Institute for Research on Poverty
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| Established | March 1966 |
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| Research type | Applied |
Field of research | Economics |
| Director | Katherine Magnuson |
| Location | Madison, Wisconsin, United States |
| Campus | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Website | www |
The Institute for Research on Poverty is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute at the University of Wisconsin–Madison dedicated to studying poverty and economic inequality. It was established in March 1966, as a result of an agreement between UW–Madison and the Office of Economic Opportunity.[1] It is the oldest center for poverty research still active in the United States,[2] and had over 150 faculty affiliates from universities across the United States (as of 2017).[3]
The key figure behind its founding was Robert Lampman, a professor of economics at UW–Madison, who also served as the Institute's interim director.[1][4] Lampman did not expect the Institute to last for very long, as he thought poverty in the United States would be eliminated soon after its founding.[5]
