Jim Sullivan
Associate Professor of Economics
Office: 447 Flanner Hall
Phone: 574-631-7587
Email: sullivan.197@nd.edu
Areas of Expertise
Poverty, unemployment
Sullivan’s research examines the consumption, saving and borrowing behavior of poor households in the U.S., and how welfare and tax policy affects the well-being of the poor. He is a research affiliate of the National Poverty Center, and his most recent work examines changes in consumption and income poverty in the U.S. over the past three decades. His research has been supported by grants from the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was a recipient of the W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Dissertation Award in 2003. His work has been published in the American Economic Review and in the and Journal of Policy Analysis Management, among others.
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ND NEWSWIRE ARTICLES
Study shows official measures of American poverty off-base
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IN THE NEWS
NBC—There may be millions more poor people in the US than you think
New York Times—Another Way to Slice the Data
Freakonomics—What’s the Best Way to Measure Poverty: Income or Consumption?
New York Times—Another Way to Slice the Data
Huffington Post—Penn State Scandal Presents a Teachable Moment
Chicago Tribune—What Occupy Wall Street is getting totally wrong
Wall Street Journal—Gloom Widespread as College Grads Face New Math
Wall Street Journal—Economy, Politics Fan American Discontent
Freakonomics—What’s the Best Way to Measure Poverty: Income or Consumption?
Inside Higher Ed—Readjusting the Poverty Level
CNN.com—How Census gets it wrong on poverty
Christian Science Monitor—Poverty Rate:Are Americans really Poorer than in 1960?
Christian Science Monitor—The new poor and the almost-poor: Will the poverty rate climb more?
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