IRP Graduate Research Fellows Program Calendar, 2007–2008
Fall 2007 | Spring 2008
Monday, September 3
Labor Day
Tuesday, September 4
First day of classes
Thursday, September 6 - Friday, September 7
Pathways to Self-Sufficiency
Conference, 8417 Social Science
Organizers: Carolyn Heinrich, Tom
Kaplan, and John Karl Scholz
Thursday, September 13
GRF introductory meeting: 10:45-11:45 AM
Note: All GRF meetings will be held in the
IRP conference
room, 3470 Social Science
Thursday, September 13 - Friday, September 14
WELPAN
meeting in Madison, 8417 Social Science
Thursday, September 20
IRP Seminar
Turnover and Wage Growth in the Transition from School to Work
Christohper Taber, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thursday, September 27
IRP Seminar
The Human Capital Consequences of Teenage Childbearing: Can We Really Know
What They Are?
Barbara Wolfe, La Follette School of Public Affairs, Department of Economics,
and Population Health, University of Wisconsin–Madison
GRF meeting: 10:45-11:45 AM, IRP conference room
Guest speaker: Matt Desmond, former GRF and Sociology doctoral
candidate, will discuss his forthcoming book and new research
project
Information about Matt's new book: On the Fireline: Living and Dying with Wildland Firefighters
Monday, October 1, 2:00-4:30 pm
Meeting with Christopher Paul, Ph.D. of RAND, IRP conference
room, 2:00-4:00 pm
Topic: Career opportunities at RAND (see: http://www.rand.org/)
(Note: There will be an opportunity to meet individually with Dr. Paul during
this time period)
Thursday, October 4
IRP Seminar
"A Welfare Reform Retrospective: What We Knew in 1996; What We Now Know"
Sheldon Danziger, Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public
Policy and Co-Director of the National Poverty Center, University of Michigan
Friday, October 5
Poverty Volume Pre-Conference Workshop, 8417 Social Science
Thursday, October 11
IRP Seminar
"Trends in Earnings and Income Variability in the United States"
Thomas DeLeire, La Follette School of Public Affairs and Population Health
Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thursday, October 18
IRP Seminar
"Social and Economic Determinants of Health: Research Evidence vs. Public
Opinion
Stephanie Robert, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin–Madison
GRF meeting: 10:45-11:45 AM, IRP conference room
Topic: preparing IRB proposals,
negotiating data sharing agreements, and other contractual and professional
issues in primary and secondary data collection and use
For browsing:
IRP Data Security Manual
DHHS, Code of Federal Regulations, Projections of Human Subjects
UW Graduate School guidelines: http://www.grad.wisc.edu/hrpp/view.php?id=10046&f=htm
Thursday, October 25
No IRP Seminar—no room available
Thursday, November 1
IRP Seminar
"Model Uncertainty and the Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment"
Steven Durlauf, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thursday, November 8
Possible IRP Seminar
(APPAM conference November 8-10 in DC)
Thursday, November 15
IRP Seminar at 12:15: Who Can and Should Fight Poverty?" Seminar Series
"Financial Innovations and Savings: Strategies for Increasing Private Saving
by Poor Families"
Peter Tufano,
Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management, Harvard Business
School
Reception follows the seminar
GRF meeting:
10:45-11:45 AM, IRP conference room
Guest speaker: Peter Tufano
Topic: Asset building/investment strategies for the poor
Readings:
Tufano, Peter. 2007. "Just
Keep My Money! Part I: The Potential for a Refund-Driven Savings Bond
Program." (Findings of a pre-pilot program to
offer U.S. Savings Bonds to tax recipients to stimulate savings.)
Schneider, Daniel, and Peter Tufano. 2005. "New
Savings from Old Innovations: Asset Building for the Less Affluent."
Thursday, November 22
Thanksgiving (No seminar)
November 28-December 7
IRP Visiting Scholar: Daphne Hernandez,
Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Thursday, November 29
IRP Seminar at 12:15
"The Reciprocal Relationship Between
the Underground Economy and Family's Health"
Daphne Hernandez, Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, IRP Visiting
Scholar
GRF meeting: 10:45-11:45 AM, IRP conference room
Guest speaker: Daphne Hernandez
Topic: New research and experience working with Fragile Families
data
Readings:
Hernandez, Daphne C., and Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest. 2006. "Food
Assistance Program Participation among Fragile Families." Paper prepared for the conference “Income
Volatility and Implications for Food Assistance
Programs II” jointly sponsored by the National Poverty Center, Gerald
R. Ford School of Public
Policy, University of Michigan and the Economic Research Service, U.S.
