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 impacts of childhood school and neighborhood quality on adult health and socioeconomic success, and the effects of growing up poor and poor infant health on childhood cognition, educational attainment, and health over the life course.