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IRP Graduate Research Fellows Program Calendar, 2009–2010

Fall 2009 | Spring 2010

GRF meetings will take place in 3470 Social Science. All IRP seminars are from 12:15-1:30 pm in 8417 Social Science Building, unless otherwise noted.

Fall Semester 2009

September 3, 2009

  • 10:45-12 Introductory GRF Seminar
  • IRP Seminar: Measuring the Effects of Education on Smoking Behavior: Evidence from Twin Data Pierre Koning, Program Leader, Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis and IRP Visiting Scholar (Co-sponsored with La Follette & WAGE)

September 10, 2009

  • IRP Seminar: The Heterogeneous Effects of Training Incidence and Duration on Labor Market Transitions Marie Waller, Institute for Economic Research, Department of Applied Econometrics, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany, and IRP Visiting Scholar<

September 17, 2009

  • 10:45-12 GRF Seminar: Sara-Goldrick Rab & Douglas Harris
  • IRP Seminar: Education Policy in a Recession: New Investments in Community Colleges Sara Goldrick-Rab, School of Education, Educational Policy Studies, Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER)& Douglas Harris, School of Education, Educational Policy Studies, both University of Wisconsin–Madison, IRP Affiliates

September 24, 2009

  • 10:45-12 GRF Seminar: Joachim Frick [PowerPoint Presenation available in PDF format]
  • IRP Seminar: Broadening the View and Zooming in: Accounting for Non-Cash and for Imputed Income in Inequality Analyses Joachim R. Frick, Data Operations Manager & Deputy Director, German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), DIW Berlin, Germany

October 1, 2009

  • IRP Seminar: The Impact of Long-Term Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Family Obesity Max Schmeiser, Department of Consumer Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and IRP Affiliate

October 8, 2009

  • 10:45-12 GRF Seminar: Pierre Koning
  • IRP Seminar: Family Structure and Intergenerational Mobility Tom DeLeire, La Follette School of Public Affairs and Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and IRP Affiliate

October 15, 2009

  • IRP Seminar: Distributional Aspects of the Inflation Tax in South Africa: A Microsimulation Steve Koch, Visiting Professor Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Co-sponsored with La Follette)

October 22, 2009

  • 10:45-12 GRF Seminar: Terry-Ann L. Craigie
  • IRP Seminar:Effects of Paternal Presence and Family Instability on Child Cognitive Performance Terry-Ann L. Craigie, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University, and IRP Visiting Scholar

October 29, 2009

  • 10:45-12: GRF APPAM practice talk, Hilary Shager
  • IRP Seminar: The Impact of Childhood Activity Limitations on Parental Health, Mental Health, and Workdays Lost in the United States Whitney Witt, Department of Population Health Sciences and School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and IRP Affiliate

November 5, 2009

  • APPAM Conference

November 12, 3009

  • 10:45-12 GRF Job market presentation or dissertation presentation
  • IRP Seminar: Life Course Outcomes of Adolescents with Low IQ: Report from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Marsha Seltzer, Academic Program Director Waisman Center, and School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and IRP Affiliate

November 19, 2009

  • 10:45-Noon GRF Seminar: Gary Burtless
  • IRP Seminar: Recession and Redistribution: The Economy, Public Policy, and the Poor Gary Burtless, John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair in Economic Studies, the Brookings Institution

December 1, 2009, Tuesday

  • IRP Seminar: TBA Peter Brandon, Broom Professor of Social Demography, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton College (Joint Seminar with La Follette)

December 3, 2009, 4:00 p.m., University Club, 803 State Street

  • 10:45-12 GRF Seminar: Jane Waldfogel
  • Al Kahn Memorial Seminar:TBA Jane Waldfogel, Professor of Social Work and Public Affairs, Columbia University

December 10, 2009

  • 10:45-12 GRF Seminar: GRF Student Presentation, Pamela Connors
  • IRP Seminar: Income Security among Aging Immigrants: Evidence from the 2006 Canadian Census Karen Robson, Assistant Professor of Sociology, York University

Spring Semester 2010

 

 


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