INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES SEMINARS 2011 TO 2012
The Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) organizes seminars devoted to cutting edge social policy analysis and research. Call 410-516-7174 for seminar location and time. Please check back frequently for newly scheduled events.
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2011-2012 JHU Social Policy Seminar Series
Thursday September 29, 2011
Paul Jargowsky, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Urban Research and Education at Rutgers-Camden
"The Demographic Transformation of Cities and their Neighborhhoods"
4-5:30pm, 50 Gilman Hall, Homewood Campus
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Katherine Baicker, Ph.D.
Professor of Health Economics, Department of Health Policy and Management
Harvard School of Public Health
"The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year"
4-5:30pm, 50 Gilman Hall, Homewood Campus
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Stephen Raudenbush, Ed.D
Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago
"Statistical Analysis for Mult-site Trials Using Instrumental Variables"
4-5:30pm, 50 Gilman Hall, Homewood Campus
Thursday, February 16, 2011
Tracy Gordon, Ph.D.
Fellow in Economics Studies, Brookings Institution
"A Whole New ARRA? State and Local Government Finances and Federalism after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act"
4-5:30pm, Location - TBA
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Harry Holzer, Ph.D.
Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown Public Policy Institute
"Is the Middle of the Job Market Disappearing? The Polarization Hypothesis and its Implications for Education and Workforce Policy"
4-5:30pm, Location - 111 Mergenthaler
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Sandra Hofferth, Ph.D.
Professor of Family Science, University of Maryland, College Park, School of Public Health, Director, Maryland Population Research Center
"Class, Culture and Activity Choice: Divergent Pathways to Achievement among Children of Immigrant and U.S.-born Parents"
4-5:30pm, Location - TBA
