SEMINAR

Malcolm Wiener Inequality
& Social Policy Seminar Series

Spring 2006

MONDAYS, NOON to 1:45 PM
Note: Presentation begins at 12:20 pm

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FEB 6, 2006

SUSAN DYNARSKI, Kennedy School of Government

"Building the Stock of College-Educated Labor"

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Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL), Kennedy School of Govt.

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FEB 13, 2006

SIMON BURGESS, University of Bristol and CASE, London School of Economics

"The Dynamics of School Attainment of England's Ethnic Minorities"

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Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL), Kennedy School of Govt.

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FEB 27, 2006

JANET CURRIE, Economics, Columbia University

"Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise? Towards a Broader Definition
of Human Capital"

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Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL), Kennedy School of Govt.

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MAR 6, 2006

TORBEN IVERSEN, Government, Harvard University

"Distribution and Redistribution: The Shadow of the Nineteenth Century"

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Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL), Kennedy School of Govt.

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MAR 13, 2006

JENS ALBER, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung

“The European Social Model and the U.S.”

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Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL), Kennedy School of Govt.

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MAR 20, 2006

CAROLINE HOXBY, Economics, Harvard University

"Taking Race Out of the Equation: School Reassignment and the Structure of Peer Effects"

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Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL), Kennedy School of Govt.

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APR 3, 2006

MARY JO BANE, Kennedy School of Government

"Two Poverty Puzzles, Three Variants of Poverty, Four Operational Challenges, One Problem Solving Strategy"

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Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL), Kennedy School of Govt.

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APR 10, 2006

EDWARD GLAESER, Economics, Harvard University

"Myths and Realities of American Political Geography"

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Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL), Kennedy School of Govt.

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APR 17, 2006

MARGARITA ESTEVEZ-ABE, Government, Harvard University

"Labor Markets, Public Policies and Gender Equality: the Varieties of Capitalism Perspective and Beyond”

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Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL), Kennedy School of Govt.

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APR 24, 2006

J. PHILLIP THOMPSON, Urban Studies and Planning, MIT

"How to Rebuild New Orleans? A Challenge for Scholars and Practitioners"

Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL), Kennedy School of Govt.

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MAY 1, 2006

MAHZARIN BANAJI, Psychology, Harvard University

"Ordinary Prejudice"

Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL), Kennedy School of Govt.

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