Elizabeth O. Ananat, Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies and Economics  

Elizabeth O. Ananat

Office Location: 209 Sanford Inst Bldg
Email Address: elizabeth.ananat@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise:
Economics
Public Finance
Social Policy

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 Guy Michaels. "The Effect of Marital Breakup on the Income and Poverty of Women with Children." Journal of Human Resources  (Accepted, forthcoming).
  2. E.O. Ananat with Jonathan Gruber and Philiip Levine. "Abortion Legalization and Lifecycle Fertility." Journal of Human Resources 42.2 (2007): 375-397.
  3. E.O. Ananat. "The Wrong Side(s) of the Tracks: The Effect of Racial Segregation on City Outcomes."   (Submitted, under review).
  4. E.O. Ananat with Ebonya Washington. "Segregation and Black Political Efficacy."   (Submitted, under review).
  5. E.O. Ananat with Dan Hungerman. "The Power of the Pill for the Next Generation."   (2006).
  6. E.O. Ananat with Sheldon Danziger, Colleen Heflin, Mary Corcoran, and Hui-Chen Wang. "Does It Pay to Move from Welfare to Work." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 21.4 (2002): 671-692.
  7. E.O. Ananat with Sandra K. Danziger and Kimberly Browning. "Child Care Subsidies and the Transition from Welfare to Work." Family Relations 53 (2004): 219-228.

Bio/Profile
Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat is Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies and Economics at Duke University. She was born and raised in Evanston, Illinois. She received a B.A. in political economy and mathematics at Williams College in 1999, a master's degree in public policy from the Ford School at the University of Michigan in 2001, and a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006. Her research focuses on the intergenerational dynamics of poverty and inequality.