L. Rainwater, and T. M. Smeeding. 2006. “A Reexamination of Welfare State and Inequality in Rich
Nations: How In-Kind Transfers and Indirect Taxes Change the Story.” Journal of Policy Analysis and
Management 25(4): 855–919.
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Sierminska, E., A. Brandolini, and T. M. Smeeding. 2006. “The Luxembourg Wealth Study–A Cross-Country
Database for Household Wealth Research.” Journal of Economic Inequality 4(3): 323–332.
Osberg, L., and T. M. Smeeding. 2006. “Fair” Inequality? An International Comparison of Attitudes to Pay
Differentials.” American Sociological Review 71(3): 450–473.
Smeeding, T. M. 2006. “Poor People in Rich Nations: The United States in Comparative Perspective.” Journal of
Economic Perspectives 20(1): 69–90.
Brandolini, A., and T. M. Smeeding. 2006. “Patterns of Economic Inequality in Western Democracies: Some
Facts on Levels and Trends.” PS: Political Science and Politics 39(1): 21–26.
Smeeding, T. M. 2006. Retirement and Financial Security: An Economist Thinks Out Loud. In Gerontology:
Perspectives and Issues, Third Edition, edited by J. Wilmoth, and K. Ferraro. New York: Springer
Publishing, pp. 267–288.
Schwabish, J., T. M. Smeeding, and L. Osberg. 2006. Income Distribution and Social Expenditures: A CrossNational Perspective. In The Distributional Effects of Government Spending and Taxation, edited by D.
B. Papadimitriou. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 247–288.
Smeeding, T. M. 2006. Government Programs and Social Outcomes: Comparison of the United States with Other
Rich Nations. In Poverty, the Distribution of Income, and Public Policy, edited by A. J. Auerbach, D.
Card, and J. M. Quigley. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, pp. 149–218.
Smeeding, T. M. 2006. “Measuring Poverty and Deprivation in a United States Context: Some Additional
Considerations.” Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives 3(4): 266–268.
Munzi, T. and T. M. Smeeding. 2006. Poverty and Inequality: Greece and Mediterranean Europe in Comparative
Perspective. In Poverty, Exclusion & Social Inequalities. Lavrion, Greece: National Center for Social
Research, Institute of Social Policy, pp. 167–191.
2005
Nolan, B., and T. M. Smeeding. 2005. “Ireland’s Income Distribution in Comparative Perspective.” Review of
Income and Wealth 51(4): 537–560.
Harknett, K., I. Garfinkel, J. Bainbridge, T. M. Smeeding, N. Fobre, and S. McLanahan. 2005. “Are Public
Expenditures Associated with Better Child Outcomes in the U.S.? A Comparison across 50 States.”
Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy 5(1): 103–125.
Smeeding, T. M., and S. Sandstrom. 2005. “Poverty and Income Maintenance in Old Age: A Cross-National
View of Low Income Older Women.” Feminist Economics 11(2): 163–197.
Smeeding, T. M. 2005. “Public Policy, Economic Inequality, and Poverty: The United States in Comparative
Perspective.” Social Science Quarterly 86(5): 955–983. Reprinted in Welfare States: Construction,
Deconstruction, Reconstruction, edited by S. Leibfried and S. Mau. Cheltingham, UK: Edward Elgar
Publishing, 2007.
Johnson, D. S., T. M. Smeeding, and B. Boyle Torrey. 2005. “Economic Inequality through the Prisms of Income
and Consumption.” Monthly Labor Review 128(4): 11–24. (Winner of the Lawrence R. Klein Award, best
article, 2005).
Förster, M., D. K. Jesuit, and T. M. Smeeding. 2005. Regional Poverty and Income Inequality in Central and
Eastern Europe: Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study. In Spatial Inequality and Development,
edited by R. Kanbur and A. J. Venables. New York: UNU-WIDER Studies in Development Economics,
Oxford University Press, pp. 311–347.
2004
Smeeding, T. M., and P. Gottschalk. 2004. Cross-National Income Inequality: How Great Is It and What Can We
Learn from It? In Political and Economic Determinants of Population Health and Well-Being:
Controversies and Developments, edited by V. Navarro and C. Muntaner. Amityville, NY: Baywood
Publishing Company, pp. 65–73.
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Moynihan, D. P., and T. M. Smeeding. 2004. A Dahrendorf Inversion and the Twilight of the Family: The
Challenge to the Conference. In The Future of the Family, edited by D. P. Moynihan, T. M. Smeeding,
and L. Rainwater. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, pp. xiii–xxvii.
Smeeding, T. M., D. P. Moynihan, and L. Rainwater. 2004. The Challenge of Family System Change for
Research and Policy. In The Future of the Family, edited by D. P. Moynihan, T. M. Smeeding, and L.
Rainwater. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, pp. 1–21.
Rainwater, L., and T. M. Smeeding. 2004. Lone Parent Poverty, Inequality, and the Welfare State. In The Future
of the Family, edited by D. P. Moynihan, T. M. Smeeding, and L. Rainwater. New York: Russell Sage
Foundation, pp. 96–115.
Smeeding, T. M., and L. Rainwater. 2004. Comparing Living Standards across Nations: Real Incomes at the Top,
the Bottom, and the Middle. In What Has Happened to the Quality of Life in the Advanced Industrialized
Nations? Edited by E. N. Wolff. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.153–183.
Osberg, L., T. M. Smeeding, and J. Schwabish. 2004. Income Distribution and Public Social Expenditure:
Theories, Effects, and Evidence. In Social Inequality, edited by K. Neckerman. NY: Russell Sage
Foundation, pp. 821–859.
Smeeding, T. M., and J. T. Marchand. 2004. Family Time and Public Policy in the United States. In Family Time:
The Social Organization of Care, edited by N. Folbre and M. Bittman. New York: Routledge, pp. 25–47.
Gauthier, A. H., T. M. Smeeding, and F. F. Furstenberg, Jr. 2004. “Are Parents Investing Less Time in Children?
Trends in Selected Industrialized Countries.” Population and Development Review 30(4): 647–671.
Smeeding, T. M. 2004. “Twenty Years of Research on Income Inequality, Poverty, and Redistribution in the
Developed World: Introduction and Overview.” Socio-Economic Review Special Issue 2(2): 149–163.
2003
Rainwater, L., and T. M. Smeeding. 2003. “Doing Poorly: American Child Poverty in Cross-National Context.”
Children, Youth, and Environments 13(2): 48–76.
Smeeding, T. M. 2003. “Income Maintenance in Old Age: Current Status and Future Prospects for Rich
Countries.” Genus LIX(1): 51–83.
Jesuit, D. K., and T. M. Smeeding. 2003. Poverty and Income Distribution. In Encyclopedia of Population
Volume 2, edited by P. Demeny and G. McNicoll. New York: Macmillan Reference, pp. 785–789.
Jesuit, D. K., L. Rainwater, and T. M. Smeeding. 2003. Regional Poverty within the Rich Countries. In Inequality,
Welfare, and Poverty: Theory and Measurement, Research on Economic Inequality Volume 9, edited by
Y. Amiel and J.A. Bishop. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science, pp. 345–377.
Smeeding, T. M., and A. H. Gauthier. 2003. “Time Use at Older Ages: Cross-National Differences.” Research on
Aging 25(3): 247–274.
2002
Smeeding, T. M. 2002. “EITC and USAs/IDAs: Maybe a Marriage Made in Heaven?” Georgetown Public Policy
Review 8(1): 7–27. Reprinted in 2005 in Inclusion in the American Dream, edited by M. Sherraden. New
York: Oxford University Press, pp. 323–347).
Jesuit, D. K., T. M. Smeeding, and P. Alkemade. 2002. “The LIS/LES Project Databank: Introduction and
Overview.” European Data Watch. Schmollers Jahrbuch, Journal of Applied Social Science 122(3): 497–
517.
Smeeding, T. M. 2002. Globalisation, Inequality, and the Rich Countries of the G-20: Evidence from the
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). In Globalisation, Living Standards, and Inequality, Recent Progress
and Continuing Challenges, edited by D. Gruen, T. O’Brien, and J. Lawson. Australia: J. S. McMillian
Printing Group, pp. 179–206.
Christopher, K., P. England, K. Ross Phillips, and T. M. Smeeding. 2002. “The Gender Gap in Poverty in Modern
Nations: Single Motherhood, the Market, and the State.” Sociological Perspectives 45(3): 219–242.
Smeeding, T. M. 2002. “No Child Left Behind?” Indicators 1(3): 6–30.
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Ross Phillips, K., and T. M. Smeeding. 2002. “Cross-National Differences in Employment and Economic
Sufficiency.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Vol. 580 (March): 103–
133.
2001
Burtless, G., and T. M. Smeeding. 2001. The Level, Trend, and Composition of Poverty. In Understanding
Poverty, edited by S. H. Danziger, and R. H. Haveman. New York: Russell Sage Foundation; Cambridge,
MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 27–68.
