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Senior Fellow

Isabel V. Sawhill

Isabel V. Sawhill

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

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Middle East Save to My Portfolio American Education in the Middle East: Smart Power for a New Era

November 21, 2008

The Brookings Institution

U.S. Poverty Save to My Portfolio Decrease Poverty and Increase Opportunity

November 24, 2008

The Brookings Institution

The Presidential Transition Save to My Portfolio The Scouting Report: Decrease Poverty and Increase Opportunity

November 26, 2008

The Brookings Institution

Education Save to My Portfolio Facing the Future: Financing Public Schools

December 01, 2008

The Brookings Institution

U.S. Poverty Save to My Portfolio Improving the Measurement of Poverty

December 09, 2008

The Phoenix Park Hotel

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Q&A with Isabel Sawhill

Economic Mobility

"If you're born into a poor family, it's very hard to escape.  And similarly, if you're born into a rich family, you're likely to stay there... The notion of rags to riches in a generation, in other words, is mostly a myth."

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