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Elizabeth O Ananat

Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics

Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat is assistant professor of public policy and economics at Duke University.

Her research focuses on the intergenerational dynamics of poverty and inequality. Ananat was born and raised in Evanston, Illinois.

Education:

• PhD. Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 2006
• Master of Public Policy Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan - 2001
• B.A., summa cum laude Williams College - 1999

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. E.O. Ananat with Dan Hungerman (Submitted, under revision for REStat). The Power of the Pill for the Marginal Child.


2. E.O. Ananat (Submitted, under revision for AEJ: Applied). The Wrong Side(s) of the Tracks: The Causal Effect of Racial Segregation on Urban Poverty and Inequality.


3. E.O. Ananat with Ebonya Washington (2009). Segregation and Black Political Efficacy. Journal of Public Economics.


4. E.O. Ananat with Jonathan Gruber, Phillip Levine, and Douglas Staiger (2009). Abortion and Selection. Review of Economics and Statistics.


5. E.O. Ananat with Guy Michaels (2008). The Effect of Marital Breakup on the Income and Poverty of Women with Children. Journal of Human Resources, 43(3), 611-629.


6. E.O. Ananat with Jonathan Gruber and Philiip Levine (2007). Abortion Legalization and Lifecycle Fertility. Journal of Human Resources, 42(2), 375-397.


7. E.O. Ananat and Joanna Lahey "The Marginal Child Throughout the Life Cycle: Evidence from Early Law Variation."  2009


8. E.O. Ananat with Sandra K. Danziger and Kimberly Browning (2004). Child Care Subsidies and the Transition from Welfare to Work. Family Relations, 53, 219-228.


9. E.O. Ananat with Sheldon Danziger, Colleen Heflin, Mary Corcoran, and Hui-Chen Wang (2002). Does It Pay to Move from Welfare to Work. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 21(4), 671-692.

1. University of Bristol, Bristol, England, November 25, 2008
2. London School of Economics, London, England, November 21, 2008
3. Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, November 18, 2008
4. University of Michigan National Poverty Center Seminar, Ann Arbor, MI, September 21, 2008
5. Princeton University Industrial Relations Seminar, Princeton, NJ, April 23, 2008

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