IRP General Poverty Research Seminar Series 2009–2010

This seminar series is wide-ranging, featuring poverty studies scholars representing a range of disciplines.

Thursdays, 12:15-1:30 p.m., 8417 Social Science Building (unless otherwise noted)

September 24, 2009

Broadening the View and Zooming in: Accounting for Non-Cash and for Imputed Income in Inequality Analyses
Joachim R. Frick, Data Operations Manager & Deputy Director, German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), DIW Berlin, Germany
[PowerPoint available in PDF format]

October 1, 2009

The Impact of Long-Term Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Family Obesity
Maximilian Schmeiser, Department of Consumer Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and IRP Affiliate
[PowerPoint available in PDF format]

October 8, 2009

Family Structure and Intergenerational Mobility
Thomas DeLeire, La Follette School of Public Affairs and Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and IRP Affiliate

October 15, 2009

Distributional Aspects of the Inflation Tax in South Africa: A Microsimulation
Steve Koch, Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria Republic of South Africa, and Visiting Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin–Madison (co-sponsored with La Follette)

November 12, 2009

Life Course Outcomes of Adolescents with Low IQs: Report from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
Marsha Seltzer, Academic Program Director Waisman Center, and Vaughn Professor, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and IRP Affiliate

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Single Mothers, Minimum Wages, and Welfare Participation
Peter Brandon, Broom Professor of Social Demography, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton College (co-sponsored with La Follette)
12:15-1:30 p.m. La Follette School conference room

January 21, 2010

Outcomes of Employer-Based Free Tax Form Completion Programs: Research Results and Practical Observations on Assisting Low-Income Employees at Work
John Hoffmire, Director of the Center on Business and Poverty, Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and IRP Affiliate

February 11, 2010

IRP General Poverty Research Seminar Series
On the Observational Implications of Taste-Based Discrimination in Racial Profiling
Jane Cooley, Department of Economics and WCER, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and IRP Affiliate