IRP-USDA
Small Grants Workshop
April 21, 2006
8417 Social Science Building, 8:45am-1:45pm
An annual workshop providing the opportunity for current grant recipients
to present preliminary research results on hunger and food insecurity.
This event is open to the public.
Format: Each presentation lasts 50 minutes: 25 minutes for presentation,
5 minutes for graduate student discussant, 10 minutes for senior discussant,
and 10 minutes open discussion.
Agenda
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| 8:45-9:00: |
Welcoming remarks: Maria Cancian |
| 9:00-9:25: |
Neil Bania, University of Oregon, and Laura Leete, Willamette University
“Income Volatility, Food Insufficiency, and Food Stamp Receipt
in the U.S.: The Effect of Welfare Reform” |
| 9:25-9:30: |
Discussant No. 1: Shawn Cassiman, School of Social Work |
| 9:30-9:40: |
Discussant No. 2: Katherine Magnuson, School of Social Work |
| 9:40-9:50: |
Open discussion |
| 9:50-10:15: |
Craig Gundersen and Brent Kreider, Iowa State University
“How Sensitive Are Inferences about Relationships between Food
Stamps and Food Insecurity to Reporting Error?” |
| 10:15-10:20: |
Discussant No.1: Hugette Sun, Department of Economics |
| 10:20-10:30: |
Discusssant No. 2: John Karl Scholz, Department of Economics |
| 10:30-10:40: |
Open discussion |
| 10:40-11:00: |
Break |
| 11:00-11:25: |
Ted Joyce and Cristina Yunzal, Baruch College, City University
of New York
“Does Greater Exposure to WIC Affect Maternal Behavior and
Improve Infant Health? Evidence from the Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance
System” |
| 11:25-11:30: |
Discussant No.1: Seth Gitter, Department of Agricultural and Applied
Economics |
| 11:30-11:40: |
Discussant No. 2: Barbara Wolfe, Departments of Economics and Population
Health Sciences |
| 11:40-11:50: |
Open discussion |
| 11:50-12:15: |
Haiyong Liu, Department of Economics, East Carolina University
“Growing Up Poor and Weight Problems” |
| 12:15-12:20: |
Discussant No.1: Hau Chyi, Department of Economics |
| 12:20-12:30: |
Discussant No. 2: Lawrence Berger, School of Social Work |
| 12:30-1:45: |
Open discussion, closing remarks |
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