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Jane Waldfogel

Columbia University, USA, and IZA, Germany

I’m pleased to be a part of this project. I hope that policymakers and academics will find World of Labor a useful way to learn about the state of the research on a wide range of issues

IZA World of Labor role

Author, Topic spokesperson

Current position

Professor, Columbia University School of Social Work (since 1995)

Research interest

The impact of public policies on child and family well-being, poverty, inequality, and social mobility

Website

https://socialwork.columbia.edu/faculty-research/faculty/full-time/jane-waldfogel/

Qualifications

PhD Public Policy, Harvard University, 1994

Selected publications

  • Too Many Children Left Behind: The US Achievement Gap in Comparative Perspective. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2015.

  • Britain’s War on Poverty. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2010.

  • What Children Need. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2006.

  • Securing the Future: Investing in Children from Birth to College. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2000 (with S. Danziger).

  • “Early years policy.” Child Development Research (2011): 1–12 (with E. Washbrook).

article(s)

  • The role of preschool in reducing inequality

    Preschool improves child outcomes, especially for disadvantaged children

    Jane Waldfogel, December 2015
    Children from disadvantaged families have lower levels of school readiness when they enter school than do children from more advantaged families. Many countries have tried to reduce this inequality through publicly provided preschool. Evidence on the potential of these programs to reduce inequality in child development is now quite strong. Long-term studies of large publicly funded programs in Europe and Latin America, and newer studies on state and local prekindergarten programs implemented more recently in the US, find that the programs do improve outcomes for young children, particularly for those from disadvantaged families.
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