Senior Faculty Affiliate and Principal Investigator Marcia K. Meyers, Professor, School of Social Work and Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, studies U.S. welfare, child care and work/family reconciliation policies. Her current poverty-related research focuses on income and social disparities in early childhood education and state-level variation in the adequacy and inclusiveness of social welfare policies.

Major Research Projects:

• West Coast Poverty Center
• Review of WorkFirst Sanction Policies

Sample Publications

• Magnuson, K. A.; Meyers, M. K.; Waldfogel, J.  "Public Funding and Enrollment in Formal Child Care in the 1990s", The Social Service Review (2007), 81: 1, 47.Gornick, J. C.; Meyers, M. K. "L'egalite des sexes : un enjeu pour les reformes - Entre travail remunere et responsabilites familiales, le role des Etats providence - Un regard americain sur la prise en compte du care dans les politiques sociales europeennes". Revue Franu’caise des Affaires Sociales (2006) . Cahier de jurisprudence. Emploi-travail., 60: 1, 187.
• Heintze, T. C.; Meyers, M. K.; Berger, L. M.; Naidich, W. B.  "Housing Assistance and Employment: How Far-Reaching Are the Effects of Rental Subsidies?". The Social Service Review (2006).  80: 4, 635.
• Meyers, M. K.; Jordan, L. P. "Choice and Accommodation in Parental Child Care Decisions". Journal of the Community Development Society (2006), 37: 2, 53.
• Durfee, A. and Meyers, M.K. "Who Gets What from Government? Distributional Consequences of Child Care Assistance Policies". Journal of Marriage and Family (2006), 68:733-748.

Contact Information:

Marcia K. Meyers
Email: mkm36@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://depts.washington.edu/sswweb/directory/p.php?id=60
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