WORK, FAMILIES AND PUBLIC POLICY
A Biweekly Brown Bag Seminar Series
Topics Relating to Labor, Households, Health Care, Law and Social Welfare
Fall 2011
- September 19
Joan C. Williams, University of California, Hastings College of Law, “Why Gender is So Unbending: Gender Pressures on Men.” - October 3
Sandra Black, University of Texas, “Under Pressure? The Effects of Peers on Outcomes of Young Adults.” - October 17
Michael Sherraden, Washington University, “Can Child Development Accounts Increase College Savings?” - October 31
Jialan Wang, Washington University, “Liquidity Constraints and Consumer Bankruptcy: Evidence from Tax Rebates.” - November 14
Natalia A. Kolesnikova, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, “Are Children Normal?” - November 28
Carl Sanders, Washington University, “Skill Uncertainty, Skill Accumulation, and Occupational Choice.”
Faculty members and graduate students from Washington University, the University of Missouri, Saint Louis University and other area universities, are invited to participate.
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 PM, with discussion extending to 1:30 p.m., for those interested.
Place: Seigle Hall, Room 348, at Washington University.
For more information, contact:
- Bob Pollak, at (314) 935-4918, email: pollak@wustl.edu or
- Michael Sherraden, at (314) 935-6691, email: sherrad@wustl.edu
Sponsored by:
The Wells Fargo Advisory Center for Finance and Accounting Research in the Olin Business School, the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, the Center for Social Development, the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Work and Social Capital in the School of Law; the Department of Economics, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Room courtesy of the Economics Department. Coffee and soft drinks will be provided.