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DANIEL R. MEYER CURRICULUM VITAE

1141 Elizabeth, Madison, WI 53703 (608) 257-2578 (h) (608) 263-6335 (o)

drmeyer1@wisc.edu EDUCATION 1990 Ph.D., Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 1983 MSW/MBA, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 1977 BSSW/BSBA, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL POSITIONS SINCE LAST DEGREE 1990- School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin - Madison. Mary C. Jacoby Distinguished

Professor 2009-present; Director 2001-05, 2006-08; Professor 2000-present; Associate Professor 1996-2000; Assistant Professor 1990-1996.

1990- Affiliate, Institute for Research on Poverty and Center for Demography and Ecology, University of

Wisconsin – Madison. 1997-8 Visiting Scholar, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, England. 2006 1993 Researcher. US Department of Health and Human Services/Assistant Secretary for Planning and 1990-1 Evaluation. Assisted in developing model to predict costs and effects of welfare reforms.

Research on child support, poverty, and income transfer payments. 1991-4 Consultant. Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation. Developed and enhanced

microsimulation model that tested various welfare reforms for Canada and the U.S. RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles 2009 Kisun Nam, Maria Cancian, and Daniel R. Meyer. “How Program Participants Learn Program

Rules: Implications for Implementation and Evaluation.” Forthcoming in Social Service Review. Revised government report.

2008 Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Emma Caspar. “Welfare and Child Support: Complements,

Not Substitutes.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 27(2):354-375. Revised government report.

Expanded version of Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer, “Welfare and Child Support Policy: Who Should Benefit When Child Support Is Paid to TANF Families?” LaFollette Policy Report 16(2):3-7, 2006.

2008 Chi-Fang Wu, Maria Cancian, and Daniel R. Meyer. “Standing Still or Moving Up? Evidence

from Wisconsin on the Long-Term Employment and Earnings of TANF Participants.” Social Work

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Research 32(2):89-103. Presented at Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Research conference, Washington DC, November 2005.

2008 Daniel R. Meyer, Yoonsook Ha, and Mei-Chen Hu. “Do Higher Child Support Orders Discourage

Child Support Payments?” Social Service Review 82(1):93-118. Revised government report. 2007 Daniel R. Meyer, Maria Cancian, and Kisun Nam. “Welfare and Child Support Program

Knowledge Gaps Reduce Program Effectiveness.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 26(3):575-601. Revised government report.

2006 Christine Skinner and Daniel R. Meyer. “After All the Policy Reforms, Is Child Support Actually

Helping Low-Income Mothers?” Benefits, the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice 14(3):209-222. Presented at the Social Policy Association annual conference, Birmingham (UK) July 2006.

2006 Chi-Fang Wu, Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Geoffrey Wallace. “How Do Welfare

Sanctions Work?” Social Work Research, 30(1): 33-50. Earlier version presented at Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management conference November 2003.

2005 Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Chi-Fang Wu. “After the Revolution: Welfare Patterns since

TANF Implementation.” Social Work Research, 29:199-214. Revised chapter from government report.

Summarized and reprinted as “Welfare Patterns after the Welfare Revolution,” LaFollette Policy Report 15(2):1-2, 10-15, 2005-06.

2005 Daniel R. Meyer, Maria Cancian, and Steven Cook. “Multiple Partner Fertility: Incidence and

Implications for Child Support Policy.” Social Service Review, 79(4): 577-601. Presented at Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management conference November 2003. Revised government report.

2004 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “Alternative Measures of Economic Success among TANF

Participants: Avoiding Poverty, Hardship, and Dependence on Public Assistance.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 23(3):531-48. Presented at Population Association of America meeting May 2002.

Summarized and reprinted as “Economic Success among TANF Participants: How We Measure It Matters.” Focus 23(2): 9-13.

2004 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “Fathers of Children Receiving Welfare: Can They Provide

More Child Support?” Social Service Review, 78:179-206. Revised chapter from government report.

2003 Judi Bartfeld and Daniel R. Meyer. “Child Support Compliance among Discretionary and

Nondiscretionary Obligors.” Social Service Review, 77:347-72. Revised chapter from government report.

2002 Maria Cancian, Robert Haveman, Daniel R. Meyer, and Barbara Wolfe. “Before and after TANF:

The Economic Well-Being of Women Leaving Welfare.” Social Service Review, 76:603-42. Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management meeting November 1999. IRP Special Report 77. Condensed version in LaFollette Policy Report 13(1):11-17.

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2002 Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer and Geoffrey Wallace. “The Dynamics of TANF Participation in Wisconsin.” Journal of Applied Social Sciences, 25:57-75. Paper presented at the Annual Research Conference of the Association for Policy Analysis and Management, Seattle, WA, November 2000.

2002 Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian. “Ten Years Later: Economic Well-Being among those Who

Left Welfare.” Journal of Applied Social Sciences, 25:13-30. Paper presented at Midwest Deans and Directors of Social Work meetings, September 1999.

2000 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “Work after Welfare: Women’s Work Effort, Occupation, and

Economic Well-Being.” Social Work Research, 24:69-86. Presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference November 1997.

1999 Daniel R. Meyer and Mei-Chen Hu. "A Note on the Anti-Poverty Effectiveness of Child Support

among Mother-Only Families." Journal of Human Resources, 34: 225-34. 1998 Steven Garasky and Daniel R. Meyer. "Examining Cross-State Variation in the Increase in

Father-Only Families." Population Research and Policy Review, 17: 479-95. Presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, May 1996.

1998 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “Who Gets Custody?” Demography. 35:147-57. Paper

presented at 1997 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, March 1997. Condensed version reprinted in Focus 21(1):50-53.

1998 Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian. “Economic Well-Being Following an Exit from AFDC.”

Journal of Marriage and the Family. 60:479-92. Presented at Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management conference, Pittsburgh, October 1996.

1998 Daniel R. Meyer and Rebecca Yeun-Hee Kim. "Estimating a Proposed Family Policy’s Effects:

Incorporating Labor Supply Responses into the Estimated Effects of an Assured Child Support Benefit." Journal of Family Issues. 19:534-55. Final report submitted to the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, March 1994.

1998 Daniel R. Meyer and Judi Bartfeld. "Patterns of Child Support Payment in Wisconsin." Journal of

Marriage and the Family. 60:309-18. Presented at annual meeting of Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, November 1995. IRP Discussion Paper 1130-97.

1997 Daniel R. Meyer. "Health Insurance and Child Support." Health Affairs 16:207-17. Revised

version of Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper 94-1042. 1996 Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian. "Life after Welfare: A Recent Study Looks at the Economic

Well-Being of Women and Children following an Exit from AFDC." Public Welfare. 54(4):25- 29. Condensed version of Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper 1101-96. Similar version published in The LaFollette Policy Report, Winter 1997, 8(1).

