WORK, FAMILIES AND PUBLIC POLICY
A Biweekly Brown Bag Seminar Series
Topics Relating to Labor, Households, Health Care, Law and Social Welfare
Spring 2012
- January 16
Sandra Black, University of Texas, “Does Money Matter? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Academic Performance.” - January 23
Kelly Bishop, Washington University, “Hedonic Prices and Implicit Markets.” - February 6
Donna Ginther, University of Kansas, “The Diversity of NIH Research Awardees in Academic Medicine.” - February 20
Maria Canon, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, “The Role of Schools in the Production of Achievement.” - March 19
Duncan Thomas, Duke University, “Decision-Making by Households and Families.” - April 2
Kimberly D. Krawiec, Duke University School of Law, “Kidneys Without Contracts: The Legal and Ethical Implications of NEAD Chain Bridge Donor Contracts.”
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.