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James A. Riccio
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Director
Low-Wage Workers and Communities Policy Area
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Riccio is Director of the Low-Wage Workers and Communities policy area at MDRC. He specializes in evaluations of programs to improve labor market and quality-of-life outcomes for low-income populations. Currently he is directing a randomized trial testing a conditional cash transfer CCT program in New York City (Opportunity NYC-Family Rewards) and is overseeing a related evaluation of work incentives and a Family Self-Sufficiency program for New York City recipients of Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers. He leads an MDRC team that, with other partners, is testing five antipoverty initiatives supported by the federal Social Innovation Fund. He is a principal adviser on MDRC’s study of a MacArthur Foundation community change initiative in Chicago (the New Communities Program). Previously, he led evaluations of an employment advancement program in Britain and Jobs-Plus, an employment intervention in public housing. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Princeton University.
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