2015 Sep 14 Alexandre Mas: Does Transparency Lead to Pay Compression? 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: CGIS South-020, 1730 Cambridge St. (Note that this location is for the first seminar ONLY. Subsequent seminars will meet at the Harvard Kennedy School).Alexandre Mas, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University. ... Read more about Alexandre Mas: Does Transparency Lead to Pay Compression?
2015 Sep 21 Jennifer Jennings: Leveling the Playing Field for School Choice in New York City 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School: Allison Dining RoomJennifer Jennings, Assistant Professor of Sociology, New York University. ... Read more about Jennifer Jennings: Leveling the Playing Field for School Choice in New York City
2015 Sep 28 Thomas Lemieux: Top Incomes in Canada: Evidence from the Census 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School: Malcolm Wiener Auditorium (Taubman G-1)Thomas Lemieux, Professor and School Director, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia. ... Read more about Thomas Lemieux: Top Incomes in Canada: Evidence from the Census
2015 Oct 05 David Deming: The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School: Allison Dining RoomDavid Deming, Associate Professor of Education and Economics, Harvard Graduate School of Education. ... Read more about David Deming: The Growing Importance of Social Skills in the Labor Market
2015 Oct 19 Sandra Susan Smith: Want, Need, Fit: The Logics Underlying Job Contacts' Assistance 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School: Allison Dining RoomSandra Susan Smith, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley. ... Read more about Sandra Susan Smith: Want, Need, Fit: The Logics Underlying Job Contacts' Assistance
2015 Oct 26 Ryan D. Enos: Why Does Segregation Cause Prejudice? 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School: Allison Dining RoomRyan D. Enos, Associate Professor of Government, Harvard University.... Read more about Ryan D. Enos: Why Does Segregation Cause Prejudice?
2015 Nov 02 Sudhir Venkatesh: Is Collective Efficacy a Form of Social Exchange? Ethnographic Data on Gun Markets and Housing Mobility in Chicago 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School: Allison Dining RoomSudhir Venkatesh, William B. Ransford Professor in Sociology and the Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University.... Read more about Sudhir Venkatesh: Is Collective Efficacy a Form of Social Exchange? Ethnographic Data on Gun Markets and Housing Mobility in Chicago
2015 Nov 09 Tracy K. Dennison: “Four legs good, two legs bad”: Inequality in Russia in Historical Perspective 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: CGIS South-020, 1730 Cambridge St.Note location this week Tracy Dennison, Professor of Social Science History, California Institute of Technology.... Read more about Tracy K. Dennison: “Four legs good, two legs bad”: Inequality in Russia in Historical Perspective
2015 Nov 16 John Laub: A Tale of Two Eras: A Reconsideration of Turning Points and Pathways Out of Crime 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School: Allison Dining RoomJohn Laub, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland, College Park.... Read more about John Laub: A Tale of Two Eras: A Reconsideration of Turning Points and Pathways Out of Crime
2015 Nov 30 Paul Frymer: The Politics of Mass Deportation in the United States: State Authority, Public Activism, and Government Removal Policies Targeting Native Americans and African Americans in the 19th Century 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School: Allison Dining RoomPaul Frymer, Associate Professor of Politics, Princeton University.... Read more about Paul Frymer: The Politics of Mass Deportation in the United States: State Authority, Public Activism, and Government Removal Policies Targeting Native Americans and African Americans in the 19th Century
2015 Dec 07 Paul Jargowsky: The Architecture of Segregation: Civil Unrest, the Concentration of Poverty, and Public Policy 12:00pm to 1:45pm Location: Harvard Kennedy School: Allison Dining RoomPaul A. Jargowsky, Professor of Public Policy and Director, Center for Urban Research and Education (CURE), Rutgers University–Camden.... Read more about Paul Jargowsky: The Architecture of Segregation: Civil Unrest, the Concentration of Poverty, and Public Policy