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Fall 2007 Schedule |
| September 27 | Emily Oster, University of Chicago | The Power of TV: Cable Television and Women's Status in India |
| October 4 | Heather N. Royer, Assistant Professor of Economics, Case Western Reserve University | The Effect of Education on Adult Mortality and Health: Evidence from the United Kingdom |
| October 11 | Paul Lafontaine, University of Chicago | The American High School Graduation Rate: Trends and Levels |
| October 18 | Fred Wulczyn , University of Chicago | Racial Disparities in Foster Care Entries |
| October 25 | Jens Ludwig , University of Chicago | What can we learn about neighborhood effects from the Moving to Opportunity experiment? A Comment on Clampet-Lundquist and Massey |
| November 1 | Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago | Disability, Earnings, Income and Consumption |
| November 8 | Yang Yang , University of Chicago | Age-Period-Cohort Analysis in Social Research: What's New? |
| Teusday, November 13 | Alan Krueger , Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Policy; Director, Survey Research Center, Princeton University | TBA - Joint With Economics & Public Policy Workshop |
| November 22 | Thanksgiving Holiday | NO WORKSHOP |
| November 29 | Jason Schnittker , Janice and Julian Bers Associate Professor in the Social Sciences University of Pennsylvania | Happiness and Success: Â Genes, Families, and the Correlates of Well-being |
Contact Patrick Wightman (773-256-6365) for more information.
This year's Demography Workshop co-chairs are Kate Cagney, (834-3924); Jens O. Ludwig, (773-702-3242); Ofer Malamud, (773-702-3382); Bob Michael, (834-2577); and Yang Yang, (773-834-1113).