Smeeding, T. M., L. Rainwater, and G. Burtless. 2001. United States Poverty in a Cross-National Context. In
Understanding Poverty, edited by S. H. Danziger, and R. H. Haveman. New York: Russell Sage
Foundation; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 162–189.
Atkinson, A. B., A. Brandolini, and T. M. Smeeding. 2001. Producing Time Series Data for Income Distribution:
Sources, Methods, and Techniques. In Soziale Sicherung in einer dynamischen Gesellschaft, edited by I.
Becker, N. Ott and G. Rolf. New York and Frankfurt, Germany: Campus Verlag, pp. 377–403.
Burkhauser, R. V., and T. M. Smeeding. 2001. “The Role of Micro-Level Panel Data in Policy Research.”
Schmollers Jahrbuch, Journal of Applied Social Science Studies. Berlin, Germany: Duncker and
Humblot, 121(4): 469–500.
Smeeding, T. M. 2001. Sociology of Poverty. In International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Volume 17, edited by N. Smelser and P. Baltess. London and New York: Elsevier-North Holland
Publishers, pp. 11928–11932.
Smeeding, T. M. 2001. “Living Longer, Living Better? Economic Status in Old Age.” The Public Policy and
Aging Report 11(3): 1, 20–23.
Coder, J., L. Rainwater, and T. M. Smeeding. 2001. Poverty across States, Nations, and Continents. In Child
Well-Being, Child Poverty, and Child Policy in Modern Nations: What Do We Know? Edited by K.
Vleminckx and T. M. Smeeding. Bristol, UK: Policy Press; Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto
Press, pp. 33–74.
Smeeding, T. M., and K. Vleminckx. 2001. Ending Child Poverty in Industrialized Nations. In Child Well-Being,
Child Poverty, and Child Policy in Modern Nations: What Do We Know? Edited by K. Vleminckx and T.
M. Smeeding. Bristol, UK: Policy Press; Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, pp. 1–6.
Smeeding, T. M., and K. Vleminckx. 2001. What Have We Learned and Where Do We Go From Here? In Child
Well-Being, Child Poverty, and Child Policy in Modern Nations: What Do We Know? Edited by K.
Vleminckx and T. M. Smeeding. Bristol, UK: Policy Press; Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto
Press, pp. 527–546.
Christopher, K., P. England, S. S. McLanahan, K. Ross, and T. M. Smeeding. 2001. Gender Inequality in Poverty
in Affluent Nations: The Role of Single Motherhood and the State. In Child Well-Being, Child Poverty,
and Child Policy in Modern Nations: What Do We Know? Edited by K. Vleminckx and T. M. Smeeding.
Bristol, UK: Policy Press; Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, pp. 199–219.
Smeeding, T. M., and D. H. Weinberg. 2001. “Toward a Uniform Definition of Household Income.” The Review
of Income and Wealth 47(1): 1–24.
Ross Phillips, K., and T. M. Smeeding. 2001. Social Protection for the Poor in the Developed World. In Shielding
the Poor: Social Protection in the Developing World, edited by N. Lustig. Washington, DC: Brookings
Institute Press, pp. 267–307.
Smeeding, T. M. 2001. “Procuring Microdata Files for the LIS Project Databank: Progress and Promise.” Fur
Kommission zur Verbesserung der informationellen Infrastruktur zwischen Wissenschaft und Statistik.
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Germany: Baden-Baden.
2000
O’Connor, M., K. Ross Phillips, and T. M. Smeeding. 2000. “The EITC: Expectation, Knowledge, Use, and
Economic and Social Mobility.” National Tax Journal LIII, 4(2): 1187–1209. Reprinted in 2001; in
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Making Work Pay, The Earned Income Tax Credit and Its Impact on America’s Families, edited by B. D.
Meyer and D. Holtz-Eakin. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, pp. 301–328.
Smeeding, T. M., and A. Grodner. 2000. Changing Income Inequality in OECD Countries: Updated Results from
the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). In The Personal Distribution of Income in an International
Perspective, edited by R. Hauser and I. Becker. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, pp. 205–224.
Rainwater, L., and T. M. Smeeding. 2000. Doing Poorly: The Real Income of American Children in a
Comparative Perspective. In Crisis in American Institutions, edited by J. H. Skolnick and E. Currie.
Boston: Allyn and Bacon, pp. 118–125.
Lukemeyer, A., M. K. Meyers, and T. M. Smeeding. 2000. “Expensive Children in Poor Families: Out-of-Pocket
Expenditures for the Care of Disabled and Chronically Ill Children in Welfare Families.” Journal of
Marriage and the Family 2(62): 399–415.
Gottschalk, P., and T. M. Smeeding. 2000. Empirical Evidence on Income Inequality in Industrialized Countries.
In Handbook of Income Distribution, Volume 1, edited by A. B. Atkinson, and F. Bourguignon. New
York: Elsevier-North Holland Publishers, pp. 261–307.
1999-1990
Bailey, D., T. M. Smeeding, and B. B. Torrey. 1999. “Income Transitions in Central European Households.”
Economic Development and Cultural Change 47(2): 237–257.
Estes, C. L., L. Glasse, and T. M. Smeeding. 1999. “Social Security in the 21st Century More than Deficits:
Strengthening Security For Women.” The Gerontological Society of America pp. 1–8.
Smeeding, T. M. 1999. “General Commentary on the Conference on Economic Inequality.” Federal Reserve
Bank of New York Economic Policy Review 5(3): 175–177.
Saunders, P., and T. M. Smeeding. 1999. How Do the Elderly in Taiwan Fare Cross-Nationally? Evidence from
the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Project. In Emerging Social Economic Welfare Programs for Aging
in Taiwan in a World Context, edited by C. Chen, A. I. Hermalin, S. C. Hu, and J. P. Smith. Taipei,
Taiwan: Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, pp. 205–237.
Frick, J. R., T. M. Smeeding, and G. G. Wagner. 1999. Immigrants in Two Modern Nations: Characteristics of the
Foreign and Native Born Populations in Germany and the United States. In Proceedings of the 1998 Third
International Conference of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study Users, edited by T. A. Dunn, J. R.
Frick, and J. C. Witte, 68(2): 297–307.
Schrooten, M., T. M. Smeeding, and G. G. Wagner. 1999. Distributional and Fiscal Consequences of Social
Security Reforms in Central-Eastern Europe. In Transformation of Social Security: Pensions in CentralEastern Europe, edited by K. Muller, A. Ryll, and H. J. Wagener. London, UK: Ashgate Publishers, pp.
275–289.
Smeeding, T. M. 1999. Problems of International Availability of Microdata: The Experience of the Luxembourg
Income Study (LIS) Infrastructure Project. In Kooperation zwischen Wissenschaft und amtlicher Statistik
-Praxis und Perspektiven-, edited by J. Chlumsky, B. Schimpl-Neimanns, and G. G. Wagner. Wiesbaden,
Germany: Metzler Poeschel Publishers, pp. 186–198.
Rainwater, L., and T. M. Smeeding. 1999. From ‘Relative’ to ‘Real’ Income: Purchase Power Parities and
Household Income Microdata, Problems, and Prospects. In Third Meeting on Household Income
Statistics; Papers and Final Report, edited by M. Sheridan, L. Rouillard, and A. Choquette. Ottawa,
Canada: Canberra Group, pp. 139–163.
Smeeding, T. M. 1999. The World Distribution of Well-Being Dissected: Comment. In International and
Interarea Comparisons of Income, Output, and Prices, edited by A. Heston, and R. E. Lipsey. Chicago:
University of Chicago and NBER, pp. 503–509.
Smeeding, T. M. 1999. “Social Security Reform: Improving Benefit Adequacy and Economic Security for
Women.” Center for Policy Research Policy Brief Series No.16. Syracuse, NY: The Maxwell School,
Syracuse University, pp. 1–25.
Smeeding, T. M. 1999. Lifetime versus Annual Income Distribution: Comment. In Handbook on Income
Inequality Measurement, edited by J. Silber. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 533–534.
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Gottschalk, P., and T. M. Smeeding. 1999. “Cross-National Income Inequality: How Great Is It and What Can We
Learn from It?” International Journal of Health Service 29(4): 733–741.
Smeeding, T. M., and D. H. Sullivan. 1998. “Generations and the Distribution of Economic Well-Being: A CrossNational View.” American Economic Review, Papers, and Proceedings 88(2): 254–258.
Boisjoly, J., G. J. Duncan, and T. M. Smeeding. 1998. “The Shifting Incidence of Involuntary Job Losses from
1968 to 1992.” Industrial Relations 37(2): 207–231.
Gottschalk, P., and T. M. Smeeding. 1998. The International Evidence on Income Distribution in Modern
Economies: Where Do We Stand? In Contemporary Economic Issue, Volume 2: Labour, Food, and
Poverty, edited by Y. Mundlak. London: MacMillan Publishers; New York: St. Martin’s Press, pp. 39–62.
Smeeding, T. M., and J. P. Smith. 1998. “The Economic Status of the Elderly on the Eve of Social Security
Reform.” Progressive Policy Institute Policy Report (November): 1–37. Washington, DC: Progressive
Policy Institute.
