Sheldon Danziger

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Sheldon H. Danziger
Sheldon Danziger at Ford School.jpg
Danziger speaks at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy in 2012
Born (1948-09-30) September 30, 1948 (age 72)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
Doctoral studentsAriel Kalil

Sheldon H. Danziger (born September 30, 1948) is an American economist, focusing in trends in poverty and inequality, and the effects of economic and demographic changes and government social programs on disadvantaged groups, currently the Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at University of Michigan and an Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1][2][3]

He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008. [4][5]

Background[]

Danziger received his B.A. from Columbia University and his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was on faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the Director of the Institute for Research on Poverty from 1983-1988 before joining the faculty at the University of Michigan in 1998.[5]

Writing[5][]

American Unequal (co-author, 1995)

Detroit Divided (co-author 2000)

References[]

  1. ^ "Fellows". aapss.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  2. ^ "Sheldon Danziger". umich.edu. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "Sheldon H. Danziger". umich.edu. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  4. ^ "Sheldon Danziger named 2008 Guggenheim Fellow | Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC)". www.psc.isr.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Sheldon Danziger". Retrieved 2021-06-29.

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