GSPP Faculty
Eugene Smolensky
Emeritus Professor of Public Policy
Professor in the Graduate School
Professor in the Graduate School
Areas of Expertise/Interest:
- Income Distribution
- Poverty Policy
- Public Finance
- Welfare Reform
Biographical Statement:
Eugene Smolensky, an economist, studies welfare policy and the impact of economic and demographic changes on the distribution of income among various social groups. He is a member of the National Academies of Public Administration and of Social Insurance, and serves as Vice President of the International Institute of Public Finance and Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Russell Sage Foundation. He is past editor of the Journal of Human Resources and has served as chair of the Department of Economics and director of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He served as Dean of GSPP from 1988 to 1997.