Smeeding. T. M. 1998. Reshuffling Responsibilities in Old Age: The United States in a Comparative Perspective.
In Resecuring Social Security and Medicare: Understanding Privatization and Risk, edited by J.G.
Gonyea. Washington, DC: The Gerontological Society of America, pp. 24–36.
Quinn, J. F., and T. M. Smeeding. 1998. Cross-National Patterns of Labor Force Withdrawal. In The State of
Social Welfare, 1997, International Studies on Social Security, Volume 4, edited by P. Flora, P. R.
DeJong, J. LeGrand, and J. Kim. London, UK: Ashgate Publishers, pp. 83–115.
Rainwater, L., and T. M. Smeeding. 1998. Demography and Income Packaging: What Explains the Income
Distribution? In Empirische Forschung und wirtschaftspolitische Beratung (Empirical Research and
Economic Policy Discussion): Commemorative Volume for Hans-Jürgen Krupp, Economic Research,
Volume 38, edited by H. P. Galler, and G. G. Wagner. Frankfurt and New York: CAMPUS-Publisher, pp.
99–118.
O’Connor, I., P. Saunders, and T. M. Smeeding. 1998. The Distribution of Welfare; Inequality, Earnings
Capacity, and Household Production in a Comparative Perspective. In The Distribution of Welfare and
Household Production: International Perspectives, edited by S. P. Jenkins, A. Kapteyn, and B. M. S. van
Praag. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 75–110.
Lukemeyer, A., M. K. Meyers, and T. M. Smeeding. 1998. “The Cost of Caring: Childhood Disability and Poor
Families.” Social Service Review 72(2): 209–233.
Smeeding, T. M. 1997. “Poverty in Developed Countries: The Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study.”
Poverty and Human Development, Human Development Papers 1997, pp. 195–240.
Bailey, D., T. M. Smeeding, and B. B. Torrey. 1997. Vulnerable Populations in Central Europe. In Transforming
Post-Communist Political Economies, edited by J. M. Nelson, C. Tilly, and L. Walker. Washington, DC:
National Research Council, National Academy Press, pp. 351–369.
Smeeding, T. M. 1997. “U.S. Income Inequality in a Cross-National Perspective: Why Are We So Different?”
Looking Ahead XIX (2–3): 41–50. Reprinted 1998; in The Inequality Paradox: Growth of Income
Disparity, edited by J. A. Auerbach, and R. S. Belous. Washington, DC: National Policy Association, pp.
194–217.
Smeeding, T. M., and D. H. Sullivan. 1997. “Educational Attainment and Earnings Inequality in Eight Nations.”
International Journal of Education Research 27(6): 513–525.
Smeeding, T. M. 1997. The International Evidence on Income Distribution in Modern Economics: Where Do We
Stand? In Poverty and Inequality: The Political Economy of Redistribution, edited by J. Neill.
Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn Institute, pp. 79–103.
Gottschalk, P., and T. M. Smeeding. 1997. “Cross-National Comparisons of Earnings and Income Inequality.”
Journal of Economic Literature XXXV: 633–687. Reprinted 2001; in Income Distribution: Description,
Measurement, Shape, Dynamics, edited by M. Sattinger, 1(11): 183–237; and reprinted 2001; in The
Economics of the Welfare State, edited by N. Barr. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, II: 527–
581).
Lehman, J. S., and T. M. Smeeding. 1997. Neighborhood Effects and Federal Policy. In Neighborhood Poverty:
Context and Consequences for Children, edited by J. Brooks-Gunn, G. J. Duncan, and J. L. Aber. New
York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1: 251–278.
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Smeeding, T. M., S. H. Danziger, and L. Rainwater. 1997. Child Well-Being in the West: Towards a More
Effective Antipoverty Policy. In Child Poverty and Deprivation in Industrialized Countries 1945–1995,
edited by G. A. Cornia, and S. H. Danziger. London, UK: Oxford Press, pp. 368–389.
Smeeding, T. M. 1997. “Cross-National Comparisons of Income Distribution: The Income Distribution Guideline
Needs of Microdata Users As Seen from the Perspective of the Luxembourg Income Study.” Papers and
Final Report of the Expert Group on Household Income Statistics. Canberra, Australia: Australian Bureau
of Statistics (February): 259–284.
Burkhauser, R. V., J. Merz, and T. M. Smeeding. 1996. “Relative Inequality, and Poverty in Germany, and the
United States Using Alternative Equivalence Scales.” Review of Income and Wealth 42(4): 381–400.
Duncan, G. J., J. Boisjoly, and T. M. Smeeding. 1996. “Economic Mobility of Young Workers in the 1970s and
1980s.” Demography 33(4): 497–509.
Gottschalk, P., and T. M. Smeeding. 1996. “Income Distribution in Modern Economies: Where Do We Stand?”
Challenge (September/October): 45–53.
Smeeding, T. M. 1996. Economics: Individual. In Encyclopedia of Gerontology, edited by J. Birren. San Diego,
CA: Academic Press, 1: 455–467.
Atkinson, A. B., L. Rainwater, and T. M. Smeeding. 1995. Income Distribution in European Countries. In
Incomes and the Welfare State: Essays on Britain and Europe. Cambridge, edited by A. B. Atkinson. UK:
Cambridge University Press, pp. 41–63. Reprinted 2001; in The Economics of the Welfare State, edited by
N. Barr. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, II, pp. 502–526).
Smeeding, T. M. 1995. An Interdisciplinary Model and Data Requirements for Studying Poor Children. In Escape
from Poverty: What Makes a Difference for Children? Edited by J. Brooks-Gunn and P. L. ChaseLansdale. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 291–298.
Coder, J., and T. M. Smeeding. 1995. “Income Inequality in Rich Countries during the 1980s.” Journal of Income
Distribution 5(1): 13–29.
O’Connor, I., and T. M. Smeeding. 1995. “Working But Poor: A Cross-National Comparison of Earnings
Adequacy.” Journal of Income Distribution 5(1): 91–110.
McFate, K., L. Rainwater, and T. M. Smeeding. 1995. Markets and States: Poverty Trends and Transfer System
Effectiveness in the 1980s. In Poverty, Inequality, and the Future of Social Policy: Western States in the
New World Order, edited by K. McFate, R. Lawson, and W. J. Wilson. New York: Russell Sage
Foundation, pp. 29–65.
Rainwater, L., and T. M. Smeeding. 1994. “Le Bien-Être Économique des Enfants Européens: Une Perspective
Comparative.” (“European Children’s Economic Well-Being: A Comparative Perspective”) Population 6:
1437–1450.
Smeeding, T. M. 1994. Improving Supplemental Security Income. In Social Welfare Policy at the Crossroads,
edited by R. B. Friedland, L. M. Etheredge, and B. C. Vladeck. Washington, DC: National Academy of
Social Insurance, pp. 97–107.
Chassman, D. A., V. L. Greene, T. R. Marmor, and T. M. Smeeding. 1994. The North American Context and
Volume Overview. In Economic Security and Intergenerational Justice: A Look at North America, edited
by V. L. Greene, T. R. Marmor, and T. M. Smeeding. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, August, pp.
1–18.
Smeeding, T. M. 1994. “Effects of a Changing Distribution of Income on Income Security and Health Care
Models.” Future Income and Health Care Needs and Resources for the Aged. Washington, DC: Social
Security Administration, pp. 209–238.
Holtz-Eakin, D., and T. M. Smeeding. 1994. Income, Wealth, and Intergenerational Economic Relations of the
Aged. In Demography of Aging, edited by L. G. Martin, and S. H. Preston. Washington, DC: National
Academy of Sciences Press, pp. 102–148.
Coder, J., J. Fritzell, A. M. Hagenaars, R. Hauser, S. Jenkins, P. Saunders, T. M. Smeeding, and M. Wolfson.
1994. Noncash Income, Living Standards, and Inequality: Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study.
In Economics in a Changing World, Volume 3: Public Policy and Economic Organization, edited by D.
Bös. New York: St. Martin’s Press, pp. 198–217.
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Smeeding, T. M., and B. B. Torrey. 1994. Vulnerable Populations in Eastern Europe. In Social Protection for
Countries in Transition from Planned to Market Economy, edited by O. Czucz. Prague, Czech Republic:
JATE Press, pp. 77–94.
Burkhauser, R. V., and T. M. Smeeding. 1994. “Social Security Reform: A Budget Neutral Approach to Reducing
Older Women’s Disproportionate Risk of Poverty.” Center for Policy Research Policy Brief No. 2.
Syracuse, New York: The Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
Quinn, J., and T. M. Smeeding. 1994. “Defying the Averages: Poverty and Well-Being among Older Americans.”
Aging Today (September/October): 9.
Avery, R. B., S. H. Danziger, W. T. Dickens, R. Haveman, D. B. Papadimitriou, T. M. Smeeding, and E. N.
Wolff. 1993. Policy Forum on the Prospects for Future Policy. In Poverty and Prosperity in the USA in
the Late Twentieth Century, edited by D. B. Papadimitriou, and E. N. Wolff. New York: MacMillan
Publishers, pp. 357–379.