1996 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. "Changing Policy, Changing Practice: Mothers' Incomes

and Child Support Orders." Journal of Marriage and the Family. 58:618-27. Revised version of a final report to the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, December 1994. Condensed version titled “The Effects of Mothers’ Incomes on Child Support Orders in Wisconsin,” in The LaFollette Policy Report, Fall 1995, 7(1).

1996 Rebecca Y. Kim, Irwin Garfinkel, and Daniel R. Meyer. "Is the Whole Greater than the Sum of

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the Parts? Interaction Effects of Three Non-Income-Tested Transfers for Families with Children." Social Work Research. 20:274-85.

Reprinted as pages 309-25 in Social Policy: Reform, Research, and Practice. Patricia L. Ewalt, Edith M. Freeman, Stuart A. Kirk, and Dennis L. Poole, eds. Washington, DC: NASW Press.

1996 Steven Garasky and Daniel R. Meyer. "Reconsidering the Increase in Father-Only Families."

Demography. 33:385-93. 1996 Kathleen A. Kost, Daniel R. Meyer, Tom Corbett, and Patricia R. Brown. "Revising Old Child

Support Orders: The Wisconsin Experience." Family Relations. 45:19-26. 1996 Daniel R. Meyer and Judi Bartfeld. "Compliance with Child Support Orders in Divorce Cases."

Journal of Marriage and the Family. 58:201-12. Revised version of a final report submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, June 1994.

1996 Daniel R. Meyer, Judi Bartfeld, Irwin Garfinkel, and Pat Brown. "Child Support Reform: Lessons

from Wisconsin." Family Relations. 46:11-18. Earlier title "An Evolving Child Support System." Focus. 16(1):1-14. Paper originally presented at the Canadian Employment Research Forum Workshop on Labour Markets and Income Support in Vancouver, BC.

1995 David H. Greenberg, David Long, Daniel Meyer, Charles Michalopoulos, and Philip K. Robins.

"Using Microsimulation to Help Design Pilot Demonstrations: An Illustration from the Canadian Self-Sufficiency Project." Evaluation Review. 19:687-706.

1995 Daniel R. Meyer. "Supporting Children Born Outside of Marriage: Do Child Support Awards

Keep Pace with Changes in Fathers' Incomes?" Social Science Quarterly. 76:577-93. Presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, October 1992.

Daniel R. Meyer. “Reply to Supporting Children Born Outside of Marriage: The Role of Social Scientists.” Social Science Quarterly. 78:774-5, 1997.

1994 Daniel R. Meyer and Steve Bartolomei-Hill. "The Adequacy of Supplemental Security Income

Benefits for Aged Individuals and Couples." The Gerontologist. 34(2):161-73, 1994. 1994 Judi Bartfeld and Daniel R. Meyer. "Are There Really Dead-Beat Dads? The Relationship

Between Ability to Pay, Enforcement, and Compliance in Nonmarital Child Support Cases." Social Service Review. 68(2):219-35, 1994. Paper presented at Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management meetings October 1992.

1993 Daniel R. Meyer and Steven Garasky. "Custodial Fathers: Myths, Realities, and Child Support

Policy." Journal of Marriage and the Family. 55:73-89, 1993. Condensed version published in Focus 14(2):12-15, 1992.

1993 Daniel R. Meyer. "Child Support and Welfare Dynamics: Evidence from Wisconsin."

Demography. 30:45-62, 1993. 1992 Irwin Garfinkel, Daniel R. Meyer, and Gary D. Sandefur. "The Effects of Alternative Child Support

Systems on Blacks, Hispanics, and Non-Hispanic Whites." Social Service Review. 66:505-523, 1992.

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1991 Daniel R. Meyer, Elizabeth Phillips, and Nancy L. Maritato. "The Effects of Replacing Income Tax Deductions for Children with Children's Allowances: A Microsimulation." Journal of Family Issues 12:467-91, 1991.

1990 Irwin Garfinkel, Daniel Meyer, and Patrick Wong. "The Potential of Child Care Tax Credits to

Reduce Poverty and Welfare Recipiency." Population Research and Policy Review. 9:45-63, 1990.

1990 Irwin Garfinkel, Philip K. Robins, Pat Wong, and Daniel R. Meyer. "The Wisconsin Child Support

Assurance System: Estimated Effects on Poverty, Labor Supply, Caseloads, and Costs." Journal of Human Resources. 25:1-31, 1990.

1985 Daniel R. Meyer and Michael W. Sherraden. "Toward Improved Financial Planning: Further

Applications of Break-Even Analysis in Not-for-Profit Organizations. Administration in Social Work, 9(3):57-68, 1985.

Books 2001 Ken Battle, Michael Mendelson, Daniel Meyer, Jane Millar and Peter Whiteford. Benefits for

Children: A Four Country Study. Ottowa, Canada: Caledon Institute; York, UK: Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Chapter 6, “Benefits for Children: The United States,” by Meyer.

1998 Irwin Garfinkel, Sara S. McLanahan, Daniel R. Meyer, and Judith A. Seltzer, eds. Fathers under

Fire: The Revolution in Child Support Enforcement. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Chapter 1: “A Brief History of Child Support Policy in the United States,” by Garfinkel, Meyer and McLanahan. Chapter 3: "The Effect of Child Support on the Economic Status of Nonresident Fathers,” by Meyer. (Earlier versions of Chapter 3 presented at the Population Association of America Conference, April 1995 and "The Effects of Child Support Enforcement on Non-Resident Fathers" conference, September 1995). Also “Introduction” and “Conclusion,” by Garfinkel, McLanahan, Meyer, and Seltzer.

Other Publications 2009 Daniel R. Meyer. “The Stimulus and Poverty: Tax and Transfer Programs in the Stimulus Bill.”

Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity Exclusive Commentary. http://www.spotlightonpoverty.org/ExclusiveCommentary.aspx?id=c1ca1cb3-5a57-4637-a3d2-1767a25bf63c April 13, 2009.

2008 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “Child Support Research and Shaping Public Policy”

LaFollette Policy Report 18(1): 31-32. 2007 Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Jennifer Roff. “Testing New Ways to Increase the Economic

Well-Being of Single-Parent Families: The Effects of Child Support Policies for Welfare Participants.” Institute for Research on Poverty DP 1330-07. Revised government report.

