This course will cover a number of topics pertaining to the main means-tested transfer programs in the United States. The goal is to provide Ph.D. students with sufficient substantive, conceptual, and methodological background that they could pursue dissertation research in this area, and to provide MPP students with an in-depth background on the nature and economic analysis of these programs. The format of the course will include a mix of instructor- and student-led lectures, with expectations for substantial student participation. Students will also present interim and final versions of a research project that forms the basis for a paper. Grades for the class will be based on the quality of in-class presentations and the paper.
