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Seminars

California Center for Population Research Seminar Series 2009-2010

The California Population Research Seminar Series, sponsored by the California Center for Population Research generally meets every Wednesday from 12:00 - 1:30 PM. See each listing below for specific time and room details. Any missing details will be posted as soon as they are finalized. If you would like to meet with the speaker during the day and/or join us for lunch or dinner, please CLICK on Speaker's name below to retrieve Speaker's Schedule. Please email all meeting requests to the speaker's CCPR Host with Cc: to Director@ccpr.ucla.edu and Wendy Tieu (wendy@ccpr.ucla.edu). Also, if you would like to suggest speakers or topics, please send email to Director@ccpr.ucla.edu.

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Fall Quarter       Winter Quarter        Spring Quarter

FALL QUARTER, 2009

September 30, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
"Welcome and Introductions"

October 7, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Timothy Conley (Chicago Booth)
"An Introduction to Spatial Econometrics"
Co-sponsored with Dept. of Economics Applied Microeconomics Workshop

October 14, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Robert Jensen (UCLA)
"Economics, Culture and Gender Bias in Rural India"

October 20, Tuesday**3:30-5:00 PM** 9383 Bunche Hall
Martha Bailey (University of Michigan)
"The Impact of U.S. Family Planning Programs: Evidence From the War on Poverty and Title X"
Co-sponsored with Dept. of Economics Applied Microeconomics Workshop and VonGremp Workshop in Economic and Entrepreneurial History

October 28, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Narayan Sastry (Univ. of Michigan)
"Dislocation and Return of New Orleans Residents after Hurricane Katrina"

November 4, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Sam Schulhofer-Wohl (Princeton University)
"Modeling the Evolution of Age and Cohort Effects in Social Research"
Co-sponsored with Dept. of Economics Applied Microeconomics Workshop

November 18, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Samuel Clark (Univ. of Washington)
"Investigating Population and Health Issues in Africa Using Techniques from Demography: Microsimulation and Model Life Tables"

Related Materials: 1) Demographic Consequences of HIV Epidemics and Effects of Different Male Circumcision Intervention Designs: Suggestive Findings from Microsimulation and 2) INDEPTH Model Life Tables 2.0

November 20, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Ted Robles; Dawn Upchurch; Tara McKay; Pascaline Dupas
"Ethical Issues in the Collection and Analysis of Health and Biomarker Data"

December 1, Tuesday**3:30-5:00 PM** 9383 Bunche Hall
Nancy Qian (Yale University)
"The Institutional Causes of Famine in China, 1959-61"

December 9, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Anna Aizer (Brown Univ.)
"Education, Knowledge and the Evolution of Disparities in Health"

WINTER QUARTER, 2010

January 6, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
John Santelli (Columbia University)
"TBA"

January 13, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Phyllis Moen (University of Minnesota)
"TBA"
Co-sponsored with Dept. of Sociology Family Working Group and
The Center on the Everyday Lives of Families

January 20, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Ken Land (Duke University)
"TBA"

February 24, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Rebeca Wong (Univ. of Texas-Austin)
"TBA"

March 3, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Esther Duflo (MIT)
"TBA"
Co-sponsored with Dept. of Economics Applied Microeconomics Workshop

March 17, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Kenneth Chay (Brown Univ.)
"TBA"
Co-sponsored with Dept. of Economics Applied Microeconomics Workshop

SPRING QUARTER, 2010

April 21, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
David Weir (University of Michigan)
"TBA"
Co-sponsored with Dept. of Economics Applied Microeconomics Workshop

April 28, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Michelle Hindin (John Hopkins Univ.)
"TBA"

May 5, 12:00-1:30 - 4240 Public Affairs Bldg.
Richard Steckel (Ohio State)
"TBA"
Co-sponsored with VonGremp Workshop in Economic and Entrepreneurial History

 

Please contact Wendy Tieu (wendy@ccpr.ucla.edu) regarding reimbursement procedures.

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2009 California Center for Population Research, UCLA
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