Social statistics & Population Dynamics Seminar series
Fall 2018
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Leah Ruppanner, Department of Sociology, University of Melbourne |
"The State of American Mothers’ Welfare: Why Maternal Employment Varies across U.S. States" |
Sept. 12, 12-1 PM Leacock 429 |
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David Wachsmuth, School of urban Planning & Department of Geography, McGill University |
“Airbnb and the City: A Spatial-Big-Data Approach to Short-Term Rentals and Housing" |
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Sept. 19, 12-1 PM Leacock 429 |
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Monica Alexander, Department of Statistical Sciences & Sociology, University of Toronto |
"Combining Facebook and traditional survey data to predict migrant stocks in the United States" |
Sept. 26, 12-1 PM Leacock 429 |
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Sandip Sukhtankar, Department of Economics, University of Virginia |
"General Equilibrium Effects of (Improving) Public Employment Programs: Experimental Evidence from India" |
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Oct. 3, 12-1 PM Leacock 429 |
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Brian Robinson, Department of Geography, McGill University |
"Evaluating policy options to incentivize behavioural change: A choice experiment with herders in Inner Mongolia, China"
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Oct. 10, 12-1 PM Leacock 429 |
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Stéphane Verguet, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
"Extended cost-effectiveness analysis (ECEA): assessing equity and poverty reduction benefits of health policies" |
Oct. 17, 12-1 PM Leacock 429 |
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Andrea Tesei, School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary, University of London |
"Liberation Technology: Mobile Phones and Political Mobilization in Africa" |
Oct. 24, 12-1 PM Leacock 429 |
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Cristobal Young, Department of Sociology, Cornell University | "The Myth of Millionaire Tax Flight: How Place Still Matters for the Rich" |
Oct. 31, 12-1 PM Leacock 429 |
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Miles Taylor, Department of Sociology, Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy, Florida State University |
"Cumulative Inequality at the End of Life?: Racial Disparities in Impairment in the Time Before Death" |
Nov. 7. 1, 12-1 PM Leacock 429 |
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Peter Catron, Department of Sociology, University of Washington |
"The Melting-Pot Problem? Persistence and Convergence of Premigration Socioeconomic Status in the Age of Mass Migration" |
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Nov. 14, 12-1 PM Leacock 429 |
