DATE & LOCATION

GUEST SPEAKER

SEMINAR TITLE

Friday, Feb. 16, 2007
12 pm
Cole Student Activities Bldg
Room 0124B
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

Melissa Hardy

Distinguished Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Sociology and Demography; Director, The Gerontology Center
Penn State University

Population Aging, Intra-Cohort Change, and Socio-Political Attitudes in the US

Friday, Mar. 2, 2007
12 pm
Cole Student Activities Bldg
Room 0124B

Jane Menken

Professor of Sociology and Demography; Director of the Institute of Behavioral Science
University of Colorado at Boulder

Measuring Health in Developing Countries Using Self-Reports: Are Gender Differences Complaint or Reality?

Friday, Mar. 9, 2007
12 pm
Cole Student Activities Bldg
Room 0124B

John J. Donohue, III*

Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law
Yale University

Estimating the Impact of the Death Penalty on Murder

Friday, Apr. 13, 2007
12 pm
Cole Student Activities Bldg
Room 0124B

David Lam

Professor of Economics and Research Professor at the Population Studies Center
University of Michigan

Schooling as a Lottery:
Racial Differences in School Advancement in Urban South Africa

Friday, Apr. 20, 2007
12 pm
Cole Student Activities Bldg
Room 0124B

Herb Smith

Professor of Sociology and Director of the Population Studies Center
University of Pennsylvania

Forecasting Local School Enrollment:
Demographic and Econometric Approaches

Friday, May 4, 2007
12 pm
Cole Student Activities Bldg
Room 0124B

Steve Ruggles

Professor of History and Director of the Minnesota Population Center
University of Minnesota

A Comparative Historical Analysis of Intergenerational Coresidence

*Co-sponsored by the Crime and Population Work Group (formerly the Program on the Economics of Crime and Justice Policy) and the Public Policy Applied Micro Seminar Series.