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Research interests
Policy analysis; social welfare policy; child and family policy; labor economics; income inequality and poverty
Personal profile
Maria Hanratty, associate professor, teaches courses in social policy and distributive justice. She specializes in health economics, the economics of poverty, and comparative social welfare institutions.
Before joining the Humphrey School in the fall of 1998, Hanratty was a senior economist with the Council of Economic Advisors in Washington, D.C., for one year and an assistant professor at Princeton University. She has taught policy analysis and statistics at Columbia University and American poverty and poverty policy, economics of health care, and economic security at Cornell University's New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
From 1984 to 1986 she was a budget analyst with the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare and also has been an analyst for a division of Abt Associates.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Economics, Harvard University
… → 1991
Masters, Public Policy, Harvard University
… → 1984
BA, University of Illinois
… → 1982
Research Interest Keywords
- policy analysis
- social welfare policy
- child and family policy
- labor economics
- income inequality
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Homeworks starts with home
August, G. (Collaborator), Barajas, H. L. (Collaborator), Barnes, A. (Collaborator), Christ, T. J. (Collaborator), Dupuis, D. N. (Collaborator), Gewirtz, A. (Collaborator), Goetz, E. G. (Collaborator), Goh, M. P. (Collaborator), Gupton, J. T. (Collaborator), Hanratty, M. J. (Collaborator), LaLiberte, T. L. (Collaborator), Masten, A. S. (Collaborator), Mickelson, N. L. (Collaborator), Rodriguez, M. C. (Collaborator), Ruggles, S. (Collaborator), Sherwood, N. E. (Collaborator), Shlafer, R. J. (Collaborator), Sweitzer, J. (Collaborator) & Temple, J. (Collaborator)
1/1/18 → 1/31/20
Project: Grand Challenges
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Incidence of Chronic Homelessness among Single Adults in
Hanratty, M. J. (PI)
1/15/16 → 6/1/16
Project: Research project
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Examination of Young Adults in the Homeless System
Hanratty, M. J. (PI)
1/15/15 → 6/15/15
Project: Research project
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Who Counts? Educational Disadvantage among Children Identified as Homeless and Implications for the Systems That Serve Them
Lowell, W. & Hanratty, M., Dec 1 2022, In: Social Service Review. 96, 4, p. 581-616 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Do Local Economic Conditions Affect Homelessness? Impact of Area Housing Market Factors, Unemployment, and Poverty on Community Homeless Rates
Hanratty, M. J., Jul 4 2017, In: Housing Policy Debate. 27, 4, p. 640-655 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Family Shelter Entry and Re-entry During the Recession in Hennepin County: The Role of Race, Residential Location, and Family Earnings
Hanratty, M., Mar 3 2016, In: Housing Policy Debate. 26, 2, p. 334-345 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Understanding racial gaps in family shelter entry in Hennepin County, MN
Hanratty, M. J., Jul 1 2014, Homelessness: Prevalence, Impact of Social Factors and Mental Health Challenges. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 175-190 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Impacts of heading home Hennepin's housing first programs for long-term homeless adults
Hanratty, M. J., Jun 1 2011, In: Housing Policy Debate. 21, 3, p. 405-419 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
17 Scopus citations