2006 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “Child Support and the Economy.” Pp. 338-365 (Chapter

12) in Working and Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes Are Affecting Low-Wage Workers, Rebecca Blank, Sheldon H. Danziger, and Robert F. Schoeni, eds. New York: Russell Sage.

2006 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “Welfare and Child Support Policy: Who Should Benefit

When Child Support is Paid to TANF Families?” LaFollette Policy Report 16(2):3-7.

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2004 Chi-Fang Wu, Maria Cancian and Daniel Meyer. “Sanction Policies and Outcomes in Wisconsin.” Focus 23(1):38-40.

2003 Maria Cancian, Marieka M. Klawitter, Daniel R. Meyer, Anu Rangarajan, Geoffrey Wallace, and

Robert G. Wood. “Income and Program Participation among Early TANF Recipients: The Evidence from New Jersey, Washington, and Wisconsin.” Focus 22(3):2-10. This paper draws on three papers presented at Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management meetings, November 2002, including Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer, “Toward a Cross-State Comparison of Income and Program Participation of Early TANF Participants: Evidence from Wisconsin.”

2003 Maria Cancian, Robert Haveman, Daniel R. Meyer, and Barbara Wolfe. “The Employment,

Earnings and Income of Single Mothers in Wisconsin Who Have Left Cash Assistance: Comparisons among Three Cohorts.” Institute for Research on Poverty Special Report #85. Paper presented at Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management meetings, November 2002.

2002 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “The Economic Circumstances of Fathers with Children on

W-2.” Focus 22(2):19-24. 2002 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “Responding to Changing Family Organization.” Focus,

22(1):87-92. 2001 Maria Cancian, Robert Haveman, Thomas Kaplan, Daniel Meyer, Ingrid Rothe, and Barbara

Wolfe, with Sandra Barone. “The Take-Up of Medicaid and Food Stamps by Welfare Leavers: The Case of Wisconsin.” Institute for Research on Poverty Special Report #79. (Previous title: “Before and after TANF: The Utilization of Noncash Public Benefits by Women Leaving Welfare in Wisconsin.”) Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management meeting November 2000.

2001 Judi Bartfeld and Daniel R. Meyer. “The Changing Role of Child Support among Never-Married

Mothers.” In Lawrence L. Wu and Barbara Wolfe, eds., Out of Wedlock: Causes and Consequences of Nonmarital Fertility. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Paper presented at the Institute for Research on Poverty Conference on Nonmarital Fertility, April 1999. Condensed version in Focus 21(1):31-33.

2001 Daniel R. Meyer. “Income Support for Children in the United States.” Focus, 21(3):38-41. 2000 Thomas Kaplan and Daniel R. Meyer. “Toward a Basic Impact Evaluation of the Wisconsin

Works Program.” In Evaluating Comprehensive State Welfare Reform: The Wisconsin Works Program, edited by Burt Barnow, Thomas Kaplan and Robit A. Moffitt. Albany, NY: Rockefeller Press.

2000 Daniel R. Meyer, Maria Cancian, and Emma Caspar. “Evaluating the Child Support Reforms in

the Wisconsin Works Program.” In Evaluating Comprehensive State Welfare Reform: The Wisconsin Works Program, edited by Burt Barnow, Thomas Kaplan and Robit A. Moffitt. Albany, NY: Rockefeller Press.

2000 Daniel R. Meyer. “Fathers and the Child Support System.” P. 88-109 in Child Support: The Next

Frontier, edited by Marygold Melli and J. Thomas Oldham. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

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2000 Ingrid Rothe and Daniel R. Meyer. “Setting Child Support Orders: Historical Approaches and Ongoing Struggles.” Focus, 21(1):58-63.

2000 Judith Cassetty, Maria Cancian, and Daniel R. Meyer. “Child Support Disregard and Pass-

through Policies.” Focus, 21(1):64-66. 2000 Anne Corden and Daniel R. Meyer. “Child Support Policy Regimes in the United States, United

Kingdom, and other Countries: Similar Issues, Different Approaches.” Focus, 21(1)72-79. 1999 Maria Cancian, Robert Haveman, Thomas Kaplan, Daniel Meyer, and Barbara Wolfe. “Work,

Earnings, and Well-Being after Welfare: What Do We Know?” P. 161-186 in Economic Conditions and Welfare Reform, edited by Sheldon Danziger. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute.

1999 Daniel R. Meyer. “Compliance with Child Support Orders in Paternity and Divorce Cases.” P.

127-157 in The Postdivorce Family, edited by Ross A. Thompson and Paul R. Amato. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Paper presented at “The Postdivorce Family: Research and Policy Issues” symposium, Lincoln, NB, May 30-31, 1997.

1999 Maria Cancian, Thomas Kaplan, and Daniel R. Meyer. “Outcomes for Low-Income Families

under the Wisconsin AFDC Program: Understanding the Baseline so that We Can Estimate the Effects of Welfare Reform.” Final Report to the Joyce Foundation, March 1999. Institute for Research on Poverty Special Report #76.

1997 Daniel R. Meyer and Amy Lynn Dworsky. “Estimated Effects of the Optional Review of Child

Support Orders for TANF Cases.” Institute for Research on Poverty Special Report #74, December 1997.

1997 Thomas Kaplan and Daniel R. Meyer. “Toward a Basic Impact Evaluation of the Wisconsin

Works Program.” In Institute for Research on Poverty Special Report #69, March 1997. Paper presented at Conference on Evaluating Comprehensive State Welfare Reform, Madison, November 1996. Condensed version in Focus 18(3): 33-41 (1997).

1996 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “A Profile of Wisconsin Welfare Recipients: Baseline Data.”

Focus 18:1, 58-62. 1996 Daniel R. Meyer. "The Economic Vulnerability of Midlife Single Parents." P. 77-102 in Carol D.

Ryff and Marsha Mailick Seltzer, eds. 1996. The Parental Experience in Midlife. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

1995 Judith A. Seltzer and Daniel R. Meyer. "Child Support and Children's Well-Being." In Child

Support: The Effects of the Current System on Families, edited by Karen Bogenschneider, Elizabeth Ragsdale, and Kirsten Linney. Wisconsin Family Impact Seminar Briefing Report. November 1995. Edited version in Focus 17(3):31-36 (1996).

1995 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. "A Profile of the AFDC Caseload in Wisconsin: Implications

for a Work-Based Welfare Reform Strategy." Institute for Research on Poverty Special Report 67. Condensed version titled: "What Do Mothers' Child Care Responsibilities and Education Level Mean for Work-Based Welfare Reform?"

