CPSP Co-Director Irwin Garfinkel Retires
Co-Director Irwin Garfinkel steps down from his leadership role as he retires from Columbia University. He will remain an affiliated researcher of the center.
Forecasting poverty during a crisis
In 2020, we established a novel method of forecasting poverty using the Supplemental Poverty Measure framework with a goal of providing projections of poverty rates throughout the COVID-19 crisis. Our forecasting data provides a real-time poverty data tool for policymakers.