SEMINAR

Malcolm Wiener Center
Inequality & Social Policy Seminar Series

Fall 2011

 

MONDAYS, NOON to 1:45 PM
Note: Presentation begins at 12:15 pm

SEMINAR LOCATIONS| Fall 2011
Harvard Kennedy School | 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA 02138 | map

Malkin Penthouse | Littauer Building (4th Floor)
Allison Dining Room | Taubman Building (5th Floor)
Nye A-B | Taubman Building (5th Floor)

 

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SEP 12, 2011

SEAN REARDON, Education, Stanford University

"The Widening Academic Achievement Gap Between the Rich and the Poor: New Evidence and Possible Explanations"

Location: Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, HKS

:: Paper | Appendices

:: Personal homepage

 

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SEP 19, 2011

JUSTIN WOLFERS, Business and Public Policy, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School

"Forecasting Elections: Voter Intentions versus Expectations"

Location: Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, HKS

No paper for circulation

:: Personal homepage

 

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SEP 26, 2011

SANDRA SUSAN SMITH, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley

"Logics of Assistance and the Job-Matching Process"

Location: Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, HKS

No paper

:: Personal homepage

 

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OCT 3, 2011

DAVID MECHANIC, Behaviorial Sciences, Rutgers University

"Inequalities in Behavioral Health Care: Evolution of Care and Current Status"

Location: Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, HKS

No paper

:: Personal homepage

 

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OCT 10, 2011

COLUMBUS DAY - No seminar

 

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OCT 17, 2011

CYBELLE FOX, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley

"Three Worlds of Relief: Race, Immigration and the American WElfare State from the Progressive Era to the New Deal"

Location: Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, HKS

No paper

:: Personal homepage

 

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OCT 24, 2011

LARRY JACOBS, Political Studies, University of Minnesota

"Structural Framing: Reproducing Advantage and Enabling Progressive Politics"

Location: Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, HKS

:: Paper

:: Personal homepage

 

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OCT 31, 2011

VINCENT MOR, Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown School of Medicine

"Nursing Home Care in America: Disentangling the Social Determinants of Racial Disparities"

Location: Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, HKS

:: Paper: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

:: Personal homepage

 

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NOV 7, 2011

FRANCES ROSENBLUTH, Political Science, Yale University

"Explaining Occupational Gender Inequality: Hours Regulation and Statistical Discrimination"

Location: Nye A-B, Taubman Building, HKS

:: Paper

:: Personal homepage

 

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NOV 14, 2011

DEVAH PAGER, Sociology, Princeton University

"Race, Self-Selection, and the Job Search Process."

Location: Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, HKS

No paper available

:: Personal homepage

 

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NOV 21, 2011

MORRIS FIORINA, Political Science, Stanford University

"Political Polarization in the U.S. An Update."

Location: Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, HKS

No paper available

:: Personal homepage

 

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NOV 28, 2011

INGRID GOULD ELLEN, Public Policy and Urban Planning, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

"Why Do Higher Income Households Choose Lower Income Neighborhods?"

Location: Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, HKS

:: Paper

:: Personal homepage

 

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DEC 5, 2011

CAMILLE CHARLES, Social Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

"Say it Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud): 21st Century Black Racial Identity"

Location: Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, HKS

:: Personal homepage