Rucker C. Johnson

Assistant Professor
Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley

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My work considers the role of poverty and inequality in affecting life chances.  I have focused on such topics as low-wage labor markets, spatial mismatch, the societal consequences of incarceration, the socioeconomic determinants of health disparities over the life course, and the effects of growing up poor and poor infant health on childhood cognition, child health, educational attainment, and later-life health and socioeconomic success.