Elizabeth T. Powers
Elizabeth T. Powers
Senior Scholar, IGPA
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Elizabeth T. Powers is a member of the IGPA working group on Education and Learning. She has conducted research on the incentive effects of public insurance programs, the effects of child health on maternal labor supply, employment effects of the minimum wage, and the caregiver labor market. Ongoing research projects are in the areas of children’s cognitive development, U.S.-Mexican migration, child support policy, work disability and the Disability Insurance program, and long-term care facilities. Professor Powers is the author of numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and received fellowships and awards for her scholarship from the University of Pennsylvania, Vassar College, the Brookings Institution, and the University of Illinois. She has been a principal investigator on numerous grants.
Associated IGPA Projects
Education and Learning Working Group
Former Experience
Prior to joining the University of Illinois in 1996, Professor Powers was an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and a junior staff economist with President George H.W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers.
Professional Appointments
Member, Health Transitions in Immigrant Families Initiative, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Faculty Affiliate, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Affiliate, National Poverty Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Affiliate, Sloan Work and Family Research Network at Boston College
Faculty Associate, Center for Business and Public Policy, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Affiliated Researcher, University of Michigan Retirement Research Center
Editorial Board Member, National Tax Journal
Education
PhD: University of Pennsylvania, 1994
Undergraduate: Vassar College, 1986
IGPA Research By Elizabeth T. Powers
June 19, 2020Policy Spotlight: Child care is foundational for economic recovery
February 18, 2014Is it possible to make "easy" cuts to human services spending by attacking waste, fraud, and abuse?
June 1, 2009Minimum wages and employment In Illinois
June 1, 2008Illinois families under stress
January 10, 2008Poverty and inequality in Illinois
January 10, 2008The Illinois Report 2008
November 4, 2007School's out