Marcia K. Meyers
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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:
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:
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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