1995 Daniel R. Meyer. "The Current Child Support System -- Status, Problems, and Prospects." in

IRP Special Report #65, "Strategies for Self-Sufficiency: Jobs, Earnings, Child Support and the

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Earned Income Tax Credit." (Welfare Reform in the 104th Congress, Congressional Forum III.) 1995 Daniel R. Meyer. "Review of Small Change: The Economics of Child Support." Social Service

Review. 69:368-370, 1995. 1995 Daniel R. Meyer. "Supplemental Security Income." p. 2379-85 in Encyclopedia of Social Work,

19th Edition. (1995). Washington, DC: NASW Press. 1992/4 Daniel R. Meyer, Irwin Garfinkel, Donald Oellerich, and Philip K. Robins. "Who Should Be

Eligible for an Assured Child Support Benefit?" In Irwin Garfinkel, Sara S. McLanahan, and Philip K. Robins, eds. 1992. Child Support Assurance. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press. Pages 159-188.

Also in Irwin Garfinkel, Sara S. McLanahan and Philip K. Robins, eds. 1994. Child Support and Child Well-Being. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press.

1992 Daniel R. Meyer. "Paternity and Public Policy." Focus 14(2):1-11. Also published as Chapter 1

in Paternity Establishment: A Public Policy Conference. Institute for Research on Poverty Special Report 56A. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin. Pages 1-30.

1992 Daniel R. Meyer. "Can Fathers Support Children Born Outside of Marriage? Data on Fathers'

Incomes Over Time." Chapter 7 in Paternity Establishment: A Public Policy Conference. Institute for Research on Poverty Special Report 56B. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin. Pages 223-263.

1992 Daniel R. Meyer. "Data Adjustments in the Child Support Supplement of the Current Population

Survey." Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper 976-92. Also Technical Analysis Paper 44 of the Office of Income Security Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services. June 1992.

1991 Daniel R. Meyer, Irwin Garfinkel, Philip K. Robins, and Donald Oellerich. "The Costs and Effects

of a National Child Support Assurance System." Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper 940-91.

1991 Irwin Garfinkel, Jan Hoem, Sara McLanahan and Dan Meyer. "Does an Emerging Underclass

Threaten to Undermine the Economic and Social Progress of Black Americans?" Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper 957-91.

Government Reports 2009 Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Steven Cook. 2009. “The Evolution of Family Complexity

from the Perspective of Children.” Report to the Wisconsin Bureau of Child Support. March 2009.

2008 Yoonsook Ha, Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Eunhee Han. 2008. “Factors Associated

with Nonpayment of Child Support.” Report to the Wisconsin Bureau of Child Support. September 2008.

2007 Yoonsook Ha, Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “The Regularity of Child Support and Its

Contribution to the Regularity of Income.” Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. April 2007.

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2006 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “Alternative Approaches to Child Support Policy in the

Context of Multiple-Partner Fertility.” Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. December 2006.

2006 Yoonsook Ha, Daniel R. Meyer, and Maria Cancian. “The Stability of Child Support Orders.”

Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. December 2006. 2005 Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Jen Roth. “The Effects of Child Support Pass-Through and

Disregard Policies.” Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. December 2005; revised April 2006.

2005 Yoonsook Ha, Daniel R. Meyer, and Mei-Chen Hu. “Do Higher Child Support Orders Discourage

Fathers from Paying Child Support?” Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. July 2005; revised December 2005.

2005 Kisun Nam, Maria Cancian, and Daniel R. Meyer. “Knowledge about Child Support Policy in a

Changing Environment.” Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. December 2005; revised February 2006.

2005 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “Effects of the Full Child Support Pass-Through/Disregard

on Marriage and Cohabitation.” Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. November 2005; revised June 2006.

2005 Hwa-Ok Park, Maria Cancian, and Daniel R. Meyer. “The Role of Child Support in the Economic

Well-Being of Custodial Mothers.” Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. August 2005; revised October 2005.

2005 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “Child Support: An Uncertain and Irregular Income

Source?” Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. December 2004; revised October 2005.

2004 Cynthia Miller, Mary Farrell, Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer. “The Interaction of Child Support

and TANF: Evidence from Samples of Current and Former Welfare Recipients.” Report to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

2004 Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Kisun Nam. “Child Support Policy: How Much Do Parents

Know? Who Knows More? Does It Matter?” Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. May 2004.

2003 Maria Cancian, Steven Cook, and Daniel R. Meyer. “Child Support in Complicated TANF

Families.” Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. October 2003. 2003 Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Hwa-Ok Park. “The Importance of Child Support for Low-

Income Families.” Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. July 2003. 2003 Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian. Additional authors: Emma Caspar, Steven Cook, Thomas

Kaplan, and Victoria Mayer. “W-2 Child Support Demonstration Evaluation Phase 2: Final Report.” Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. July 2003.

2003 Hwa-Ok Park, Maria Cancian, and Daniel R. Meyer. “The Importance of Child Support for Low-

Income Families: Evidence from Families Participating in TANF in Wisconsin.” Policy brief

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prepared for the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. March 2003. 2002 Mei-Chen Hu and Daniel R. Meyer. “Child Support Orders and Payments: Do Lower Orders

Result in Higher Payments?” Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. September 2002. Revised March 2003.

2002 Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian. Summary of Nonexperimental and Experimental Impact

Analyses of the Full Disregard and Pass-Through. Volume 1 of Nonexperimental Analyses of the Full Disregard and Pass-Through.. Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. March 2002.

2002 Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian. “Can Nonresident Fathers of Children Receiving TANF

Provide More Child Support?” Volume 2, Chapter 1 of Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian, Nonexperimental Analyses of the Full Disregard and Pass-Through. Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. March 2002.

2002 Judith Cassetty, Maria Cancian, and Daniel Meyer. “Child Support Disregard Policies and

Program Outcomes: An Analysis of Data from the OCSE” Volume 3, Chapter 1 of Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian, Nonexperimental Analyses of the Full Disregard and Pass-Through. Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. March 2002.

2002 Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian. “Exploring Potential Effects of a Child Support Pass-

Through and Disregard: Did Formal Child Support Payments Change when Mothers Went on and off AFDC?” Volume 3, Chapter 2 of Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian, Nonexperimental Analyses of the Full Disregard and Pass-Through. Report for the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. March 2002. Earlier report December 1999.

2001 Maria Cancian, Judith Cassetty, Steven Cook and Daniel R. Meyer. “Placement Outcomes for Children of Divorce in Wisconsin.” Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. December 2001.