Department of
Agriculture, November 16-17, 2006, Washington, D.C
Thursday, December 6
IRP Seminar
Social Multiplier Effects of No Child Left Behind
Jane Cooley, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin–Madison
GRF meeting: 10:45-11:45 AM, IRP conference
room
GRF job market presentation-Nathan Tefft
Thursday, December 13
Possible IRP Seminar
GRF meeting: 10:45-11:45 AM, IRP conference
room
GRF job market presentation-Richard Dunn
Friday, December 14
Last day of classes
Sunday, December 16
Commencement
Tuesday, January 22
Classes begin
Thursday, January 24
Possible IRP Seminar
Thursday, January 31
IRP Seminar
Patterns and Implications of Multi-Partnered Fertility among Parents of a Recent Urban Birth Cohort
Marcia Carlson,
Assistant Professor of Social Work and Sociology, Columbia University
GRF meeting: 10:45-11:45 AM, IRP conference room
Topic: Manuscript review exercise for interested GRFs
Thursday, February 7
IRP Seminar
"Value-Added Models Work in School Effectiveness Research”
Rob Meyer, Senior Scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research
(WCER), Director of the Value-Added Research Center (VARC), UW-Madison
GRF meeting: 10:45-11:45 AM, IRP conference room
Guest speaker: Robert Meyer, Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Discussion of value-added models and experimentation in school effectiveness research
Readings:
Harris, Douglas, and Tim R. Sass.
2006. "Value-Added Models and the Measurement of Teacher Quality," working
paper.
Thursday, February 14
IRP Seminar
"The
Structure of Income Dynamics in Advanced Economies”
Markus Gangl,
Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thursday, February 21
IRP Seminar at 12:15: Who Can and Should Fight Poverty? Seminar Series
"Poverty Research and the Anti-Poverty Agenda”
Alice O’Connor
from University of California-Santa Barbara, History Department
Reception follows the seminar
GRF meeting: 10:45-11:45 AM, IRP conference room
Guest speaker: Alice O’Connor
Readings:
O'Connor, Alice. 2000. "Poverty
Research and Policy for the Post-Welfare Era," Annual
Review of Sociology 26: 547-562.
Thursday, February 28
IRP Seminar
"Associations of Family Structure States and Transitions with Children’s Wellbeing During Middle Childhood"
Lawrence Berger and Katherine Magnuson, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin–Madison
March 3-14: Oscar Mitnik, IRP Visiting Scholar
Thursday, March 6
IRP seminar
"Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Dependency: The Effects of Length
of Exposure"
Oscar Mitnik, Department of Economics, University of Miami and IRP
Visiting Scholar
GRF meeting: 10:45-11:45 AM, IRP conference room
Guest speaker: Oscar Mitnik
Topic: Advances in econometric matching methods and their applications
Readings:
Imbens, Guido W. 2000. "The
Role of the Propensity Score in Estimating Dose-Response Functions." Biometrika 87(3): 706-710.
Hirano, Keisuke, and Guido W. Imbens. 2004. "The
Propensity Score with Continuous Treatments." Working draft
of a chapter for Missing Data and Bayesian Methods in Practice: Contributions
by Donald Rubin's Satatistical Family, Wiley.
Thursday, March 13
IRP Seminar
"Does Community Participation Produce Dividends in Social Investment Fund Projects?"
Carolyn Heinrich, La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Monday, March 17-21: Spring Break
Thursday, March 27
IRP Seminar at 12:15: Who Can and Should Fight Poverty? Seminar Series
"What States and Localities Can do to Strengthen Labor and Fight Poverty”
Richard Freeman, Herbert Ascherman Chair in Economics, Harvard University;
Faculty Director of the Labor and Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School;
Director of the Labor Studies Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research
Reception follows the seminar
GRF meeting: 10:45-11:45 AM, IRP conference room
Guest speaker: Richard Freeman
Readings: TBA
Thursday, April 3
IRP Seminar at 12:15: Who Can and Should Fight Poverty? Seminar Series
“The Persistence of Poverty: Why the Economics of the Well-off
Can’t Help the Poor”
Charles Karelis, Research Professor of Philosophy, The George Washington University
Reception follows the seminar
GRF meeting: 10:45-11:45 AM, IRP conference room
Guest speaker: Charles Karelis
Readings: TBA
Thursday, April 10
IRP Seminar
"The Fourth Way: Big States, Big Business, and the Evolution
of the Earned Income Tax Credit"
Pam Herd, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs and Sociology, University
of Wisconsin–Madison
Thursday, April 17
IRP Seminar (PAA conference in New Orleans)
"Economic Integration and Earnings Volatility: Evidence from Sweden"
Tomas Korpi, Professor of Sociology, Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University, and IRP Visitor
Thursday, April 24
IRP Seminar at 12:15: Who Can and Should Fight Poverty? Seminar Series
"The Role of Faith Factor in Crime Prevention, Prisoner
Reentry, and Poverty”
Byron Johnson, Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Baylor Institute
for Studies of Religion, Baylor University
Reception follows the seminar
GRF meeting: 10:45-11:45 AM, IRP conference room
Topic: TBA
Thursday, May 1
No IRP Seminar
Friday, May 2: RIDGE (USDA) Grants Workshop
Friday, May 9: Last Day of classes
Friday, May 16: Commencement
Thursday May 29-30: Poverty Volumne Conference, Changing Poverty
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