The foundation is a private operating foundation devoted exclusively to the conduct and dissemination of research in the social sciences. Its current programs include research on the causes and consequences of the decline in demand for low-skilled workers in advanced economies; the adaptation of U.S. immigrants and their children to American society; the social effects of rising economic inequality, efforts by American institutions to accommodate greater racial and ethnic diversity; and a variety of smaller special projects and research initiatives. The foundation sponsors a Visiting Scholar Program in which individual scholars and collaborative groups pursue research and writing projects related to the foundation's interests at its headquarters in New York City for periods of up to one year. The foundation also provides support for scholars at other institutions to pursue research projects that advance the foundation's research interests. The foundation disseminates the resulting research findings through its own book publishing program.
titles from this organization
State of the Union: The Poverty and Inequality Report 2016
Feb 11, 2016
Publisher(s): Pathways; The Stanford Center on Poverty & Inequality
State of the States: The Poverty and Inequality Report
Feb 2, 2015
Publisher(s): The Stanford Center on Poverty & Inequality
The Essence of Innocence: Consequences of Dehumanizing Black Children
Mar 1, 2014
Publisher(s): Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Age Disparities in Unemployment and Reemployment During the Great Recession and Recovery
May 15, 2012
Publisher(s): Urban Institute
The Widening Academic Achievement Gap Between the Rich and the Poor: New Evidence and Possible Explanations
Feb 8, 2012
Publisher(s): Stanford University
A Very Uneven Road: US Labor Markets in the Past 30 Years
Oct 31, 2011
Publisher(s): Urban Institute
Lessons From the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act
Mar 14, 2011
Publisher(s): Public Policy Institute of California
Leaves That Pay: Employer and Worker Experiences With Paid Family Leave in California
Jan 15, 2011
Publisher(s): Center for Economic and Policy Research
Teacher Mobility, School Segregation, and Pay-Based Policies to Level the Playing Field
May 1, 2010
Publisher(s): Urban Institute
Confronting the Legacy of “Separate but Equal”: Can the History of Race, Real Estate, and Discrimination Engage and Inform Contemporary Policy?
Feb 1, 2021
Publisher(s): Russell Sage Foundation
In the Wake of the Storm: Environment, Disaster, and Race After Katrina
Dec 31, 2006
Publisher(s): Russell Sage Foundation