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Professors discuss efficacy of cash transfer policies

March 27, 2026 Michigan Daily
U-M professors on the student moderator for The Debate on Cash Transfers panel held March 25, 2026, at the Ford School.
U-M professors on the student moderator for The Debate on Cash Transfers panel held March 25, 2026, at the Ford School.

University of Michigan community members, students and faculty gathered in the Ford School of Public Policy Wednesday afternoon to attend "The debate about cash transfers," a panel on the impacts of cash transfer programs — which provide direct payments to economically disadvantaged groups.

Natasha Pilkauskas

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Natasha Pilkauskas

Associate Faculty Director, Poverty Solutions; Professor of Public Policy
Kristin Seefeldt

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Kristin Seefeldt

Faculty Director of Poverty Solutions; Associate Professor of Social Work; Associate Professor of Public Policy; Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
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Sumit Agarwal

Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Medical School and School of Public Health
Katherine Michelmore

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Katherine Michelmore

Associate Professor of Public Policy; Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
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Sarah Miller

Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy; Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy; Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research.