2001 Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian. W-2 Child Support Demonstration Evaluation, Phase 1:

Final Report. Volume 1: Effects of the Experiment. April 2001. Additional Authors: Judi Bartfeld, Patricia R. Brown, Emma Caspar, Steven Cook, Thomas Corbett, Robert Haveman, Thomas Kaplan, Margaret L. Krecker, Arthur Reynolds, Gary Sandefur, Nora Cate Schaeffer, Judith A. Seltzer, Barbara Wolfe, and James Ziliak. Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

2001 Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian, editors. W-2 Child Support Demonstration Evaluation,

Phase 1: Final Report. Volume 1I: The Well-Being of W-2 Families. April 2001. Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

2001 Judi Bartfeld and Daniel R. Meyer. “Child Support among W-2 Participants.” Chapter 2 in Daniel

R. Meyer and Maria Cancian, editors. W-2 Child Support Demonstration Evaluation, Phase 1: Final Report. Volume 1I: The Well-Being of W-2 Families. April 2001. Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

2001 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “Program Participation of Mothers on W-2.” Chapter 4 in

Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian, editors. W-2 Child Support Demonstration Evaluation, Phase 1: Final Report. Volume 1I: The Well-Being of W-2 Families. April 2001. Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

2001 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “Mothers’ Income and Economic Well-Being.” Chapter 6 in

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Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian, editors. W-2 Child Support Demonstration Evaluation, Phase 1: Final Report. Volume 1I: The Well-Being of W-2 Families. April 2001. Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

2001 Maria Cancian, Emma Caspar, and Daniel R. Meyer. “Experimental Design.” Technical Report 1

in Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian. W-2 Child Support Demonstration Evaluation, Phase 1: Final Report. Volume 1II: Technical Reports. April 2001. Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

2000 Maria Cancian, Daniel Meyer and Cynthia White. “The Importance of Child Support in Leavers’

Post-Welfare Incomes.” Report for the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. June 2000.

1999 Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “Child Support and the W-2 Self Sufficiency Ladder:

Patterns and Implications.” Report for the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. December 1999.

1999 Judith Cassetty, Maria Cancian, and Daniel R. Meyer. “Child Support Pass-Through and

Disregard Policies: Variation over Time and States.” Report for the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. December 1999.

1999 Daniel R. Meyer and Pedro Hernandez. “Enforcement Tools and Long-Term Compliance with

Child Support Orders in Wisconsin.” Preliminary report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, January 1999. Revised paper presented at the 1999 Population Association of America annual meeting. Final report for the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, December 1999.

1999 Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian. With Judi Bartfeld, Emma Caspar, Robert Haveman,

Thomas Kaplan, and Gary Sandefur. “Initial Findings from the W-2 Child Support Demonstration Evaluation.” Report for the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. July 1999.

1998 Daniel R. Meyer, Mei-Chen Hu, and Lynn Wimer. “Are Child Support Reforms Actually

Implemented?” Final Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. December 1998.

1998 Daniel R. Meyer and Mei-Chen Hu. “A Comparison of the Use of Child Support Guidelines in

Wisconsin and Other States.” Final Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. September 1998.

1998- Bartfeld, Judi, Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. Quarterly Impact Reports of the Wisconsin 2002 Child Support Demonstration Evaluation, report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce

Quarter 17 report April 2002. Quarter 16 report April 2002. Development. Quarter 14 and 15 report October 2001. Quarter 12 and 13 report June 2001. Quarter 11 report September 2000. Quarter 10 report June 2000. Quarter 9 report March 2000. Quarter 8 report December 1999. Quarter 7 report September 1999. Quarter 5 report March 1999. Quarter 4 report December 1998. Quarter 3 report September 1998. Quarter 1 and 2 report June 1998.

1998 Daniel R. Meyer. “Child Support Arrearages and Nonpayment in Wisconsin.” Final Report to the

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. February 1998. 1997 Daniel R. Meyer and Judi Bartfeld. “Earnings and Child Support Compliance: A Longitudinal

Analysis.” Final Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. December

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1997. 1997 Daniel R. Meyer, Maria Cancian, and Marygold S. Melli. “Low-Income Fathers and Child Support

Orders.” Final Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. June 1997. 1997 Daniel R. Meyer, Larry L. Bumpass, Lynn Wimer, and David J. Pate. “Cohabitation and Child

Support.” Final Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. June 1997. 1996 Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian. “Child Support and Economic Well-Being Following an Exit

from AFDC.” Final Report to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. December 1996. Summarized in Child Support Report, May 1997, 19(5):3,7 and 19(6):3.

1996 Daniel R. Meyer and Mei-Chen Hu. “To What Extent Is the Percentage-of-Income Guideline

Used to Set Child Support Orders in Wisconsin?” Final Report to the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, October 1996. Revised version of preliminary report titled "Is the Guideline Used to Set Child Support Orders in Wisconsin?" December 1995.

1995 Daniel R. Meyer, Thomas Kaplan, and Thomas Corbett. "Developing a Child Support Assurance

Program for Minnesota: Report to the Minnesota Legislature." Final report submitted to the Minnesota Department of Human Services. January 1995.

1994 Daniel R. Meyer, Tom Corbett, Kathleen Kost, and Pat Brown. "The Wisconsin Child Support

Order Revision Project: A Final Evaluation." Final report submitted to the Wisconsin Department Health and Human Services. December 1994.

1994 Daniel R. Meyer and Judi Bartfeld. "An Assessment of the Advantages and Disadvantages of

Fixed, Percentage-Expressed, and Hybrid Child Support Orders." Final report submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services. June 1994.

1993 Daniel R. Meyer, Judi Bartfeld and Kathleen Kost. "Fixed, Percentage-Expressed, and Hybrid Child Support Orders in Wisconsin." Final report submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services. June 1993.

1993 Daniel R. Meyer and Judi Bartfeld. "Cases Eligible for Child Support in Wisconsin, 1980-1990."

Final report submitted to the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services. June 1993. 1992 Daniel R. Meyer, Charles Michalopoulos, Philip K. Robins, and David H. Greenberg. "Simulation

Estimates of the Net Employment Impacts of the Canadian Self-Sufficiency Project: Sensitivity Analysis and Additional Results." Final Report Submitted to the Canadian Ministry of Employment and Immigration and Manpower Demonstration and Research Corporation. August 1992.

1992 Daniel R. Meyer and Judi Bartfeld. "The Effects of the Immediate Withholding of Child Support

on Collections Over Time." Final Report Submitted to Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services. June 1992.

1992 Daniel R. Meyer and Judi Bartfeld. "How Routine is 'Routine' Withholding? Evidence from

Wisconsin." Final Report Submitted to Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services. June 1992.

