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Senior Fellow

Isabel V. Sawhill

Isabel V. Sawhill

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
Co-Director, Center on Children and Families, Budgeting for National Priorities
The Cabot Family Chair

A nationally known budget expert, Isabel Sawhill focuses on domestic poverty and federal fiscal policy. She is also co-director of the Center on Children and Families and the Budgeting for National Priorities Project at Brookings.



Expertise

Children; education; federal budget; poverty and inequality; social welfare policy; teen pregnancy

Background

Current Positions
President, National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy; Senior Editor, The Future of Children

Past Positions
Senior Fellow, Urban Institute; Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget (1993-95); Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law School; Director, National Commission for Employment Policy; President, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

Education

Ph.D. (1968), B.A. (1962), New York University

"Ideally, we should have some additional fiscal stimulus combined with steps to restrain the longer term accumulation of debt, but our politics doesn’t seem to make that feasible." - quote from "How Would You Steer Fed On Quantitative Easing?" in The National Journal


Research and Commentary

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Save to My PortfolioWhat Happens if the Super Committee Fails?November 16, 2011The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioThe Connection Between Employment and Poverty RatesSeptember 29, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog

Save to My PortfolioA Perspective on the Budget Deficit and Job CreationJanuary 19, 2012The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioThe President on Social Mobility and Opportunity in AmericaDecember 13, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioIt’s Time to Put Opportunity on the National Agenda November 03, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioThe President Speaks on Jobs, but Will Anyone Listen?September 13, 2011The American Square
Save to My PortfolioAround the Halls: The Debt Limit Clock Runs OutJuly 29, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioWeb Chat: Raising the Debt LimitJune 01, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioShould Social Security Be Untouchable? May 13, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioA Debt Ceiling FrightApril 27, 2011The American Square
Save to My PortfolioHelp Wanted: A Left-of-Obama Voice on the Federal BudgetApril 13, 2011The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioFamily Planning Subsidies: Much Ado about SomethingApril 12, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioWeb Chat: Congress, the Federal Budget and U.S. DebtApril 06, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioThe Ryan Budget: Voodoo Economics ReduxApril 06, 2011Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
Save to My PortfolioThe Economic State of the Nation Is Not GoodJanuary 24, 2011Brookings Up Front Blog

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