SEMINAR

Malcolm Wiener Inequality
& Social Policy Seminar Series

Fall 1998

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

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SEP 21, 1998

AAGE SORENSEN, Sociology, Harvard University

"On Kings, Pietism, and Rent-Seeking in Scandinavian Welfare States"

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SEP 28, 1998

JENNIFER HOCHSCHILD, Princeton University

"One, Some, and Many: The Problems of Democracy in American Education Policy"

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OCT 5, 1998

DANI RODRIK, Kennedy School of Govt.

"Democracies Pay Higher Wages"

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OCT 19, 1998

RICHARD FREEMAN, Economics, Harvard University

"Does Inequality Explain Our Working So Much?"

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OCT 26, 1998

DAVID ELLWOOD and TOM KANE, Kennedy School of Govt.

"Inequality Beyond High School: The Trends in College Enrollment"

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NOV 2 , 1998

R. KENT WEAVER, The Brookings Institution

"Ending Welfare as We Know It: The Politics of Welfare Reform, 1992-1996"

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NOV 9, 1998

WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON, Kennedy School of Govt.

"From Preference to Affirmative Opportunity"

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NOV 16, 1998

JODY HEYMANN, Harvard School of Public Health

"Inequalities in the Workplace: The Conditions Low-Income Parents Face"

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NOV 23, 1998

MARY WATERS, Sociology, Harvard University

"The Transition from School to Work Among the Second Generation in New York City: Preliminary Findings and Research Questions"

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NOV 30, 1998

PAUL PETERSON, Government, Harvard University

"A Mid-Term Report Card on School Choice"

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DEC 7, 1998

JEANNE BROOKS-GUNN, Columbia University

"Do Parents or Income Matter? The Case of Poor Young Children"

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