Marcia K. Meyers

Senior Faculty Affiliate and Principal Investigator Marcia Meyers is Professor, School of Social Work and Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, studies U.S. welfare, child care and work/family reconciliation policies. Her current poverty-related research focuses on income and social disparities in early childhood education and state-level variation in the adequacy and inclusiveness of social welfare policies.

Major Research Projects:

• West Coast Poverty Center
• Review of WorkFirst Sanction Policies

Sample Publications:

• Magnuson, K. A.; Meyers, M. K.; Waldfogel, J., (2007), Public Funding and Enrollment in Formal Child Care in the 1990s, The Social Service Review, 81: 1, 47.
  
  
• Gornick, J. C.; Meyers, M. K., (2006), L'egalite des sexes : un enjeu pour les reformes - Entre travail remunere et responsabilites familiales, le role des Etats providence - Un regard americain sur la prise en compte du care dans les politiques sociales europeennes, Revue Franu’caise des Affaires Sociales. Cahier de jurisprudence. Emploi-travail., 60: 1, 187.
  
  
• Heintze, T. C.; Meyers, M. K.; Berger, L. M.; Naidich, W. B., (2006), Housing Assistance and Employment: How Far-Reaching Are the Effects of Rental Subsidies?, The Social Service Review, 80: 4, 635.
  
  
• Meyers, M. K.; Jordan, L. P., (2006), Choice and Accommodation in Parental Child Care Decisions, Journal of the Community Development Society, 37: 2, 53.
  
  
• Durfee, A. and Meyers, M.K. (2006), Who Gets What from Government? Distributional Consequences of Child Care Assistance Policies, Journal of Marriage and Family, 68:733-748.
  
  
• Meyers, M.K., Peck, L.R., Davis, E.E., Collins, A., Kreader, J.L., Georges, A., Weber, R., Schexnayder, D., Schroeder. D. and Olson, J.A. (2006), The Dynamics Of Child Care Subsidy Use A Collaborative Study Of Five States. In R. Cabera, R. Hutchens, and L. Peters (eds.), From Welfare to Childcare: What Happens to Young Children When Mothers Exchange Welfare For Work? Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc.
  
  
• Meyers, M.K. and Jordan, L. (2006),. Choice and Accommodation in Parental Child Care Decisions, Community Development, 37(2): 1-19.
  
  
• Meyers, M.K. & Durfee A. (2006), Who Pays? The Visible and Invisible Costs of Child Care, Politics and Society, 24 (1): 109-128.
  
  
• Bainbridge, J., Meyers, M.K., Tanaka S. and Waldfogel J. (2005), Who Gets an Early Education? Family Income and the Enrollment of 3- to 5-Year-Olds from 1968 to 2000, Social Science Quarterly, 86(3): 724-745.

For a complete list of publications by Marcia Meyers, visit her page in the poverty research section of the website.

Relevant Courses:

• SW594: Concepts and Methods of Policy Analysis

Contact Information:

Marcia K. Meyers
Email: mkm36@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://depts.washington.edu/sswweb/directory/p.php?id=60
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