Shari Eli
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Toronto
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About Shari
Eli studies the impacts of social programs targeted at children; young adults and the elderly on outcomes including education; earnings and longevity. In recent published work; Eli used records from an early 20th century welfare program –Mothers’ Pensions – to explore the ways by which the receipt of cash transfers in childhood led to longer life. Her next project examines the long run effects of jobs programs targeted at young adults during economic recessions.
Contributions
Do Cash-Based Welfare Programs Make a Lifetime Difference for Poor Children?
Key Findings Brief,
In the News
Interviewed in "Economic Historian Brings Enthusiasm and Energy to Research, Teaching," University of Toronto Arts & Sciences, April 15, 2016.