SEMINAR

Malcolm Wiener Inequality
& Social Policy Seminar Series

Spring 1999

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

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FEB 8, 1999

ROBERT PUTNAM, Government and Kennedy School of Govt.

"Social Capital and Equality: What's the Connection?"

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FEB 22, 1999

LAWRENCE BOBO, Sociology, Harvard University

"Race and Power in the Workplace"

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MAR 1, 1999

SARA MCLANAHAN, Princeton University

"Fragile Families and Child Well-Being "

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MAR 8, 1999

STEVEN LEVITT, University of Chicago

"The Economics of Gangs and Drug-Selling"

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MAR 15, 1999

BARBARA RESKIN, Sociology, Harvard University

"Affirmative Action in Employment: Public and Private Sector Interventions"

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MAR 22 , 1999

DAVID CARD, Univ. of California, Berkeley

"Financial Incentives and Welfare Reform: Evidence from the SSP Experiment"

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APR 5, 1999

KATHRYN EDIN, University of Pennsylvania

"Why Don't Low-Income Mothers Get Married or ReMarried?"

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APR 12 , 1999

CHRISTOPHER JENCKS, Kennedy School of Govt., and SUSAN MAYER, University of Chicago

"Does Inequality Have Important Social Consequences?"

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APR 19, 1999

CLAUDIA GOLDIN and LAWRENCE KATZ, Economics, Harvard University

"Inequality, the Returns to Education, and Egalitarianism: Perspectives from U.S. History"

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APR 26, 1999

GREG DUNCAN, Northwestern University

"Does the Milwaukee New Hope Program Help Families and Children?"

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MAY 3, 1999

ROBERT MOFFITT, The Johns Hopkins University

"Explaining Welfare Reform"

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