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America’s Poverty and Inequality Course
Our online course on poverty and inequality is back! The course features 40 top scholars delivering 5-minute videos exploring why income inequality has reached unprecedented levels, why poverty remains so extreme, and why racial and gender inequalities are so intransigent.
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Rural Poverty Research Conference
How can rural poverty in the United States be reduced … permanently? Submit your proposal to participate in a multidisciplinary social science conference exploring rural poverty in the United States. Proposals are due by October 1, 2017.
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Computational Social Science Fellowship
The Center for Computational Social Science is soliciting applications for its 2017 fellows program. The program supports Stanford graduate students working on computationally intensive social science research. Applications are due by September 15, 2017.
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A New Anti-Poverty Policy Litmus Test
Here’s a radical idea from Kathryn Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, and Laura Tach: Let’s insist that America’s anti-poverty policy serves to incorporate, rather than separate, the poor from the rest of society.
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The CPI is rolling out a new service: A listing of poverty and inequality papers recently released by CPI affiliates in top journals. What follows is our first listing!
An Analysis of the Memphis Nurse-Family Partnership Program
James J. Heckman, Margaret L. Holland, Kevin K. Makino, Rodrigo Pinto, and Maria Rosales-Rueda — NBER
Desire for and to Avoid Pregnancy During the Transition to Adulthood
Abigail Weitzman, Jennifer S. Barber, Yasamin Kusunoki, and Paula England — Journal of Marriage and Family
Is It Who You Are or Where You Live? Residential Segregation and Racial Gaps in Childhood Asthma
Diane Alexander and Janet Currie — NBER
Knowledge of Future Job Loss and Implications for Unemployment Insurance
Nathaniel Hendren — American Economic Review
Mobility Report Cards: The Role of Colleges in Intergenerational Mobility
Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, Emmanuel Saez, Nicholas Turner, and Danny Yagan — NBER
Preference for Boys, Family Size, and Educational Attainment in India
Adriana D. Kugler and Santosh Kumar — Demography
The Ambiguous Link Between Marriage and Health: A Dynamic Reanalysis of Loss and Gain Effects
Matthijs Kalmijn — Social Forces
The Effects of Provider Choice Policies on Workers’ Compensation Costs
David Neumark and Bogdan Savych — NBER
The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage and Labor Market Outcomes
Mark Duggan, Gopi Shah Goda, and Emilie Jackson — NBER
What Does a Deductible Do? The Impact of Cost-Sharing on Health Care Prices, Quantities, and Spending Dynamics
Zarek C. Brot-Goldberg, Amitabh Chandra, Benjamin R. Handel, and Jonathan T. Kolstad — Quarterly Journal of Economics
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