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Teachers College, Columbia University
Teachers College
Columbia University
The Campaign for Educational Equity
The Campaign for Educational Equity
Fall 2005 Symposium on the “Social Costs of Inadequate Education”
Fall 2005 Symposium on the “Social Costs of Inadequate Education”

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October 24th and 25th at  Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University

Irwin Garfinkel


Columbia University

Presentation Topic:

  • Diversity and the Demographic Dividend: Achieving Educational Equity in an Aging White Society [Summary]

Irwin Garfinkel is the Mitchell I. Ginsberg Professor of Contemporary Urban Problems and chair of the Social Indicators Survey Center at the Columbia University School of Social Work. He has authored or co-authored over 150 scientific articles and eleven books on poverty, income transfers, program evaluation, and child support. His most recent book is entitled Fathers Under Fire: The Revolution in Child Support Enforcement . His research on child support influenced legislation in Wisconsin and other American states, the US Congress, Great Britain , Australia , and Sweden . He is currently the co-principal investigator of the New York City Social Indicators Survey and the Fragile Families and Child Well being Study. In 2003, he was awarded the Flynn prize for outstanding scientific contributions to social work. Recent publications include:

  • Carlson, Marcia, Irwin Garfinkel, Sara McLanahan, Ronald Mincy, and Wendell Primus. 2004 “The Effects of Welfare and Child Support Policies on Union Formation.” Population and Policy Review, 23 (5/6): 513-542.
  • Irwin Garfinkel, Lee Rainwater, and Timothy Smeeding, “Welfare State Expenditures and the Distribution of Child Opportunities” presented at the Conference on “Supporting Children: English-Speaking Countries in International Context” Princeton University, January 7- 9, 2004, forthcoming in Supporting Children: English-Speaking Countries in International Context , edited by Nancy Folbre, Irwin Garfinkel, Sara McLanahan, and Timothy Smeeding, submitted to Russell Sage Foundation.
  • Irwin Garfinkel, Howard Chernick, Marilyn Sinkewicz, and Patrick Villeneuve, “Social Welfare Expenditures in New York City and Beyond” forthcoming in New York City and the Welfare State , edited by Irwin Garfinkel and Marcia Meyers, submitted to Russell Sage Foundation.

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