Coder, J., J. Fritzell, A. M. Hagenaars, R. Hauser, S. Jenkins, P. Saunders, T. M. Smeeding, and M. Wolfson.
1993. “Poverty, Inequality, and Family Living Standards Impacts across Seven Nations: The Effect of
Noncash Subsidies for Health, Education, and Housing.” Review of Income and Wealth 39(3): 229–256.
(Winner of John Kendrick Prize, Best Article 1992–1993, 2nd place.)
Duncan, G. J., W. Rodgers, and T. M. Smeeding. 1993. W(h)ither the Middle Class? A Dynamic View. In
Poverty and Prosperity in the USA in the Late Twentieth Century, edited by D. B. Papadimitriou, and E.
N. Wolff. New York: MacMillan Publishers, pp. 240–271.
Garner, T. I., W. Okrasa, T. M. Smeeding, and B. B. Torrey. 1993. “Household Surveys of Economic Status in
Eastern Europe: An Evaluation.” Economic Statistics for Economies in Transition: Eastern Europe in the
1990’s. Sponsored by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Eurostat. Washington, DC, pp. 309–353.
Quinn, J. F., and T. M. Smeeding. 1993. The Present and Future Well-Being of the Aged. In Pensions in a
Changing Economy, edited by R. V. Burkhauser, and D. L. Salisbury. Washington, DC: Employee
Benefit Research Institute and National Academy on Aging, pp. 5–18.
Smeeding, T. M. 1993. Cross-National Patterns of Retirement and Poverty among Men and Women in the 1980s:
Full Stop or Gradual Withdrawal? In Age, Work, and Social Security, edited by A. B. Atkinson, and M.
Rein. London: MacMillan Publishers: New York: St. Martin’s Press, pp. 91–114.
Duncan, G. J., W. Rodgers, and T. M. Smeeding. 1992. “The Incredible Shrinking Middle Class.” American
Demographics (May): 34–38.
Smeeding, T. M. 1992. “Why the U.S. Antipoverty System Doesn’t Work Very Well.” Challenge 35(1): 30–35.
(Reprinted 1992; in Microeconomics, edited by D. Cole. Duskins Publishers 2nd edition, pp. 205–211).
Smeeding, T. M. 1992. “Priorities for Improving Data on Income and Well-Being From Survey and
Administrative Records: A Role for SIPP.” Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 18(1–4): 335–
373.
Slottje, D., and T. M. Smeeding. 1992. Introduction and Overview. In International Comparisons of Economic
Inequality, Research in Economic Inequality, Volume 3, edited by T. M. Smeeding. Greenwich, CT: JAI
Press, pp. 1–12.
Smeeding, T. M. (ed.). 1992. “Cross-National Analyses of Social Policy and Economic Inequality: Value,
Resources, and Challenge.” International Comparisons of Economic Inequality, Research in Economic
Inequality, Volume 3. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, pp. 13–27.
Smeeding, T. M., and B. B. Torrey. 1992. Comparative Economic Status of the Elderly in Eight Countries: Policy
Lessons from the Luxembourg Income Study, and the International Database on Aging. In International
Comparisons of Economic Inequality, Research in Economic Inequality, Volume 3, edited by T. M.
Smeeding. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, pp. 81–113.
Okrasa, W., T. M. Smeeding, and B. B. Torrey. 1992. Poverty in Eastern Europe: Lessons for Cross-National
Income Comparisons from LIS. In Poverty Measurement for Economics in Transition in Eastern
European Countries, edited by J. Kordos. Warsaw, Poland: Polish Statistical Association, Central
Statistical Office, pp. 331–354.
Smeeding, T. M. 1991. The Debt, the Deficit, and Disadvantaged Children: Generational Impacts, and Age,
Period, and Cohort Effects. In The Debt and the Twin Deficits Debate, edited by J. M. Rock. Mountain
View, CA: Mayfield Publishing, pp. 31–54.
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Smeeding, T. M. 1991. Mountains or Molehills: Just What’s So Bad About Aging Societies Anyway? In MacroMicro Linkages in Sociology, edited by J. Huber. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publishers, pp. 208–220.
Smeeding, T. M. 1991. Cross-National Comparisons of Inequality and Poverty Position. In Economic Inequality
and Poverty: International Perspectives, edited by L. Osberg. Armonk, NY and London: M.E. Sharpe,
Incorporated, pp. 39–59.
Holden, K., and T. M. Smeeding. 1990. “The Poor, the Rich, and the Insecure Elderly Caught In-Between.”
Milbank Quarterly/Health and Society 68(2): 191–219. (Also as Institute for Research on Poverty,
Reprint No. 637).
Schmaus, G., and T. M. Smeeding. 1990. The LIS Database: Technical and Methodological Aspects. In Poverty,
Inequality, and Income Distribution in Comparative Perspective: The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS),
edited by M. O’Higgins, L. Rainwater, and T. M. Smeeding. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press,
Wheatsheaf Books, pp. 1–19.
Hauser, R., L. Rainwater, M. Rein, G. Schaber, and T. M. Smeeding. 1990. Income Poverty in Seven Countries:
Initial Estimates from the LIS Database. In Poverty, Inequality, and Income Distribution in Comparative
Perspective: The Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), edited by M. O’Higgins, L. Rainwater, and T. M.
Smeeding. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, Wheatsheaf Books, pp. 57–76.
O’Higgins, M., L. Rainwater, and T. M. Smeeding. 1990. The Significance of LIS for Comparative Social Policy
Research. In Poverty, Inequality, and Income Distribution in Comparative Perspective: The Luxembourg
Income Study (LIS), edited by M. O’Higgins, L. Rainwater, and T. M. Smeeding. Washington, DC: Urban
Institute Press, Wheatsheaf Books, pp. 158–171.
Coder, J., T. M. Smeeding, and B. B. Torrey. 1990. “The Change in the Economic Status of the Low-Income
Elderly in Three Industrial Countries: Circa 1979–1986.” Proceedings of the 1990 Annual Research
Conference. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, pp. 481–498.
Smeeding, T. M. 1990. “Children and Poverty: How U.S. Stands.” FORUM for Applied Research and Public
Policy 5(2): 65–70.
Smeeding, T. M. 1990. “Toward a Knowledge Base for Long-Term Care Finance.” The Gerontologist 30(1): 5–6.
Smeeding, T. M. 1990. Economic Status of the Elderly. In Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences (3rd
edition), edited by R. H. Binstock, and L. K. George. New York: Academic Press, pp. 362–381.
Smeeding, T. M. 1990. Use of LIS Data for Poverty Analysis: An Overview of Lessons Learned and Still Being
Learned. In Analysing Poverty in the European Community, edited by R. Teekens, and B. van Pragg.
Luxembourg: European Community Press, pp. 431–448.
1989-1980
Smeeding, T. M. 1989. “The Economic Well-Being of the Elderly: Past, Present, and Future.” EBRI Issue Brief
No. 96. Washington, DC: Employee Benefit Research Institute.
Coder, J., L. Rainwater, and T. M. Smeeding. 1989. “Inequality among Children and Elderly in Ten Modern
Nations: The U.S. in an International Context.” American Economic Review 79(May): 320–324.
Smeeding, T. M. 1989. “Poverty, Affluence, and the Income Costs of Children: Cross-National Evidence from the
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS).” Journal of Post Keynesian Economics 11(2): 222–240. Reprinted
1990; in Macroeconomic Problems and Policies of Income Distribution: Functional, Personal, and
International, edited by P. Davidson, and J.A. Kregel. New York: Edward Elgar Press, pp. 98–114.
Moon, M., and T. M. Smeeding. 1989. Can the Elderly Afford Long-Term Care? In The Care of Tomorrow’s
Elderly, edited by M. E. Lewin, and S. Sullivan. Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute,
University Press, pp. 137–160.
Rainwater, L., R. Simpson, and T. M. Smeeding. 1989. “Comparative Cross-National Research on Income and
Economic Well-Being: The Luxembourg Income Study.” Survey of Current Business (March): 62–67.
Smeeding, T. M. 1989. Full Income Estimates of the Relative Well-Being of the Elderly, and the Nonelderly. In
Research in Economic Inequality, Volume I, edited by D.J. Slottje. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, pp. 83–
122. (And as Institute for Research on Poverty, Discussion Paper No. 779–85, University of Wisconsin–
Madison).
Smeeding, T. M., and B. B. Torrey. 1988. “Poor Children in Rich Countries.” Science 242 (November): 873–877.
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Buhmann, B., L. Rainwater, G. Schmaus, and T. M. Smeeding. 1988. “Equivalence Scales, Well-Being,
Inequality, and Poverty: Sensitivity Estimates Across Ten Countries Using the Luxembourg Income
Study (LIS) Database.” Review of Income and Wealth (June): 115–142.
Smeeding, T. M. 1988. “An International Perspective on the Income and Poverty Status of the U.S. Aged.”
Economic Outlook USA 14(4): 13–19.
