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Population Center
2002-2003 Seminar Series
In Co-Sponsorship with
Political Economy Group, UM Dept of Sociology
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SPEAKER:
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Frank Levy
Daniel Rose Professor of Urban Economics
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
M.I.T
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TITLE:
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How Computers Change Work
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DATE:
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Friday, September 20, 2002
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TIME:
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12:00 Noon
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PLACE:
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2309 Art-Sociology
University of Maryland, College Park Campus
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Frank Levy is the Daniel Rose Professor of Urban
Economics at M.I.T.'s Department of Urban Studies and
Planning. Before joining M.I.T. in 1992, Levy taught for ten
years each at the University of California at Berkeley and the
University of Maryland at College Park. He also worked for 4
years as a Senior Research Associate at the Urban Institute.
For the past six years, Levy and his co-author,
Richard J. Murnane of the Harvard School of Education, have
been researching the computers on the economy's
occupational structure and the skills the labor force demands.
Their research is summarized in their forthcoming book,
Patterns and Rules: How Computers Shape Human Work
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Please join us for this brown bag event.
For the series schedule, please refer to
http://www.popcenter.umd.edu/events/fall2002.shtml
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