Irving Harris Professor in Urban Policy About Jeffrey Grogger Jeff Grogger, the Irving Harris Professor in Urban Policy at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, has authored dozens of scholarly articles focusing on problems of low-income populations. An applied microeconomist, he has worked on issues including crime, education, migration, and various aspects of racial inequality. He is a leading authority on social insurance programs and on US welfare reform. Grogger received a PhD in economics from the University of California, San Diego. Before joining Harris, he taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has served as a coeditor of the Journal of Human Resources, as Chair of the National Longitudinal Surveys Technical Review Committee, as a research associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research, and as a research fellow with the Institute for the Study of Labor. Books Welfare Reform: Effects of a Decade of Change, with Lynn A. Karoly. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005 Contact Information Room 2033 773.542.3533 jgrogger@uchicago.edu Curriculum Vitae Recent News The Original ‘Me Too.’: Tarana Burke Discusses the Movement She Made Fri., March 24, 2023 Q&A: Interim Dean Ethan Bueno de Mesquita on His Goals, UChicago Roots, Research, and Interests Fri., March 24, 2023 More news Upcoming Events Ask Admissions: Data & Policy Summer Scholar + Persuasive Writing Credential Programs Tue., March 28, 2023 | 8:30 AM Harris Public Policy Information Session Tue., March 28, 2023 | 11:00 AM More events