Rainwater, L., and T. M. Smeeding. 1988. “Luxembourg Income Study: The Use of International
Telecommunications in Comparative Social Research.” The ANNALS of the American Academy of
Political and Social Sciences 495 (January): 95–105.
Jencks, C., J. Palmer, and T. M. Smeeding. 1988. The Uses and Limits of Income Comparisons. In The
Vulnerable, edited by J. Palmer, T. M. Smeeding, and B. B. Torrey. Washington, DC: Urban Institute
Press, pp. 9–27.
Rein, M., T. M. Smeeding, and B. B. Torrey. 1988. Patterns of Income and Poverty: The Economic Status of
Children and the Elderly in Eight Countries. In The Vulnerable, edited by J. Palmer, T. M. Smeeding, and
B. B. Torrey. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, pp. 89–119.
Betson, D. M., T. M. Smeeding, and J. L. Warlick. 1988. The Effects of Taxing Unemployment Insurance:
Benefits Accounting for Induced Labor Supply Responses. In The Distributional Impacts of Public
Policies, edited by S. H. Danziger, and K. E. Portney. New York: St. Martin’s Press, pp. 149–167.
Smeeding, T. M. 1988. Reagan, The Recession, and Poverty: What the Official Estimates Fail to Show. In The
Distributional Impacts of Public Policies, edited by S. H. Danziger, and K. E. Portney. New York: St.
Martin’s Press, pp. 47–64.
Smeeding, T. M. 1987. Artificial Organs, Transplants, and Long Term Care for the Elderly: What’s Covered?
Who Pays? In Should Health Care be Rationed by Age? Edited by T. M. Smeeding. New York: RowmanLittlefield, pp. 140–155.
Smeeding, T. M., and L. Straub. 1987. “Health Care Financing among the Elderly: Who Really Pays the Bills?”
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 12(1): 35–52.
Rein, M., T. M. Smeeding, and B. B. Torrey. 1987. “Comparative Well-Being of Children and Elderly: Insights
from LIS.” Contemporary Policy Issues V(2): 57–72.
Rein, M., T. M. Smeeding, and B. B. Torrey. 1987. Economic Status of the Young and the Old. In Demographic
Change and the Well-Being of Children and the Elderly. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, pp.
107–123.
Kinsella, K., T. M. Smeeding, and B. B. Torrey. 1986. A Comparative Study of the Economics of the Aged. In
Comparative Aging, edited by P. Pestieau (ed.), Louvain, Belgium: University of Louvain, LaNeuve
Publications.
Smeeding, T. M. 1986. “Nonmoney Income and the Elderly: The Case of the Tweeners.” Journal of Policy
Analysis and Management 5(4): 707–724. (And in Institute for Research on Poverty, Discussion Paper
No. 759-84, University of Wisconsin–Madison).
Smeeding, T. M. 1986. “Luxembourg Income Study.” Journal of Human Resources 21(4): 640–643.
Smeeding, T. M. 1986. “The Definition and Measurement of Poverty and Inequality over Space and Time:
Comment.” Proceedings of the 45th Centennial Session, International Statistical Institute. Amsterdam,
Netherlands, (June).
Smeeding, T. M. 1985. “Taxes, Expenditures, and Income Distribution in Switzerland: Comment.” Journal of
Social Policy 14(3): 361–366.
Smeeding, T. M. 1985. “The Scientific Potential of SIPP: Its Content and Methods Regarding Fringe Benefits,
Noncash Income, and the Value of Government Services.” Journal of Economic and Social Measurement
13(3/4): 287–294.
Long, S. H., and T. M. Smeeding. 1984. “Alternative Medicare Financing Sources.” Milbank Memorial Fund
Quarterly: Health and Society 62(2): 325–348. (And in Proceedings of the Conference on the Future of
Medicare, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, pp. 168–186).
Smeeding, T. M. 1984. Is the Safety Net Still Intact? In The Social Contract Revisited, edited by D. Lee Bawden.
Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, pp. 69–120.
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Booton, L., and T. M. Smeeding. 1984. “Measuring and Valuing the Economic Benefits of Diabetes Control.”
Proceedings of the Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics, DHHS Publication. No. (PHS)
84-1214 (August): 80–85.
Smeeding, T. M. 1984. Approaches to Measuring, and Valuing In-Kind Subsidies and the Distribution of Their
Benefits. In Economic Transfers in the United States, edited by M. Moon. National Bureau of Economic
Research, Conference on Studies in Income and Wealth, Volume 49. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, pp. 139–176.
Smeeding, T. M. 1983. The Size Distribution of Wage and Nonwage Compensation: Employer Cost versus
Employee Value. In The Measurement of Labor Cost, edited by J. Triplett. (And in National Bureau of
Economic Research, Conference on Studies in Income and Wealth, Volume 48. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press).
Lampman, R. J., and T. M. Smeeding. 1983. “Interfamily Transfers as Alternatives to Government Transfers to
Persons.” Review of Income and Wealth 29(1): 45–66.
Smeeding, T. M. 1982. “Noncash Income and Economic Well-Being: Some Theoretical Considerations.”
Proceedings of the American Statistical Association Annual Meeting (August).
Smeeding, T. M. 1982. “On the Evaluation of Social Security Programs, the Case of Pension Reform of the
German System of Old Age Pension: Comment.” Proceedings of the 43rd Session of the International
Statistical Institute XLIX (December): 1108–1109.
Smeeding, T. M. 1982. “Human Development as a Component of Living Standards: Comment.” Proceedings of
the 43rd Session of the International Statistical Institute XLIX (December): 1109–1110.
Smeeding, T. M. 1982. “Estimating In-Kind Income Using the CPS: Survey vs. Pure Microsimulation
Approaches.” Proceedings of the American Statistical Association (February): 360–365.
Smeeding, T. M. 1982. “The Anti-Poverty Effect of In-Kind Transfers: A ‘Good Idea’ Gone Too Far?” Policy
Studies Journal 10(3): 499–522. (Reprinted 1983; in Applied Poverty Research, edited by R. Goldstein,
and S.M. Sachs, pp. 77–101).
Smeeding, T. M. 1981. “Measuring and Valuing In-Kind Transfer Benefits in the United States.” Advance
Proceedings of the 43rd Session, International Statistical Institute, (December): 183–186.
Smeeding, T. M. 1981. “Characteristics of Households and Persons Receiving Noncash Benefits: 1979.” Series P23, No. 110, Bureau of the Census. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce (March).
Burkhauser, R. V., and T. M. Smeeding. 1981. “The Net Impact of the Social Security System on the Poor.”
Public Policy 29(2): 159–178. (And in Strategies to Encourage Older Workers to Voluntarily Extend
Their Worklives, Hearings before the Subcommittee on Oversight, U.S. House Ways and Means
Committee, 96th Congress, 2nd Session. Serial No. 96-116; September 10, 1980; and in Policy Studies
Review Annual No. 8, edited by R. Rist. Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications, 1982; and in Institute for
Research on Poverty, Reprint No. 417).
Moon, M., and T. M. Smeeding. 1981. “Medical Care Transfers, Poverty, and the Aged.” Journal of Health
Politics, Policy, and Law 6(1): 29–39. (And in U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Aging,
Staff Report).
Seninger, S., and T. M. Smeeding. 1981. Poverty: A Human Resource-Income Maintenance Perspective. In
Nonmetropolitan America in Transition, edited by A. H. Hawley, and S. M. Mazie. Chapel Hill, NC:
University of North Carolina Press, pp. 382–436.
Seninger, S., and T. M. Smeeding. 1980. “Rural Poverty, Human Resources, and Welfare Policy.” Institute for
Research on Poverty, Special Report SR-27 (March).
Smeeding, T. M. 1980. “Social Problems of Suburban and Non-Metropolitan Communities: Poverty and
Structural Unemployment.” The President’s National Urban Policy Report for 1980. Washington, DC:
U.S. Government Printing Office (August).
Moon, M., and T. M. Smeeding. 1980. “Valuing Government Expenditures: The Case of Medical Care Transfers
and Poverty.” Review of Income and Wealth September. (And in Institute for Research on Poverty,
Discussion Paper No. 568–79, University of Wisconsin–Madison).
Garfinkel, I., and T. M. Smeeding. 1980. “New Directions for Income Transfer Programs.” Monthly Labor
Review (February): 41–45.
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Smeeding, T. M. 1980. The MERGE 1973 Data File: Discussion. In Microeconomic Simulation Models for the
Public Policy Analysis, Volume 1, edited by R. H. Haveman, and K. Hollenbeck. Chicago: Academic
Press, pp. 29–34.
Kiefer, D., and T. M. Smeeding. 1980. Revenue Sharing and Local Fiscal Capacity: Educational Policy Issues for
Utah. In Revenue Sharing: New Challenges for State and Local Governments, edited by R. Huefner, S.
Seninger, and J. Shannon. Salt Lake City: University of Utah, pp. 117–138.
1979-1977
Plotnick, R., and T. M. Smeeding. 1979. “Poverty and Income Transfers: Past Trends and Future Prospects.”
Public Policy 27(3): 255–272. (And in Institute for Research on Poverty, Reprint No. 345).
