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Former Institute advisor Kathryn Edin Princeton University spent years chronicling what life is like for America's poorest families. Now she discusses her work on America's most deeply disadvantaged places and their distinctive economic and social structures: bit.ly/3PVriIg

Listen to @profshaefer discuss research in rural communities, valuing people's dignity & #TheInjusticeOfPlace on a recent episode of the Evidence In Action podcast with Sarah Rosen Wartell of Urban Institute !

Exciting #FFNews: The **NEW** Year 22 public data will be available on March 25! This seventh wave of data collection includes a young adult and a primary caregiver survey, examining the focal child’s emergence into early adulthood. #LongitudinalStudy #FFData 🧵...

Join me along with @profshaefer, Tim Nelson, Angus Deaton, Jen Jennings, PhD, and more on 4/15 at Princeton University for a Book Symposium on #TheInjusticeOfPlace! For more info: tinyurl.com/42tv44a8

ICYMI, we recently spoke with @profshaefer about his latest book. In it, he and his co-authors use a measure called the Index of Deep Disadvantage that takes into account income, health, and social mobility for a more nuanced profile of communities facing challenges. Listen ▼

Yesterday, my legislative assistant Raina participated in the "Injustice of Place Book Symposium" at @princeton with Kathryn Edin, Tim Nelson, and @ProfShaefer to discuss the unseen complexities of extreme poverty. NJ12 is blessed to have such talented & committed poverty fighters.

On a NEW EPISODE of the podcast, poverty researchers Kathryn Edin, @profshaefer, and Tim Nelson explain how centuries of resource extraction and racism have impoverished rural regions: commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/diagno…

Exciting news! We’ve confirmed co-authors of The Injustice of Place, Kathryn Edin and Tim Nelson to speak at this year’s Summer Symposium. Register now and join us in Chicago for dynamic conversation about the past and future of #affordablehousing! nahro.org/summer

Work of a terrific collaborative team! With Rachel Brown-Weinstock, Susan Clampet-Lundquist, Sarah Pachman, Tim Nelson, Vicki Yang, Kathryn Edin, Matthew Salganik | @msalganik.bsky.social. Made possible with Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study data!

Why are some life outcomes hard to predict? Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study researchers Ian Lundberg, Tim Nelson, Kathryn Edin, Matthew Salganik | @msalganik.bsky.social et. al. explored this in their new paper. tinyurl.com/y4dxbw3f (1/3)

This project was the work of a wonderful team. Thanks to my co-authors Ian Lundberg, Rachel Brown-Weinstock, Susan Clampet-Lundquist, Sarah Pachman, Tim Nelson, Vicki Yang, Kathryn Edin. Made possible with Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study data!

This is a level of going viral I haven’t experienced before 😂

In light of Louisiana’s recent decision to require that the 10 commandments be posted in every public classroom, I’m reminded of this astute observation from Kurt Vonnegut.

To conservative Christians, "What Would Jesus Do?" is an exercise in reverse psychology.

“All literature is contemporary to the reader who knows how to read.” — Nicolás Gómez Dávila

When it comes to poverty in America many think about the low-income communities in big cities, reports David Martin Davies - voting present by proxy Texas Public Radio. But in fact, poverty has become entrenched in rural America. tpr.org/podcast/the-so…

At our lunchtime plenary, sociologists Kathryn Edin and Tim Nelson, authors of The Injustice of Place (which all #SummerSymposium attendees get a free e-copy of!) discuss their research and findings with NAHRO President George Guy and SVP Sean Gilbert.

Check out our new research brief from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study Year 22 study! Of the 12% of young adults who reported CPS involvement with their family before age 18, 29% reported ever being in an out-of-home placement. Explore more findings here: tinyurl.com/22tzwn3u

Excited to share new work at #ASA2024 on Monday @ 4pm in the Qual Methods session in 513F. We draw on interviews with 99 READI Chicago participants as evidence of our hypothesis: trauma is a hidden problem of poverty in America. Kathryn Edin 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 Tim Nelson

A new study using Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study data found that poverty at birth predicts epigenetic changes at age 15. This was seen in males but not females, highlighting the need to explore sex differences and poverty’s long-term epigenetic effects. tinyurl.com/3h54cjz8#FFpubs