Greg Duncan

Greg J. Duncan is an American economist who is a Distinguished Professor at University of California, Irvine and an Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.[1][2][3] He was the 2013 winner of the Jacobs Research Prize for his research on the long-term effects of childhood poverty,[4] primarily through his 23 years with the Panel Study of Income Dynamics as researcher and director.[5]

His research has had broad impacts on poverty, education, and housing policy and research. As of July 2017, his 52 peer-reviewed articles had been cited in over 4,300 distinct peer-reviewed articles,[6] and 16 of his books (including coauthors such as Harvard University Professor Richard Murnane) and articles have been cited 500+ times.[7]