Charles Michalopoulos
Charles Michalopoulos
Chief Economist
Director
Youth Development, Criminal Justice, and Employment

Michalopoulos is MDRC’s chief economist and directs the Youth Employment, Criminal Justice, and Employment Policy Area. He has more than three decades of experience studying a wide variety of social policies to help low-income families achieve better economic, health, and social outcomes. He is currently project director for a study using rapid learning cycles to improve the implementation of responsible fatherhood programs, is co-principal investigator on a national study of employment services for low-income families with a focus on individuals with behavioral health issues, and is leading a national study of home visiting programs for disadvantaged mothers (having recently completed a second national study of these programs that focused on birth outcomes and infant health).

In recent years, he also led studies of the effects of coordinated care programs for high-cost Medicaid recipients in Colorado and New York, studied the effects of telephonic care management for depressed Medicaid recipients in Rhode Island, and was co-principal investigator for the Accelerated Benefits Demonstration, a study of the effects of offering health care coverage to newly uninsured recipients of Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. His other work has included studies of financial work incentives for welfare recipients, child care subsidy policies, and programs that aim to strengthen the marriages of low-income couples. The unifying theme of his research is providing methodological rigor in developing evidence of what works for whom. Prior to joining MDRC in 1997, Michalopoulos earned a doctorate in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Virginia Tech from 1992 to 1997.

Curriculum Vitae

 

Products

Report

Final Report on the Strengthening the Implementation of Responsible Fatherhood Programs (SIRF) Study

Brief

A Summary of Findings from the Strengthening the Implementation of Responsible Fatherhood Programs Study

Report

An Introduction to the Strengthening the Implementation of Responsible Fatherhood Programs (SIRF) Study

Report

Final Implementation and Impact Findings from the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation-Strong Start

Report

Results from the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation

Methodological Publication
Brief

Laying the Groundwork for Long-Term Follow-Up in the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation (MIHOPE)

Brief

Which Improves Welfare Recipients’ Earnings More in the Long Term?

Report

Early Findings on the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program — A Report to Congress

Report

Final Impacts from the Supporting Healthy Marriage Evaluation

Report

Managing Health Care for Medicaid Recipients with Disabilities

Report

Final Report on the Colorado Access Coordinated Care Pilot Program