WORK, FAMILIES AND PUBLIC POLICY
A Biweekly Brown Bag Seminar Series
Topics Relating to Labor, Households, Health Care, Law and Social Welfare
Spring 2022
- January 24 Robert A. Pollak, Washington University in St. Louis, “Family Bargaining with Altruism”
- February 7 Lisa A. Gennetian, Duke University, “Unconditional Cash and Family Investments in Infants: Findings from the First Wave of the Baby’s First Years Study”
- February 21 Jin Huang, Washington University in St. Louis, Brown School, “Asset Building and Child Development: A Policy Model for Inclusive Child Development Accounts”
- March 7 Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame, “Family Trees and Falling Apples: Intergenerational Mobility Estimates from U.S. Genealogical Data”
- March 21 Bart Hamilton, Washington University in St. Louis, “Is There a Bright Side to Nepotism? Family CEOs, Turnover, and Firm Performance”
- April 4 Rachel Sachs, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Law, “The Accidental Innovation Policymakers”
- April 18 Limor Golan, Washington University in St. Louis, “Estimating a Dynamic Model of Inequality, Statistical Discrimination, and Occupational Sorting Using Quasi-Experimental Data”
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: Zoom Virtual Meeting Room Passcode, 326233
*Seminars will be virtual until further notice*
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 Olin Business School, the Center for Social Development, the Department of Economics, and the College of Arts and Sciences.