Smeeding, T. M. 1979. “On the Distribution of Net Income: Comment.” Southern Economic Journal 45(3): 932–
944.
Smeeding, T. M. 1977. “The Anti-Poverty Effectiveness of In-Kind Transfers.” Journal of Human Resources
XII(3): 360–378. (And in Institute of Research on Poverty, Reprint No. 257; and reprinted 1979; in Policy
Studies Review Annual Volume 3, edited by R. Haveman, and B. Zellner. Los Angeles, CA: Sage
Publications).
Smeeding, T. M. 1977. The Economic Well-Being of Low-Income Households: Implications for Income
Inequality and Poverty. In Improving Measures of Economic Well-Being, edited by M. Moon, and E.
Smolensky. New York: Academic Press, pp. 155–183.
C. Other Research:
Reports and Public Engagements:
Smeeding, Timothy M., J. Isaacs, and K. Thornton. 2015. “Wisconsin Poverty Report: Poverty Rises in 2013
Despite Growth in Jobs” Seventh Annual Report of the Wisconsin Poverty Project. Institute for Research
on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison: (April).
Timothy M. Smeeding, Julia B. Isaacs, and Katherine Thornton, 2014. “Wisconsin Poverty Report: Jobs Recover
to Help Reduce Poverty in 2012”. The Sixth Annual Report of the Wisconsin Poverty Project Institute for
Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison: (June).
Smeeding, Timothy M. 2014. Convener: Intergenerational Social and Economic Mobility (ISEM):
What Do We Know? What Can We Do?” Administration for Children and Families,
Washington, DC, May 16th
Smeeding, T. M and Charles Murray, 2014.”Inequality: a Debate” July 10th, at
http://seminarsatsteamboat.org/video-audio /
Smeeding,T. M., J. Isaacs, and K. Thornton. 2013. “Wisconsin Poverty Report: How the Safety Net Protected
Families from Poverty in 2011?” The Fifth Annual Report of the Wisconsin Poverty Project. Institute for
Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison: (June).
Kenworthy, Lane and Timothy Smeeding. 2013. Country Report: United States. Growing Inequalities' Impacts
(GINI), www.gini-research.org.
Chung, Y., J. Isaacs, T. M. Smeeding, and K. Thornton. 2012. Wisconsin Poverty Report: How the Safety Net
Protected Families from Poverty in 2010, The Fourth Annual Report of the Wisconsin Poverty Project.
Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison: (April).
Marks, J. Y., J. Isaacs, and T. M. Smeeding. 2011.
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/research/WisconsinPoverty/pdfs/WIPovAntipovertyPolicies_May2011.
pdf Were Antipoverty Policies Effective in 2009? The Third Wisconsin Poverty Report. Institute for
Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison: May.
Marks, J. Y., J. Isaacs, and T. M. Smeeding. 2010. The Second Wisconsin Poverty Report: New Measure, Broader
View. Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison. June. Available at
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/research/WisconsinPoverty/pdfs/WIPovBroaderView_Sept2010.pdf
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Smeeding, T. M., and J. Isaacs. 2009. The First Wisconsin Poverty Report. Institute for Research on Poverty,
University of Wisconsin–Madison. April. Available at
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/research/WisconsinPoverty/pdfs/First_Wisconsin_Poverty_Report_Final-2.pdf
Popular Press, Policy Briefs:
Fisher, Jonathan and Timothy Smeeding.2016. “Income Inequality”. State of the Union, Poverty and Inequality
Report, Pathways, February 1, the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality,
Smeeding, Timothy M. 2016. “The Case for Reducing Child Poverty in America”, for the Mazatlán Forum Issue
of Pathways, in press.
Bartfeld, Judith, Craig Gundersen, Timothy M. Smeeding, & James P. Ziliak. 2015. “The Basics of SNAP Food
Assistance ”, Focus on Policy, No. 6, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of WisconsinMadison, November, at http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/policybriefs/pdfs/PB6-SNAP-Basics.pdf
Bartfeld, Judith, Craig Gundersen, Timothy M. Smeeding, & James P. Ziliak. 2015. “SNAP Trends and
Antipoverty Impacts”, Focus on Policy, No. 7, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, November, at http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/policybriefs/pdfs/PB7-SNAPTrends-Antipoverty-Impacts.pdf
Bartfeld, Judith, Craig Gundersen, Timothy M. Smeeding, & James P. Ziliak. 2015. SNAP, “Food Security, and
Health”, Focus on Policy, No. 8, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
November, at http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/policybriefs/pdfs/PB8-SNAPFoodSecurityHealth.pdf
Bartfeld, Judith, Craig Gundersen, Timothy M. Smeeding, & James P. Ziliak. 2015. “SNAP and the Low-Income
Safety Net”, Focus on Policy, No. 9, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
November, at http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/policybriefs/pdfs/PB9-SNAP-Low-Income-SafetyNet.pdf
Fisher, Jonathan, Timothy Smeeding and Jeffrey Thompson.2015. “Income Inequality”. State of the States,
Pathways, January, 1
Heinrich, Carolyn and Timothy Smeeding. 2014.” Building Economic Self-Sufficiency” Focus on Policy No. 2,
Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison, September, at
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/policybriefs/pdfs/PB2-SelfSufficiency.pdf
Heinrich, Carolyn and Timothy Smeeding. 2014.”Helping the Hard to Employ and Their Families ” Focus on
Policy No. 3, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison ,September , at
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/policybriefs/pdfs/PB3-HelpingHardToEmploy.pdf
Heinrich, Carolyn and Timothy Smeeding. 2014.”Building Human Capital and Economic Potential” Fast Focus
No. 21-2014, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/policybriefs/pdfs/PB2-SelfSufficiency.pdf
Collins, J.M., H. Leinhardt and T. Smeeding. 2014. “Getting by: Earning, spending, saving, and borrowing among
the poor”, IRP Fast Focus No. 20-2014, at http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/fastfocus/pdfs/FF202014.pdf
Johnson, David S., and Timothy M. Smeeding. 2012. “A consumer's guide to interpreting various U.S. poverty
measures.” Fast Focus No. 14, May.
Haveman, Robert H., Carolyn J. Heinrich, and Timothy M. Smeeding. 2011. “Jobs, skills, and policy for lowerwage workers.” Fast Focus 10, June. Institute for Research on Poverty. Madison, WI: University of
Wisconsin.
Smeeding, Timothy M., and Joanna Y. Marks. 2011. “The Wisconsin Idea and Antipoverty Innovation.”
Pathways, Summer, 2011.
Smeeding, T. M., and J. Waldfogel. 2010. “Fighting Child Poverty in the United States and United Kingdom: An
Update.” Fast Focus 8, December. Institute for Research on Poverty. Madison, WI: University of
Wisconsin.
Smeeding T. M., J. Isaacs, J. Y. Marks, and K. Thornton. 2010. “The Effects of the 2009 ARRA on Poverty in
Wisconsin.” Fast Focus 7, December. Institute for Research on Poverty. Madison, WI: University of
Wisconsin.
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Smeeding, T. M. 2009. “Differences in Higher Education: Investments, Costs, and Outcomes,” La Follette Policy
Report 18(2, Spring).
Haveman, R. and T. M. Smeeding, eds. 2007. “Poverty Policy and Poverty Research Over Four Decades.” Focus
25(1, Spring-Summer). Institute for Research on Poverty. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin.
Smeeding, T. M., and L. Rainwater. 2006. “Jiri Vecernik and the Luxembourg Income Study: Teaching Us about
the Transition of the Czech Republic in a Comparative Perspective.” Socilogickẏ časopis / Czech
Sociological Review 42(3): 603–604.
Brandolini, A., E. Sierminska, and T. M. Smeeding. 2006. “The Luxembourg Wealth Study.” OECD Newsletter
31(May): 4–6.
Smeeding, T. M., J. Williamson, E. Sierminska, J. C. Gornick, and A. Brandolini. 2006. “Income and Poverty in
the United States in Comparative Perspective: The Role of Income and Wealth in Guaranteeing Economic
Security in Old Age.” Public Policy and Aging Report 16(3): 23–27.
Marchand, J. P., S. Mettler, T. M. Smeeding, and J. Stonecash. 2006. “Inequality and Civic Engagement.” The
Second Maxwell Poll on Civic Engagement and Inequality, 2006 Report, Campbell Institute, Maxwell
School of Syracuse University (April).
Garfinkel, I., L. Rainwater, and T. M. Smeeding. 2005. “Equal Opportunities for Children: Social Welfare
Expenditures in the English-Speaking Countries and Western Europe.” Focus 23(3):16–25. Madison, WI:
Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Smeeding, T. M. 2002. “The LIS/LES Project: Overview and Recent Developments.” The Journal of Population
and Social Security 11(March) (Web Journal).
http://www.ipss.go.jp/English/Web%20Journal.files/SocialSecurity/s2001/Smeeding.pdf
Smeeding, T. M., L. Rainwater, and G. Burtless. 2001. “United States Poverty in a Cross-National Context.”
