SEMINAR

Malcolm Wiener Center
Inequality & Social Policy Seminar Series

Spring 2007

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

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FEB 5, 2007

RICHARD ZECKHAUSER, Kennedy School of Government
PETER SCHUCK, Yale Law School

"Targeting in Social Programs: Avoiding Bad Bets, Removing Bad Apples"

Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL, Taubman Building), Kennedy School of Govt.

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FEB 12, 2007

STEVE PISCHKE, Economics , London School of Economics

"Zero Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Germany: Evidence and Interpretation"

:: View paper

Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL, Taubman Building), Kennedy School of Govt.

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FEB 26, 2007

ROBERT MOFFITT, Economics, Johns Hopkins University

"Trends in Income and Earnings Volatility in the U.S."

Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL, Taubman Building), Kennedy School of Govt.

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MAR 5, 2007

NICHOLAS CHRISTAKIS, Sociology and Harvard Medical School

"The Epidemic Spread of Obesity in a Very Large Social Network"

Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL, Taubman Building), Kennedy School of Govt.

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MAR 12, 2007

MARK DUGGAN, Economics, University of Maryland

“Federal Policy and the Rise in Disability Enrollment: Evidence for the VA's Disability Compensation Program ”

:: View Paper 1
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Location (Note change): Nye Conference Room ABC (5th FL, Taubman Building), Kennedy School of Govt.

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MAR 19, 2007

HARRY HOLZER, Public Policy, Georgetown University

"Reconnecting Disadvantaged Young Men "

Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL, Taubman Building), Kennedy School of Govt.

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APR 2, 2007

LINDA BURTON , Sociology, Pennsylvania State University

"Journeys to the Altar: Intimate Relationships and Childbearing in Low-Income Urban and Rural Families"

Location: Nye Conference Room ABC (5th FL, Taubman Building), Kennedy School of Govt.

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APR 9, 2007

JACQUES MISTRAL, Economics, Conseil d'Analyse Economique (Paris)

"Redistribution or Insurance? Two Economists' Views of the Welfare State and their Political Consequences "

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Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL, Taubman Building), Kennedy School of Govt.

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APR 16, 2007

AMITABH CHANDRA , Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

"The Economics of Treatment Disparities in Healthcare ”

Location: Malkin Penthouse (Kennedy School Littauer Building, 4th FL), Kennedy School of Govt.

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APR 23, 2007

ANNETTE LAREAU , Sociology, University of Maryland

"Class, Race and Childrearing: An Emerging Picture from a Longitudinal Ethnography "

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Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL, Taubman Building), Kennedy School of Govt.

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APR 30, 2007

SUSAN DYNARSKI , Kennedy School of Government

"The Cost of Complexity in Federal Student Aid: Lessons from Optimal Tax Theory and Behavioral Economics "

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Location: Nye Conference Room ABC (5th FL, Taubman Building), Kennedy School of Govt.

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