SEMINAR

Malcolm Wiener Center
Inequality & Social Policy Seminar Series

Fall 2009

 

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

LOCATION |FALL 2009
CGIS South-020 (Belfer Case Study Room), Concourse Level,
1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA » View map

 

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(SPECIAL EVENT)

WED, SEPT 9, 2009

 

"MORE THAN JUST RACE: BEING BLACK AND POOR IN THE INNER CITY"

A discussion with WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON, and panelists ORLANDO PATTERSON, SUDHIR VENKATESH, and MICHÈLE LAMONT.

Details: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 | 4:15-6:00 PM | CGIS South-010 (Tsai Auditorium). » info

 

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SEP 14, 2009

BERNARD E. HARCOURT , Law and Political Science, University of Chicago

"Racial Profiling: What's the Problem? "

Location: CGIS South-020 (Belfer Case Study Room), Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge Street)» View map

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SEP 21, 2009

VALERIE A. RAMEY, Economics, University of California, San Diego

"The Rug Rat Race "

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SEP 28, 2009

KATHERINE S. NEWMAN, Sociology, Princeton University

"The Accordion Family: Inequality and the Changing Composition of Households"

Location: CGIS South-020 (Belfer Case Study Room), Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge Street)» View map

 

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OCT 5 , 2009

RICHARD THOMPSON FORD, Stanford Law School

"Rights Gone Wrong: How Legal Entitlements Undermine Social Justice and Social Harmony "

Location: CGIS South-020 (Belfer Case Study Room), Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge Street)» View map

 

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OCT 12 , 2009

COLUMBUS DAY--No Seminar

 

 

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OCT 19 , 2009

SHELDON DANZIGER , Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

"Changing Poverty, Changing Policies"

Location: CGIS South-020 (Belfer Case Study Room), Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge Street)» View map

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OCT 26 , 2009

DAVID NEUMARK, Economics, University of California, Irvine

"Neighbors and Co-Workers: The Importance of Residential Labor Market Networks "

Please note temporary change in location.

Location: CGIS South-050, Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge Street)» View map

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NOV 2 , 2009

JYTTE KLAUSEN , Politics, Brandeis University

"Europe's Muslims and the Contemporary Political Imagination"

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NOV 9 , 2009

DANIEL HAMERMESH, Economics, University of Texas, Austin

"Strike Three: Discrimination, Incentives, and Evaluation"

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NOV 16 , 2009

MARGARET WEIR, Sociology and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

"Reconceptualizing the Problem of Metropolitan Poverty"

Location: CGIS South-020 (Belfer Case Study Room), Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge Street)» View map

Paper unavailable at this time

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NOV 23 , 2009

ENRICO MORETTI, Economics, University of California, Berkeley

"Real Wage Inequality"

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NOV 30 , 2009

JOSHUA ANGRIST , Economics, MIT

"Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: Evidence from Boston's Charters and Pilots"

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DEC 7 , 2009

DIANE E. DAVIS , Political Sociology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT

"Social or Spatial Policy? The Politics of Zero Tolerance Policing in Mexico City"

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