Timothy M. Smeeding
Director, Institute for Research on Poverty
Background
Tim Smeeding is the Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and director of the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP). He is the founder and director emeritus of the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), which he began in 1983. He was awarded an honorary degree by Stockholm University for his work with the LIS in September, 2008. His recent work in aging has involved three Journal of Gerontology articles (2007, 2008, 2009) on measuring well being amongst the elderly, including poverty, inequality and wealth status; and one forthcoming (2009) Journal of Policy Analysis and Management paper on asset poverty across and within nations. His recent work also has been on inequality, wealth, and poverty amongst the elders, children and young unmarried families, including the children of immigrants in a cross-national context.
Dr. Smeeding earned a B.A. at Canisius College, and a M.A. at the University of Connecticut, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin.
Research Projects for the Center for Retirement Research
Completed
"Older Women's Income and Wealth Packages in Cross-National Perspective" (with Janet C. Gornick, Eva Sierminska, and Maurice Leach), Working Paper, #2008-1, February 2008.
"Cross-National Comparison of Income and Wealth Status in Retirement: First Results from the Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS)" (with Eva Sierminska and Andrea Brandolini) Working Paper, #2007-3, February 2007.
"The Retirement Consumption Conundrum: Evidence from a Consumption Survey" (with Jonathan Fisher, David S. Johnson, Joseph Marchand and Barbara Boyle Torrey) Working Paper, #2005-14, December 2005.
"Poverty and Income Maintenance in Old Age: A Cross-National View of Low Income Older Women" (with Susanna Sandstrom) Working Paper, #2004-29, November 2004.
"Sliding into Poverty? Cross-National Patterns of Income Source Change and Income Decay in Old Age" (with James M. Williamson) Working Paper, #2004-25, November 2004.
"Income Maintenance in Old Age: Current Status and Future Prospects for Rich Countries" Working Paper, #2002-11, December 2002.
"The Senior Income Guarentee (SIG): A New Proposal to Reduce Poverty Among the Elderly" (with R. Kent Weaver), Working Paper, #2001-12, December 2001
"Income Maintenance in Old Age: What Can be Learned from Cross-National Comparisons" (with assistance from James Williamson), Working Paper, #2001-11, May 2001.
"Patterns of Time Use of People Age 55 to 64 Years Old: Some Cross-Naional Comparisons" (with Anne H. Gauthier), Working Paper, #2000-15, December 2000
"Who Are the Poor Elderly? An Examination Using Alternative Poverty Measures" (with David S. Johnson), Working Paper, #2000-14, December 2000
"Social Security Reform: Improving Benefit Adequacy and Economic Security for Women" Working Paper, #1999-08, December 1999
Selected Publications
- Smeeding, Timothy, Brian Nolan, and Weimer Salverda, eds. 2009. The Oxford Handbook of Economic Inequality. Oxford University Press.
- Smeeding, Timothy, and Craig Parsons, eds. 2006. Immigration and the Transformation of Europe. Cambridge University Press.
- Smeeding, Timothy, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and Lee Rainwater. 2004. The Future of the Family. Russell Sage Foundation.
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