PAF 9145
Poverty and Social Policy · 3 credits · Spring 2027
Requirements
Prereq: Open to Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs students; others with Marxe School permission.
About this course
This is a course about the poor and anti-poverty programs in the United States. It focuses on measurement, extent, and distribution of poverty; causes of poverty; tradeoffs faced by policy-makers in reducing poverty and economic insecurity; and the spatial concentration of poverty. It covers major social policies intended to reduce poverty and inequality, and the evidence on policy effectiveness.
Seat status as of Oct 2, 10:36 AM ET. Seats can change between refreshes.
No sections have been posted for this course in this term yet.