Sheldon Danziger's research focuses on trends in poverty and inequality and the effects of economic and demographic changes and government social programs on disadvantaged groups. He is the co-author of America Unequal (Harvard University Press, 1995) and Detroit Divided (Russell Sage Foundation, 2000) and co-editor of numerous books including, Fighting Poverty: What Works and What Doesn't, (Harvard University Press, 1986), Uneven Prescriptions for Change, (Harvard University Press, 1994), Child Poverty and Deprivation in the Industrialized Countries, 1945-1995 (Oxford University Press, 1997), Economic Conditions and Welfare Reform (Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1999), Coping with Poverty: The Social Contexts of Neighborhood, Family and Work in the African-American Community (University of Michigan Press, 2000), Securing the Future: Investing in Children (Russell Sage Foundation, 2000), and Understanding Poverty (Harvard University Press, 2002). He is currently conducting research on how the 1996 welfare reform affected the work effort, family income and material well-being of single mothers.