1992 David H. Greenberg, Daniel R. Meyer, Charles Michalopoulos, and Philip K. Robins. "Simulation

Estimates of the Net Employment Impacts of Six Employment Subsidy Programs for Long-Term Welfare Recipients in Canada." Final Report Submitted to the Canadian Ministry of Employment

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and Immigration. January 1992. RESEARCH IN PROCESS

Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Steve Cook. “The Evolution of Family Complexity from the Perspective of Children.” Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meetings April 2009. Submitted for journal review July 2009. Hyeok Chang Kwon and Daniel R. Meyer. "How Do Economic Downturns Affect Welfare Leavers? A Comparison of Two Cohorts." Submitted for journal review July 2009.

Daniel R. Meyer and Geoffrey L. Wallace. “Poverty Levels and Trends in Comparative Perspective.” Forthcoming chapter in Changing Poverty, Sheldon Danziger and Maria Cancian, eds. Presented at Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Research conference, Washington DC, November 2007 and the Institute for Research on Poverty “Changing Poverty” conference, final revisions June 2009. Yoonsook Ha, Maria Cancian, and Daniel R. Meyer. “Unchanging Child Support Orders in the Face of Unstable Earnings.” (former title “The Stability of Child Support Orders”). Presented at Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Research conference, Washington DC, November 2007. Revised government report. Submitted for journal review June 2009. Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer and Eunhee Han. “Child Support: Responsible Fatherhood and the Quid Pro Quo.” Draft August 2009. To be presented at IRP conference on “Young Disadvantaged Men: Fathers, Families, Poverty, and Policy.” Madison, WI, September 2009. Yoonsook Ha and Daniel R. Meyer. “The Dynamics of Child Care Subsidies for Single Mothers.” Draft July 2009. To be submitted for journal review August 2009. Yoonsook Ha, Maria Cancian, and Daniel R. Meyer. “The Regularity of Child Support and Its Contribution to the Regularity of Income.” Revised government report. Draft July 2009. To be submitted for journal review September 2009. Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “Effects of the Full Child Support Pass-through/Disregard on Marriage and Cohabitation.” Revised government report. To be submitted for journal review 2009.

Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “Who Wins and Who Loses? Alternative Approaches to

Multiple-Partner Fertility in the Child Support Guidelines.” Presented at the IRP Working Conference on Multiple-Partner Fertility.” Revised in 2007. To be submitted for journal review 2009. Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer. “I Don’t Want to Support His Kids: Informal Child Support in the Context of Multiple-Partner Fertility.” Draft expected November 2009. Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Eunhee Han. “Deadbeats and Turnips Revisited: The Economic Resources of Nonresident Fathers.” Draft expected December 2009.

GRANT SUPPORT 1990- “Child Support Policy Research Agreement.” Research agreement with Wisconsin Department of

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2009 Workforce Development and Department of Children and Families. Former title: “Research into and the Design of a Reformed Child Support Enforcement Program.” 2009-2011 Principal Investigator with Maria Cancian. $2,800,000 Submitted, preliminary

approval. 2008-2009 Affiliate. (Maria Cancian and Thomas Kaplan, Principal Investigators). $2,800,000

total; $205,000 for my sections. 2005-2007 Affiliate. (Maria Cancian and Thomas Kaplan, Principal Investigators). $2,900,000

total; $304,000 for my sections. 2003-2005 Affiliate. (Maria Cancian and Thomas Kaplan, Principal Investigators). $2,500,000 total; $110,000 for my section.

2002-2003 Affiliate. (Maria Cancian and Thomas Kaplan, Principal Investigators). $1,700,000 total; $100,000 for my section.

2000-2001 Principal Investigator with Maria Cancian. $1,500,000. 1998-1999 Principal Investigator with Maria Cancian. $1,100,000.

1995-1997 Principal Investigator. $767,000. 1993-1995 Principal Investigator. $1,250,000. 1992-1993 Principal Investigator with Marygold Melli. $495,000. 1991-1992 Affiliate. (Marygold Melli, Principal Investigator) $327,000 total; $60,000 for my

section. 1990-1991 Affiliate. (Marygold Melli, Principal Investigator) $350,000 total; $54,000 for my

section. 2002- “Long-term Child Welfare Training.” Wisconsin Department of Children and Families. 08 2007-08 Principal Investigator with Kristen Slack. $1,550,000 ($550,000 billable)

2006-07 Principal Investigator with Kristen Slack. $1,350,000 ($500,000 billable) 2004-05 Principal Investigator with Kristen Slack. $1,250,000 ($600,000 billable) 2003-04 Principal Investigator with Kristen Slack. $1,350,000 ($650,000 billable) 2002-03 Principal Investigator with Joan Robertson. $1,450,000 ($600,000 billable)

2007- “The Role of Child Care Subsidies in the Economic Well-Being of Low-Income Families.” $29,000 08 from the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (dissertation grant for Yoonsook Ha). 2003- “Wisconsin Works Child Support Waiver Demonstration Evaluation: Understanding the Effects of 06 Child Support Policy Changes and Understanding Complicated Families.” Maria Cancian and

Daniel R. Meyer, Principal Investigators. Contract with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. $5,200,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

2001- “Wisconsin Works Child Support Waiver Demonstration Evaluation: Long-term Follow-Up and 03 Evaluation of New Cohorts.” Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian, Principal Investigators.

Contract with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. $1,600,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

1999- “Evaluations of the Effects of Child Support Pass-Through Policy: A Proposal for Additional 01 Nonexperimental Analyses.” Daniel R. Meyer and Maria Cancian, Principal Investigators.

Contract with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. $222,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

1998- “Wisconsin Work Child Support Waiver Demonstration Evaluation.” Daniel R. Meyer and Maria 01 Cancian, Principal Investigators. Contract with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce

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Development. $7,000,000 from Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

1999- “What Happens to Families Who Leave AFDC?” Barbara L. Wolfe, Principal Investigator. Grant 00 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation. $125,000 overall; $5,000 for my section. 1997-8 “Evaluating the Labor Market Impacts of W-2.” Maria Cancian, Thomas Kaplan, and Daniel R.

Meyer, Co-Principal Investigators. Grant from the Joyce Foundation. $193,000. 1997 “Mandatory Review and Modification in TANF Cases.” Daniel R. Meyer, Principal Investigator.

Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. $20,000.

1997 “AFDC Exits and Post-Exit Well-Being: The Importance of Work and Marriage Transitions.” Maria

Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer, Principal Investigators. Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Barbara Wolfe, Principal Investigator.

1995-6 "Matching Skills and Opportunities: Welfare to Work." Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Tom

Corbett, Principal Investigators. Grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Mott Foundation to the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families; subcontract to the Institute for Research on Poverty. $150,000.

1995-6 "Life after Welfare." Principal Investigator. Grant from the University of Wisconsin Graduate

School. $17,000.

