Arloc Sherman
Areas of Expertise: Poverty and Income, Trends, Welfare Reform/TANF
Sherman joined the Center as Senior Researcher in March 2004.
His work focuses on family income trends, income support policies, and the causes and consequences of poverty.
He is a specialist in the impact of poverty and public policy on child development and has written extensively about parental employment and unemployment, welfare reform, barriers to employment, family structure, the depth of poverty, racial inequality, tax policy for low-income families, and the special challenges affecting rural areas.
Sherman worked for 14 years as senior research associate at the Children’s Defense Fund, and was previously a researcher at the Center for Law and Social Policy.
He returns to the Center after a long absence, having also worked there in 1986 and 1987.
His book "Wasting America’s Future" was nominated for the 1994 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award.
Recent Reports
- Private Health Coverage Unstable for Middle Class
- Failure to Extend Improvements in Child Tax Credit Would Harm Millions of Low-Income Working Families
- State-Level Data Show Recovery Act Protecting Millions From Poverty
- Poverty Rose, Median Income Declined, and Job-Based Health Insurance Continued to Weaken in 2008
- Stimulus Keeping 6 Million Americans Out of Poverty in 2009, Estimates Show
Recent Appearances
