Sheldon H. Danziger (born September 30, 1948) is an American economist, focusing in trends in poverty and inequality, and the effects of economic and demographic changes and government social programs on disadvantaged groups, currently the Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

and an Elected Fellow of the

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and

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. He is also the President of

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. He was the recipient of a

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in 2008.

Background

Danziger received his B.A. from Columbia University and his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was on faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the Director of the Institute for Research on Poverty from 1983-1988 before joining the faculty at the University of Michigan in 1998.

Writing

''American Unequal'' (co-author, 1995) ''Detroit Divided'' (co-author, 2000)

Personal life and family

Danziger is married to Sandra K. Danziger, the Edith A Lewis Collegiate Professor of Social Work at the

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. His son, Jacob Danziger, is married to Phoebe Connell, daughter of longtime

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chief stage manager

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