Faculty Affiliate Marieka Klawitter, Associate Professor at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, studies public policies that affect work and income, including the effects of child support policies, welfare policies, and anti-discrimination policies for sexual orientation. She is currently involved with studies of welfare reform, asset building for low income families, and labor market outcomes for gay and lesbian workers.

Major Research Projects:

• Diversities in Health Disparities: The Impact of Sexual Orientation, Race, Ethnicity, Income, and Age
• Review of WorkFirst Sanction Policies

Sample Publications:

• “The effects of sexual orientation and marital status on how couples hold their money. 2008. Review of Economics of the Household, 6(4), 423-446.
• Final Report: Sanction Policies in Washington’s WorkFirst Program. Report to Washington State WorkFirst SubCabinet (Klawitter, Meyers, Harper, Lindhorst). July 2007.
• Klawitter, Marieka. with Maria Cancian, Daniel Meyer, Anu Rangarajan, Geoffrey Wallace, and Robert Wood , "Income and program participation among early TANF recipients: The evidence from New Jersey, Washington, and Wisconsin". Focus (Institute for Research on Poverty) (2003). Vol. 22(3).
• "Do Psychosocial Characteristics Affect Socioeconomic Outcomes?: The Case of Welfare Use by Young Women". (with M. Edwards and R. Plotnick), Social Science Quarterly (2001).

Contact Information:

Marieka Klawitter
Email: marieka@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://evans.washington.edu/faculty-staff/bios/current-hz/klawitter
Marieka Klawitter’s CV: PDF