2017 Sep 11 Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat: The Effect of Increased Income on Children's Academic Achievement: Evidence from the Marcellus Shale 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Allison Dining RoomElizabeth Oltmans Ananat, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics, Duke University.... Read more about Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat: The Effect of Increased Income on Children's Academic Achievement: Evidence from the Marcellus Shale
2017 May 01 The Shifting Economic & Political Landscape: A Conversation with Larry Summers Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: HKS Allison Dining RoomLawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor and President Emeritus, Harvard University.In conversation withDavid T. Ellwood, Director, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, and Isabelle and Scott Black Professor of Political Economy, Harvard Kennedy School.... Read more about The Shifting Economic & Political Landscape: A Conversation with Larry Summers
2017 Apr 24 Robert J. Sampson: The Life Course of Crime and Criminalization Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School: Allison Dining RoomRobert J. Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University.... Read more about Robert J. Sampson: The Life Course of Crime and CriminalizationRegistration:
2017 Apr 17 Roland G. Fryer, Jr: Using Economics to Solve Racial Inequality Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School: Allison Dining Room Roland G. Fryer, Jr., Henry Lee Professor of Economics, Harvard University.... Read more about Roland G. Fryer, Jr: Using Economics to Solve Racial InequalityRegistration:
2017 Apr 10 David Autor: When Work Disappears: Consequences of the Declining Marriage-Market Value of Men for Marriage, Fertility, and Children's Living Circumstances Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School: Allison Dining RoomDavid Autor, Ford Professor of Economics, MIT.... Read more about David Autor: When Work Disappears: Consequences of the Declining Marriage-Market Value of Men for Marriage, Fertility, and Children's Living CircumstancesRegistration:
2017 Apr 03 Carol S. Steiker: The Criminalization of Poverty Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School: Allison Dining RoomCarol S. Steiker, Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Harvard Law School.... Read more about Carol S. Steiker: The Criminalization of PovertyRegistration:
2017 Mar 27 Michèle Lamont: Addressing Recognition Gaps: Destigmatization Processes and the Making of Inequality Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School: Allison Dining RoomMichèle Lamont, Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies, and Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies, Harvard University.... Read more about Michèle Lamont: Addressing Recognition Gaps: Destigmatization Processes and the Making of Inequality Registration:
2017 Mar 20 Danielle Allen: Political Equality as a Human Good Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School: Allison Dining RoomDanielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor, Harvard University.... Read more about Danielle Allen: Political Equality as a Human GoodRegistration:
2017 Mar 06 Mario Luis Small: The Rising Heterogeneity of Poor Neighborhoods across Cities Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School: Allison Dining RoomMario Luis Small, Grafstein Family Professor of Sociology, Harvard University.... Read more about Mario Luis Small: The Rising Heterogeneity of Poor Neighborhoods across CitiesRegistration:
2017 Feb 27 Sean Reardon: 200 million test scores and what do we know? Income, race, and the geography of educational opportunity in the U.S. 4:15pm to 5:45pm Location: HGSE Larsen 203PIER Public Seminar Series(Learn more)Sean Reardon, Professor of Poverty and Inequality in Education, Stanford University.Sponsored by the Partnering in Education Research (PIER) doctoral fellowship program, part of the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University. Co-sponsored by the Inequality & Social Policy program.... Read more about Sean Reardon: 200 million test scores and what do we know? Income, race, and the geography of educational opportunity in the U.S.