Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan
Joan and Sanford Weill hallOur working papers present new faculty research supported by Poverty Solutions and analysis authored by Poverty Solutions staff. Many of these working papers are under review for publication in an academic journal.
Working papers published by the National Poverty Center previously housed at U-M are linked at the bottom of the page.
This report takes stock of Michigan evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic and recommendations for reforms aimed at reducing the number of eviction filings, creating a fairer and more just eviction process, and reducing the harm of eviction filings.
Paid plasma donation has become a common economic coping strategy among Americans with low incomes. This study examines the socioeconomic characteristics of the communities where blood plasma centers are situated.
For many low- and moderate- income Detroiters, the necessary ingredients for financial health and financial stability are out of reach. Indeed, just over half of Detroit residents are either financially insecure (32%) or in financial trouble (24%).
By Elizabeth Benton, Margaret Dewar, Robert Goodspeed, and Robert Gillett
By Sara Heller
By Richard Rodems and Fabian Pfeffer
By Rachael Kohl
By Analidis Ochoa, H. Luke Shaefer, and Andrew Grogan-Kaylor
By Patrick Meehan, Marquan Jackson, Alize Asberry Payne, and Trina Shanks
By Ryan Ruggiero, Josh Rivera, and Patrick Cooney
By Poverty Solutions’ Detroit Partnership for Economic Mobility team
By Afton Branche-Wilson and Patrick Cooney
By H. Luke Shaefer and Joshua Rivera
By Pinghui Wu, Joshua Rivera, and Samiul Jubaed
By Katherine Michelmore and Natasha V. Pilkauskas
By Robert Goodspeed, Kyle Slugg, Margaret Dewar, and Elizabeth Benton
By Terri Friedline, SeYoung Oh, Thomas Klemm, and Jase Kugiya
By Chris Warland and Melissa Young
By Michael Evangelist and H. Luke Shaefer
By Harry Holzer and Joshua Rivera
By Joshua Akers and Eric Seymour
By Stephanie S. Moore, Michael Gordon, Elise Gahan, and Julie Gowda
By Xiang Yan, Xilei Zhao, Yuan Han, Pascal Van Hentenryck, and Tawanna Dillahunt
By H. Luke Shaefer, Kathryn Edin, Vincent Fusaro, and Pinghui Wu
By Taylor A. Begley, Umit G. Gurun, Amiyatosh Purnanandam, and Daniel Weagley
By Alexa Eisenberg, Roshanak Mehdipanah, Ted Phillips, and Michele Oberholtzer
By William Elliott, Nicholas Sorensen, Megan O’Brien, Elizabeth Berland, and Briana Starks
By Eleanor Martin, Christina Weiland, and Lindsay C. Page
By H. Luke Shaefer and Joshua Rivera
By Jeremy Lapedis, Edith C. Kieffer, Carrie Rheingans, and Marianne Udow-Phillips
By Natasha Pilkauskas, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, and Jane Waldfogel
By Deborah A. Phillips, Anna D. Johnson, Christina Weiland, and Jane E. Hutchison
By Taylor A. Begley and Amiyatosh Purnanandam
By Christine Robinson, Trina Shanks, and Patrick Meehan