SEMINAR

Malcolm Wiener Center
Inequality & Social Policy Seminar Series

Fall 2008

MONDAYS, NOON to 1:45 PM
Note: Presentation begins at 12:20 pm

LOCATION | Fall term
CGIS South-020 » View map

LOCATION | Spring term
Harvard Kennedy School

 

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SEP 15, 2008

JENS LUDWIG, Social Service Administration, Law, and Public Policy, University of Chicago

"The Effects of School Desegregation on Crime"

Location: CGIS S-020 (Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, lower level). » View map

:: View paper

 

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SEP 22, 2008

JANE WALDFOGEL, Social Work and Public Affairs,
Columbia University

"Britain's War on Poverty”

Location: CGIS S-020 (Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, lower level).

 

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SEP 29, 2008

YU XIE, Sociology, University of Michigan

"Inequality in China"

Location: CGIS S-020 (Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, lower level).

 

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OCT 6, 2008

PAUL A. JARGOWSKY, Public Policy, University of Texas at Dallas

"Before or After the Bell? School Context and Neighborhood Effects on Achievement"

Location: CGIS S-020 (Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, lower level).

:: View paper

 

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OCT 13 , 2008

NO SEMINAR. Columbus Day

 

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OCT 20 , 2008

JOE SOSS, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs,
University of Minnesota

"Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race"

Location: CGIS S-020 (Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, lower level).

:: View paper (background)

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(SPECIAL EVENT)

OCT 21 , 2008

"AMERICAN INEQUALITY AND THE 2008 ELECTION"

A panel discussion featuring LARRY M. BARTELS, Princeton University, and THEDA SKOCPOL, Harvard University. Moderated by JENNIFER HOCHSCHILD, Harvard University... (View event video) »

Time: 4:30-6:00 p.m.

Location: Tsai Auditorium, CGIS S-010 (Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, lower level).

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OCT 27 , 2008

ERIC A. HANUSHEK, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

“Harming the Best: How Schools Affect the Black-White Achievement Gap”

Location: CGIS S-020 (Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, lower level).

:: View paper

 

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NOV 3 , 2008

MICHAEL HOUT, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley

“Rationing Opportunity: U.S. College Admission and Graduation Rates Are Too Low”

Location: CGIS S-020 (Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, lower level).

:: Audio

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NOV 10 , 2008

TALI MENDELBERG, Politics, Princeton University

"Does Barack Obama Suffer a Racial Disadvantage?"

Location: CGIS S-020 (Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, lower level).

 

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NOV 17 , 2008

CAROLYN HEINRICH, La Follette School of Public Affairs,
University of Wisconsin-Madison

"The Role of Temporary Help Employment in Low-wage Worker Advancement”

Location: CGIS S-020 (Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, lower level).

:: View paper (background)

 

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NOV 24 , 2008

DUNCAN THOMAS, Economics, Duke University

"Preferences: Experimental and Survey Evidence"

Location: CGIS S-020 (Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, lower level).

 

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DEC 1 , 2008

RICHARD BREEN, Sociology, Yale University

"Educational Assortative Marriage and Earnings Inequality"

Location: CGIS S-020 (Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, lower level).

:: View paper

 

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DEC 8 , 2008

MARTIN McKEE, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London

"Health at a Time of Rapid Social Change: Lessons from the Collapse of Communism in Europe"

Location: CGIS S-020 (Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, lower level).

:: View paper 1 (background)
:: View paper 2 (background)

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DEC 15, 2008

ROLAND FRYER, Economics, Harvard University

"Growing Up in the Zone: An Analysis of a Unique Social Experiment in Harlem"

Location: CGIS S-020 (Center for Government and International Studies, South Building, lower level).