Focus 21(3): 50–54. Madison, WI: Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Burtless, G., and T. M. Smeeding. 2000. “The Level, Trend, and Composition of Poverty.” Focus 21(2): 4–8.
Madison, WI: Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Butler, R. N., G. Schaber, and T. M. Smeeding. 2000. Consequences of Population Aging for Society: A
Workshop Report. New York: International Longevity Center, May.
Gottschalk, P., and T. M. Smeeding. 1998. “Cross-National Income Inequality: How Great Is It and What Can We
Learn from It?” Focus 19(3): 15–19. Madison, WI: Institute for Research on Poverty, University of
Wisconsin–Madison.
Lukemeyer, A., M. K. Meyers, and T. M. Smeeding. 1997. “The Cost of Caring: Childhood Disability and Poor
Families.” Focus 19(1): 52–58. Madison, WI: Institute for Research on Poverty, University of
Wisconsin–Madison.
Smeeding, T. M. 1990. “Social Thought and Poor Children.” Focus 12(3): 11–14. Madison, WI: Institute for
Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin–Madison.
D. Recent and Selected Unpublished Manuscripts and Final Reports Since 2010
Gornick, Janet and Timothy M Smeeding. 2017. “Redistribution Policy in Rich Countries” Annual Review of
Sociology, Volume 43, July 2017, in preparation.
Grusky, David, Timothy Smeeding and Matt Snipp. 2016. The AOS: building the evidence base for
policy impacts on human outcomes and socio-economic mobility” March, in review
Brighouse, M. Harry, Isabel Pike, David O’Brien and Smeeding.2016. “The Privatization vs. the Socialization of
Childrearing, working paper. February.
Wimer, Christopher and Timothy Smeeding. 2016. “USA Child Poverty: The Impact of the Great Recession”
prepared for Children of the Recession, UNICEF, Florence, Italy, February
Osberg, Lars and Timothy Smeeding. 2016. “Social values for equality and preferences for state intervention in
the United States and Europe” , working paper, February
Fisher, Jonathan, David Johnson, Jonathan Latner, Timothy Smeeding and Jeffrey Thompson. 2016.” Inequality
and Mobility using Income, Consumption, and Wealth for the Same Individuals”, January , in review
Kenworthy, Lane, Brian Nolan, Max Roser, Timothy Smeeding, and Stefan Theiwissen. 2015 “Rising Inequality
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and Living Standards in OECD Countries: How Does the Middle Fare?” October”, in review
Hardy, Brad, Timothy Smeeding and James Ziliak. 2016.”The Changing Safety Net for Low Income Parents and
Their Children: Structural or Cyclical Changes in Income Support Policy? Working Paper, July, in review
Fisher, Jonathan, David Johnson, Timothy Smeeding and Jeffrey Thompson. 2015.”Inequality in 3-D: Income,
Wealth and Consumption, 1989-2013”, working paper, June
Fisher, Jonathan, David Johnson, Timothy Smeeding and Jeffrey Thompson. 2015.” The Demography of
Inequality: Income, Wealth and Consumption, 1989-2013”, working paper
Raymo, James, Timothy Smeeding, Kathryn Edwards and Hilary Carruthers. 2014. “"Unpartnered Mothers,
Living Arrangements, and Poverty: A Cross-national Comparison"
Kenworthy Lane and Timothy Smeeding. 2014. Does Income Inequality Reduce Middle-Class Income Growth?
The United States in Comparative Perspective “, March, 2015, working paper
Fisher, Jonathan, David Johnson, & Timothy Smeeding. 2014. “Income and Consumption Inequality Over the
Course of the Great Recession: Explaining the Divergence,” December
Thompson, Jeffrey, & Timothy Smeeding. 2013. “Inequality and Poverty in the United States: the Aftermath of
the Great Recession,” under review, working paper at:
http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/feds/2013/201351/201351abs.html
Latner, Jonathan and Timothy M. Smeeding. 2013.” Economic Mobility, Public Policy and the Middle Class”
August. Working paper
J. Michael Collins, Lonnie Berger, Timothy M. Smeeding, and Young-Wook Lee. 2013. “Doubling Up and
Moving Down: Residential Change and the Great Recession.” Paper presented at PAA conference, New
Orleans, LA. April 11, 2013
Short, K., and T. M. Smeeding. 2012. “Understanding Income-to-threshold ratios using the SPM: People with
Moderate Income,” August at
http://www.census.gov/hhes/povmeas/methodology/supplemental/research/SEHSD2012-18.pdf
Dahl, M., T. DeLeire, J. Schwabish, and T. M. Smeeding. 2012. “The Earned Income Tax Credit and Expected
Social Security Benefits among Low-Income Mothers.” Congressional Budget Office Working Paper
Series 2012-06, Washington, D.C., March.
E. Selected Invited Seminars, Named Plenary Lectures and Keynote Addresses Since 2011
2016
UNICEF, Antwerp (February); Stanford, March; HLEG Conference on Economic Insecurity, NY
(March);
2015 HLEG Workshop on Inequality of Opportunity, Paris (January); Thuile, Italy (January, Keynote);
INED, Paris (February) University of Luxembourg (February); Stockholm University (April); OECD
NAEC Seminar, Paris (April); INSEE-CREST, Paris (May); IOE-UCL, London (March); LSE-CASE,
London (March); SOFI, University of Stockholm (April); Titmuss Memorial Lecture, Hebrew University,
Jerusalem (June): HLEG Workshop on Wealth Inequality, Berlin (September)
2014 Columbia University (March); Annie E Casey Foundation (May); Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
(October); CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg (November); Oxford University, Oxford (December), ETS,
Princeton (December)
2013 Harvard (April; October); University of Toronto (October); Cornell (October) Duke (November)
2012 London (May); Indianapolis (July); Amsterdam (September)
2011 Berlin (September); Palermo (September); U.S. National Academy of Sciences (October); Hong Kong
Technical University (December)
F. Conference Program Chair, Discussant or Chair
Institute for Research on Poverty, Summer Research Workshop, June, 2010, program co-chair;
IRP Conference Co-chair: “Employment Prospects for Lower Wage Workers: Easing the Implications of a Slow
Recovery.” March 2011
IRP Conference Co-Chair: “Take-Up of Social Benefits: Causes, Consequences, and Trade-Offs,” August 2010
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Association for Public Policy and Management, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002,
2001, 2000, 1999.
Population Association of America, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2006, 2004, 1998;
American Economic Association, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2005, 2003, 2000, 1998.
International Association for Research on Income and Wealth (IARIW), President and Chair of Council, 2002–
2004; Council of Directors, August 1996 through present; Program Committee Chair, 2005–2006.
G. Commissions, Panels, Boards, and Working Groups since 2010
Upward Mobility Commission, Yankelovich Center, U.C. San Diego, 2016 to present
Economic Self-Sufficiency Policy Research Institute (ESSPRI), U.C .Irvine, 2016 to present
National Academy of Sciences, American Opportunity Study, Standing Committee, October 2015 to present
Co-Director, Wisconsin Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC), 2014 to present
Senior Program Associate, The William T. Grant Foundation, 2015 to present
National Academy of Sciences, Social Mobility Project Steering Committee, 2012 to 2015
American Pediatrics Association, Taskforce on Child Poverty, 2012 to present
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Institute for Research on Poverty, Executive Committee, September 2014 to
present
Co-Director and Co-PI, IRP National Poverty Fellows Program, 2013-2014
Associate Director, USDA/ERS RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research, 2009-2014
Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2010 to 2012.
DHHS-ACF-OPRE, Welfare and Family Self-Sufficiency Technical Working Group, 2010 to 2014
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Center for Financial Security Advisory Board, 2010 and continuing
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and Governor’s Core Committee on Poverty, 2009 to 2010.
Linnaeus Centre on Social Policy and Family Dynamics in Europe; Stockholm University, External Advisory
Board, October, 2008 to 2014.
University of Wisconsin–Madison, Center for Demography and Ecology Steering Committee, 2008; Executive
Committee, 2009 and continuing
Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), U.S. Census Bureau Advisory Panel, 2008 to 2014
Pew Charitable Trusts, Project on Economic Mobility in America, Advisory Board, 2007 to 2014.
International Public Use Microdata Series–International Project IPUMS-I Chair, National Science Foundation
Advisory Board, December 2004 through May 2010.
Demography, Behavioral and Social Services and Education (DBASSE), National Academy of Sciences, Division
Committee, January 2003 through December 2008.
Research Network on the Family and the Economy, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, December
1996 through present.
Selection Committee, W.T. Grant Fellows Program, 2002 through 2012.
Russell Sage Foundation–Visiting Scholar Applicant Review Committee, 2004 to present
Current Research and Research Support
A. Current Research
“The Structure of Economic Inequality in Three Dimensions: Income, Consumption, and Wealth, 1989–2013,”
(with J. S. Fisher, J. Thompson, and D. Johnson)
“The Cost of a Child Raised Well”, (with M Harry Brighouse, David O’Brien and Isabel Pike)
“Cross-National Research on Absolute Economic Mobility” (with Markus Jantti)
“Full Income from Wealth and Earnings,” (with J. Thompson)
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B.
