$33,348
Municipal Neighborhood Effects: Estimating the Independent Association between Childhood Jurisdiction and Life Outcomes
2022
Grantees: Robert Manduca (opens in a new tab)
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Robert Manduca
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Grantees
Robert Manduca is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on urban and regional economic development, asking why some places are more prosperous than others and how the economic conditions in which people live shape their life outcomes.
Manduca received his Ph.D. in sociology and social policy from Harvard University and his master’s degree in city planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Funded Research
Authored by Robert Manduca
Policy
Medicaid and SNAP cuts in congressional Republicans’ budget bill will negatively impact local economies (opens in a new tab)
Essays JUN 24, 2025
By: Robert Manduca
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Household Economic Security
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Taxation
Policy
The American anti-austerity tradition (opens in a new tab)
Blog MAY 20, 2021
By: Robert Manduca
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Macroeconomics & Economic Measurement
Policy
The American Dream is less of a reality today in the United States, compared to other peer nations (opens in a new tab)
Blog APR 28, 2021
By: Robert Manduca
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Policy
Place-conscious federal policies to reduce regional economic disparities in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Blog JAN 14, 2021
By: Robert Manduca
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Labor, Wages & Worker Power
Policy
How national income inequality in the United States contributes to economic disparities between regions (opens in a new tab)
Blog MAR 27, 2019
By: Robert Manduca
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Policy
How rising U.S. income inequality exacerbates racial economic disparities (opens in a new tab)
Blog AUG 23, 2018
By: Robert Manduca
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Policy
The fading American dream: trends in absolute income mobility since 1940 (opens in a new tab)
Blog DEC 8, 2016
By: Raj Chetty, David Grusky, Jimmy Narang, Maximilian Hell, Nathaniel Hendren, Robert Manduca
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Media Mentions
Experts: Medicaid, SNAP Cuts Could Hurt Economy, Strain State Budgets (opens in a new tab)
In the News AUG 11, 2025
Media Mention in:
U.S. News & World Report
Trump’s mega tax and spending law will have small economic impact, forecasters say (opens in a new tab)
In the News JUL 11, 2025
Media Mention in:
USA Today
Trump’s big bill achieved what conservatives have been trying to do for decades (opens in a new tab)
In the News JUL 3, 2025
Media Mention in:
The Guardian
Robert Manduca’s Working Papers
Academic
Financial and Transfer Income as Components of the Regional Economic Base (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers JUN 24, 2025
By: Robert Manduca
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Household Economic Security
Taxation
Academic
Wealth as Control of the Future (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers JAN 19, 2023
By: Robert Manduca
Economic Equity & Opportunity
Academic
Trends in Absolute Income Mobility in North America and Europe (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers APR 28, 2021
By: Robert Manduca, Maximilian Hell, Adrian Adermon, Jo Blanden, Espen Bratberg, Anne C. Gielen, Hans van Kippersluis, Keun Bok Lee, Stephen Machin, Martin D. Munk, Martin Nybom, Yuri Ostrovsky, Sumaiya Rahman, Outi Sirniö
Economic Equity & Opportunity
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