Also part of IRP Base Grant under title "The Lives of Those Who Have Exited from Welfare: Economic Well-Being, Work Behavior, and Family Status," (Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer, PIs) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation, Barbara Wolfe, Principal Investigator. Total grant: $740,000; our share $79,000.

1994-5 "Designing a Child Support Insurance Plan." Co-Principal Investigator. Contract with the

Minnesota Department of Human Services. $88,000. 1993-4 "Estimating the Effects of a Child Support Minimum Benefit." Principal Investigator. Contract with

the US Congressional Budget Office, Janice Peskin, Contract Officer. $10,000. 1993-5 "Research on Poverty, Welfare Reform, and Education." IRP Base Grant, Robert Hauser,

Principal Investigator. Source: US Department of Health and Human Services/Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation. Over $50,000 for my section.

1991-3 "Education, Families, and Welfare." IRP Base Grant, Robert Hauser, Principal Investigator.

Source: US Department of Health and Human Services/Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. $3,100,000 total. $167,000 for my section.

SELECTED SPECIAL HONORS AND AWARDS 2009 Named the first Mary C. Jacoby Distinguished Professor. 2005 Winner of Frank R. Breul Memorial Prize for “Multiple-Partner Fertility: Incidence and Implications

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for Child Support Policy” (Meyer, Cancian & Cook), “best article published in Social Service Review in a given year.

1997 Finalist for Atlantic Fellowship to conduct policy research in the United Kingdom. 1996 Population Association of America Poster Session Blue Ribbon Winner. For "Life after Welfare."

With Maria Cancian. 1987 University of Wisconsin-Madison University Fellowship. Awarded for academic excellence to

fewer than 1.5% of all graduate students. 1980-3 MBA Scholar's Award and Dean's Fellowship, Washington University. 1974-7 National Merit Scholar. NASW Outstanding Student. Graduation with Highest Honors, Southern

Illinois University. TEACHING Social Policy. Required Masters course. Spring 09, 08, 04, 03, 02, 00, 99, 97, 96, 95, 94 and 93. Proseminar in Social Policy. Ph.D. course. Fall 99, 98, 96, 95, 93 and 91. Administration in Social Work. Masters course. Fall 94, Spring 93, Spring 92. Proseminar in Applied Research. Ph.D. course. Spring 07. Fall 92. Proseminar in Comparative Family Policy. Ph.D. course. Fall 08. Ph.D. Student Committees:

Chair: 4 current students (Mike Edwards, Karl Johnson, Jin Kim, Yeongmin Kim) 7 students graduated (Judi Bartfeld, Mary Eamon, Yoonsook Ha, Royce Hutson, Kate Kost, Hyeok Chang Kwon, Kisun Nam, David Pate). Member: 6 current students SERVICE TO PUBLIC AND TO PROFESSION 2009 Presented “The Evolution of Family Complexity from the Perspective of Children” to the

Wisconsin Bureau of Child Support staff June 2009. 2008 Presented “Factors Associated with Nonpayment of Child Support” to the Wisconsin Bureau of

Child Support staff November 2008. 2007 Presented “Child Support Guidelines in the Context of Multiple-Partner Fertility to the Wisconsin

Child Support Enforcement Association, legal track. September 2007. 2007 Presented “Custodial & Noncustodial Parents’ Knowledge about Child Support Policy in

Wisconsin” to NASW-Wisconsin annual state conference. May 2007. 2007 Presented “The Stability of Child Support Orders” to Wisconsin Department of Workforce

Development staff February 2007. 2006- Consulting Editor of Social Service Review Present 2006 Presented “Child Support in the US: Potential Implications for the UK” to UK Department of Work

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and Pensions internal group of policy-makers, May 2006. 2006 Presented “Child Support in the US: Same Approach, Different Outcomes?” to special seminar on

International Approaches to Child Support, sponsored by One-Parent Families, London, May 2006.

2000-5 Consulting Editor for Social Work Research 1991- Ad-hoc reviewer for Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management,

Demography, Journal of Marriage and the Family, American Sociological Review, Social Science Quarterly, Journal of Family Issues, Policy Studies Journal, Journal of Social Service Research, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Benefits, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Gerontologist, and American Journal on Mental Retardation.

2005 Presented “Social Work and Staff Capacity in Work-Based Welfare in the US and UK” to Staff

Capacity in Work-Based Systems: What Is Needed and How Can It Be Developed? conference, Madison, WI, November 2005.

2005 Presented “Improving the Role of Non-Custodial Parents” to American Public Human Services

Association meeting for state policy-makers, Chicago, August, 2005. 2005 Presented “Multiple-Partner Fertility: Incidence and Implications for Child Support Policy” at HHS’

eighth annual conference for state policymakers; conference showcases recent research on low-income families. Washington, DC, June 2005.

2004 Presenter to NASW-Wisconsin’s annual conference on Wisconsin welfare reform 2003 Presented to Wisconsin Department of Development Workgroup on TANF Sanctioning Policy 2003- Reviewer of sessions for Society for Social Work Research annual conference 2005 2002 Committee to review Washington University’s PhD program in Social Welfare. 2002 Presented “Fathers of Children Receiving TANF in Wisconsin” at HHS’ fifth annual conference for

state policymakers; conference showcases recent research on low-income families. Washington, DC, June 2002.

2002 Presented “On Collaboration in Schools of Social Work” to Columbia University School of Social

Work Strategic Planning meeting, May 2002. 2002 Presented “How Do Lessons Learned from US Child Support Reforms Apply to the UK?” to

Institute for Fiscal Studies Child Support Reform conference, London, April 2002. 2001 Presented “Child Support Reforms in the US” in the Social Policy Research Unit seminar series,

University of York (UK), June 2001. 2001 Presented “Child Support and Welfare” at the HHS’ fourth annual conference for state

policymakers; conference showcases recent research on low-income families. With Maria Cancian. Washington, DC, May 2001.