Grants since 2004:
“The Cost of a Child Raised Well”, June, 2014- August, 2016. UW Graduate School, $103,000,
role is co-PI
“Wealth Income and Consumption: A Microeconomic Approach to a Macroeconomic Question” September
2014-September 2016, Washington Center for Economic Growth, $56,000, role is PI
“Economic Well-being in Three Dimensions: Income, Consumption and Wealth.” Russell Sage Foundation,
$149,000, 2 years, January 2014-Decenber 2016; role is PI
“IRP ASPE/ACF National Poverty Fellows Program”, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
$1.5 million total, 3 year award, September 30, 2013–September 2016; role is co-PI, 2013-2015
“IRP Poverty Center Core Grant” supported by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $4.0 million
total, 5 year award, September 30, 2011–September 2016; role is PI, 2011-2014.
“How Housing Matters” supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, $650,000, January 1,
2011–December 31, 2013; role is Co-PI.
“IRP Core Support” supported by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, $850,000, September 1, 2009–
May 31, 2011; role is PI.
“CRITA: Cross-national Research in the Transmission of Advantage” Russell Sage Foundation, PW Charitable
Trusts and Sutton Trust, $789,000, July 1, 2009–September 30, 2010; role is Co-PI.
“LMICS: The Luxembourg Middle Income Countries Study” supported by National Science Foundation; period
of support: July 1, 2008–June 30, 2012, Amount: $899,963—role is PI.
“Visiting Scholar” supported by Russell Sage Foundation, period of support: September 2007-July 2008. Amount:
$132,000—role is PI.
“Comparative Intergenerational Mobility” supported by Sutton Trust (UK), period September 2008-September
2009, $47,000—role is Co-PI.
“IRP Core Support” supported by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, amount $450,000, period
August 1, 2008–July 31, 2009—role is principal investigator.
Plus four conference grants to IRP for 2008–2009, totaling more than $80,000 from Russell Sage Foundation;
Pew Trusts; SOFI-EQUALSOC, Sweden; Columbia University Centers on Population and Policy; Center
for Research on Fathers, Children, and Family Well-Being—role is PI for all. “Older Women’s Economic
Security: the Five Legged Stool in Cross-National Perspective” (Principal Investigator), supported by
Retirement Research Consortium at Boston College or Social Security Administration at $148,275 from
October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007.
“Is American Higher Education a Vehicle for Social Mobility?” (principal investigator, with R. Haveman and K.
Wilson), supported by the Russell Sage Foundation at $157,734 from January 1, 2006–June 30, 2007.
“European Union Center” (with P. Hermann and others), supported by European Commission, Global Affairs
Institute, at $500,000 from September 2001 through August 2004; renewed through August 31, 2007.
“Cross-National Comparisons of Wealth Status in Retirement: First Results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study
(LWS)” (principal investigator), supported by Retirement Research Consortium at Boston College or
Social Security Administration at $145,792 from October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006.
“U.S. Participation in the Development of a Transnational Database” (principal investigator), supported by
National Science Foundation at $157,500 from October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2007.
“Working Time and Economic Wellbeing across Countries: Working Parents & Older Workers in Comparative
Perspective” (co-investigator with J. C. Gornick, G. Burtless, and L. Sayer), supported by Sloan
Foundation at $45,092 from December 2004–December 2007.
“Luxembourg Wealth Study” (PI) supported by the National Science Foundation at $25,000 from September
2004–December 2007.
“Core Support for the Luxembourg Income Study Home Office” (PI), supported by the Ford Foundation, at
$325,000 from July 1997–June 2001; at $150,000 from July 2001–June 2005; at $150,000 from October
2004–September 2007.
“John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Grant for Network on the Family and the Economy” (principal
investigator, with seven others), supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, at
$1,500,000 for period July 1998 through May 2000; renewed for period June 2001–December 2005.
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“Consumption of the Elderly” (principal investigator with J. Johnson, B. B. Torrey, J. Fischer) supported by
Boston College or the Social Security Administration at $113,814 from Oct. 1, 2004–Sept. 30, 2005.
“Economic Inequality, Public Goods Provision, and Social Outcomes: National and Cross-National Differences”
(principal investigator), supported by Russell Sage Foundation, at $221,100 from July 2001–May 2004.
Other Professional Activities
A. Conference Program Committees:
Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ), 2007
Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, 1999, 1996, 2009, 2012, 2013
International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, 2006 (Conference Program Committee Chair);
Program Committee 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010
Population Association of America, 2016,2006, 1995, 2006, 2011
International Association for Research on Income and Wealth (IARIW), 2016, 2014, 2012; Program Committee
Chair, 2005–2006.
B. Editorial Boards and Editorships:
Current:
Advisory Board, Journal of Human Resources, 2015 to present
Child and Youth Services Review (Editorial Board, December 2004–present);
Journal of Economic Inequality (Editorial board, 2001–present);
Journal of Income Distribution (Editorial Board, September 2006–present);
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (Editorial board, 2003–present);
Poverty and Income Distribution and Income Assistance Social Insurance Research Network (SIRN) (Co-Editor
in Chief, 2004–present);
Review of Income and Wealth (Editorial board, 1987–present);
Previous:
Journal of Gerontology Social Science (Editorial board, 1993–1997; 2001–2010);
European Journal of Social Policy (editorial board, 1990–2000);
The Gerontologist (editorial board, 1988–1991);
Schmollers Jahrbuch (Journal of Applied Social Sciences) (co-editor, 1999-2012)
C. Referee/Reviewer:
American Economic Review; American Journal of Community Psychology; American Sociological Review;
Australian Research Council (ARC); Cambridge University Press; Demography; Economic Development and
Cultural Change; Economic Inquiry; The Economic Journal; Economics and Social Research Council (ESRC);
Elsevier-North Holland Press; Empirical Economics; European Journal of Social Policy; Feminist Economics;
The Gerontologist; Health Affairs; International Economic Review; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation Summer Fellowship Program; Journal of Aging and Social Policy; Journal of Comparative
Economics; Journal of Comparative Policy Studies; Journal of Consumer Affairs; Journal of Economic
Literature; Journal of Gerontology; Journal of Health Economics; Journal of Human Resources; Journal of
Income Distribution; Journal of Official Statistics; Journal of Policy Analysis and Management; Journal of
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Public Economics; PLOS One; Labour Economics; Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly/Health and Society;
Population and Development Review; Research on Aging; Review of Economics and Statistics; Review of Income
and Wealth; Russell Sage Foundation; Scandinavian Journal of Economic; Science; Social Science Quarterly;
Society for Research in Child Development/Social Policy Reports; WT Grant Foundation.
D. Consultant:
WT Grant Foundation, Gates Foundation; Educational Testing Service; American Association of Retired
Persons; American Demographics; Anglo German Foundation of the USA, Washington, DC; Australian Research
Consortium (ARC); Blackwell Publishers; Cambridge University Press; Canadian Policy Research Institute,
Ottawa; Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS); Commonwealth Fund; Congressional
Budget Office (CBO); Economic and Social Research Council, UK; Inter-American Development Bank; InterUniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR); John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation; Joint Center for Political Studies; Katholik University of Louvain (Louvain-la-Neube), Antwerp,
Belgium; Milbank Memorial Fund; National Academy on an Aging Society; National Academy of Sciences
(Committee on Population; Committee on National Statistics); National Commission on Children; National
Institute on Aging; National Science Foundation; New York State Office for the Aging; Nuffield Foundation;
Office of Economic Cooperation and Development; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD, Paris); Oxford University Press; Pew Memorial Trust; Progressive Policy Institute, Washington;
Retirement Research Foundation, Washington, DC; Rockefeller Foundation; Russell Sage Foundation; Smith
Richardson Foundation; Social Science and Humanities Research, Ottawa, Canada; Social Science Research
Council, New York; Social Science Quarterly; Statistical Office of the European Economic Commission; Swedish
Council; United Nations Human Development Report, New York; U.S. Bureau of the Census; U.S. Congressional
Budget Office; U.S. Government Accounting Office; U.S. National Institute on Aging; U.S. Social Security
Administration; University of Pennsylvania Press; W.T. Grant Foundation.
E. Professional Organizations and Offices Held
American Economic Association
American Statistical Association
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (Policy Council, 1990–1994)
Conference on Research in Income and Wealth, National Bureau of Economic Research (elected member, 1986)
European Society for Population Economics
The Gerontological Society of America (Chair of interest group on Economics of Aging, 1989–1990; Chair of
Public Policy Committee, 1999–2000;Co Chair, Task Force on Women, 1998–2000)
International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (President and Chair, Board of Directors, 2002–
2004; Council of Directors, 1996-present; Chair Conference Program Committee, 2006)
National Academy of Sciences, Division Committee for the Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education
(elected member, 2003–present)
National Academy of Social Insurance (elected member, 1989; Membership Committee, 1996–1999)
Population Association of America (Committee on Population Statistics, 1999–2003)
Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (Advisory Board, 2008-2011)