2001 Member of Illinois Child Support Association’s strategic planning group.

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2001- Briefed Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development’s citizen panel reviewing child support 03 guidelines. 2000 Briefed Canadian Child Welfare Policy group regarding income support for children in the U.S.,

Ottowa, September 2000. 2000 Briefed U.K. Social Security and Treasury officials regarding income support for children in the

U.S., London, June 2000. 2000 Team member, U.S. team for U.S.-U.K. welfare policy meetings in Bath, England, April 2000. 2000 Briefed U.S. Congressional staff on child support policy issues at Institute for Research on

Poverty Washington workshop, April 2000. 2000 Consultant to Institute for Wisconsin’s Futures on Family Income Resource Simulation Tool,

February 2000. 1999 Presented “Welfare and Workforce Development” to legislators from around the Midwest at the

Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development, Madison, WI. 1998 Briefed Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US DHHS, on child support policy. 1997-9 Consulted with UK officials on child support policy proposals 1997 Briefed policymakers at the US Department of HHS regarding potential effects of changing the

policies surrounding child support orders in welfare cases. 1997 Participated in regular meetings and discussions on the extent to which child support results in

lower costs in income support programs 1997 Presented “Child Support Policy in the US” to the Social Policy Research Unit, University of York 1991-3, Discussant at ASPE/IRP's annual Small Grants Seminar. Washington, DC. 1996 1995 Presenter at Wisconsin Family Impact Seminar for congressional and executive branch staff.

"The Economic Impact of Child Support on Families." 1995 Founding member of the National Child Support Enforcement Association's Research Advisory

group. 1995-7 Member of volunteer panel of United Way of Dane County making decisions on funding requests

among agencies serving Children, Youth and Families. 1995 Presenter at national briefing sponsored by the Institute for Research on Poverty and the Family

Impact Seminar for congressional and executive branch staff. "The Current Child Support System -- Status, Problems, and Prospects."

1995 Presented "A Journey toward a Christian Perspective on Welfare Reform" to faculty luncheon

group. 1994 presented "Is the Government Obligated to Help the Poor? Judeo-Christian Principals and Welfare Reform" as part of faculty lecture series at University Community Church.

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1994 Coordinated visit of Alistair Burt, MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security

and associates. Mr. Burt came to IRP to discuss child support and welfare reforms being considered in Great Britain. Met with delegation from the Quebec parliament considering child support reforms. Also met with delegation from Latvia on general anti-poverty policy.

1994 Discussed reforms in the United States child support system with various governmental officials

in Canada. Presented "Child Support Reform in Wisconsin: From Proposals to Implementation to Evaluation," at the Canadian Employment Research Forum Workshop on Labour Markets and Income Support in Vancouver, BC. March 1994.

1991-6 Part of team from IRP providing briefings on child support and welfare policy for US Health and

Human Services Secretary-Designate Donna Shalala, Representative Scott Klug, Wisconsin Representative Rebecca Young, Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services Secretary Gerald Whitburn and others.

1993 Presenter at Wisconsin Family Impact Seminar for congressional and executive branch staff.

"Improving the Economic Security of Single-Parent Families." 1993 Policy analyst at US Department of Health and Human Services, July 1993. Part of team that

developed model to estimate costs and benefits of various welfare reform options. Estimated effects on AFDC caseload of various services designed to encourage people to work. Estimated eventual effects of proposals for child support reform.

1993 Part of a group of 40 academics conducting policy-relevant research invited to meet with DHHS

staff regarding current research findings related to welfare reform. May 1993. 1991-6 Reviewer for IRP's Small Grants Program 1992 Presenter at national Family Impact Seminar for congressional and executive branch staff. "The

Current and Potential Impact of Child Support on Poverty." 1991-2 Planner and Coordinator of Institute for Research on Poverty's two-day conference on paternity

establishment held February 1992. Conference was co-sponsored with two departments within the US Department of Health and Human Services.

1990-1 Provided information to national policy-makers on the costs and benefits of a children's

allowance, on the costs and benefits of an assured child support benefit, and on different ways to measure the adequacy of SSI benefits. Discussed with executive branch employees possible changes to national survey instruments to make them both more policy-relevant and more appropriate for academic research.

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY 2008 Provost’s Committee to Review New Major in Nonprofit Leadership 2008- Social Work Faculty Merit committee (chair) 2009 Part-time Program Planning committee (co-chair) 2006- Institute for Research on Poverty Executive Committee

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2007- Committee to Award Discretionary Compensation Awards to Non-Represented Classified Staff 2007- Search Committee (chair) for Associate Dean for Administration, College of Letters & Science 2008 Faculty Search Committee for Institute for Research on Poverty Director Search Committee for Institute for Research on Poverty 2003- Institute for Research on Poverty Executive Committee 2005 Family Policy Cluster Steering Committee 2002- Institute for Research on Poverty Executive Committee 2003 Family Policy Cluster Steering Committee 2001- Committee to Review Urban and Regional Planning Department’s PhD Program (chair) 2002 Institute for Research on Poverty Executive Committee Faculty Search Committee in Poverty Studies 2000- Departmental Director Search Committee (chair) 2001 Institute for Research on Poverty Executive Committee Departmental Faculty Recruitment Committee 1999- Departmental Faculty Recruitment Committee (chair) 2000 Institute for Research on Poverty Executive Committee Committee to Review Departmental Salaries 1998-9 Departmental Faculty Recruitment Committee (chair)

Institute for Research on Poverty Executive Committee Institute for Research on Poverty Strategic Planning Group Departmental Strategic Planning, Structure Task Group (co-chair)

1996-7 Departmental Faculty Recruitment Committee (chair) Departmental Library Committee Institute for Research on Poverty Executive Committee Social Science Computing Cluster Faculty Advisory Board 1995-6 Departmental Faculty Recruitment Committee (chair) Departmental Library Committee Social Science Computing Cluster Faculty Advisory Board 1994-5 Departmental Director's Search Committee Departmental Curriculum Committee Departmental Ad-Hoc Committee to Review Teaching Evaluations 1993-4 Departmental Salary Committee Data and Computation Center Advisory Board Data and Computation Center Director Search Committee Alternate Faculty Senator

School representative to the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work 1992-3 Data and Computation Center Advisory Board Faculty Recruitment Committee Director's Search Committee Alternate Faculty Senator

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Gender Equity Pay Adjustment Committee 1991-2 Faculty Recruitment Committee PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORK EXPERIENCE 1985-1987 Assistant Executive Director, Confluence St. Louis, a not-for-profit citizens' group.

Research and staff support to citizen task forces studying variety of social issues. Wrote final reports. Worked to implement recommendations. Supervised professional staff.

1983-1985 Director of Self-Help Programs, Consolidated Neighborhood Services, Inc., St. Louis,

MO, a United Way agency. Planned, initiated, and evaluated new self-help programs. Supervised professional staff.

1982-1983 Counselor, Washington University Career Planning and Placement Services, St. Louis,

MO. Provided career counseling to students and alumni (part-time). 1978-1980 Social Worker and Caseworker, Missouri Department of Family Services, St. Louis, MO.

As social worker, investigated reports of child abuse and neglect, counseled families in crisis, referred cases to juvenile court, provided case management. As caseworker, determined eligibility for food stamp program.