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SUMMARY:"Randomized Regulation: The Impact of Minimum Quality Standards on Health Markets\," Jishnu Das\, Georgetown University
DESCRIPTION:“Randomized Regulation: The Impact of Minimum Quality Standards on Health Markets” \nJishnu Das\, Georgetown University \nAbstract: Working with the Kenyan Cabinet and Ministry of Health\, we experimentally evaluated the market-level impacts of healthcare regulation in settings with public and private providers. We randomly allocated 273 markets with 1258 facilities to treatment and control arms and in treatment arms\, facilities were inspected to assess compliance with minimum patient safety standards with the potential for closure. To accurately capture how regulation functions in low-capacity environments\, inspections and facility closures were carried out by the government using their own staff. \nThe intervention (a) increased compliance with the patient safety checklist in both public and private clinics (more so in the latter); (b) increased closures of clinics without licenses and (c) reallocated patients from private to public clinics\, primarily in markets with a facility closure. A decomposition approach shows that 93% of the increase in compliance with patient safety measures was due to improvements within facilities\, rather than exits or changes in market shares. The intervention had no impact on patients’ out-of-pocket payments\, and we find no evidence of declines in facility use\, either in the aggregate or for poorer patients. \nWe then examine three classes of mechanisms: An information channel\, a compliance channel and a vertical differentiation channel due to Ronen (1991). We do not find evidence for the information channel and weak evidence for the compliance channel. Quantile treatment effects suggest that\, consistent with Ronen (1991)\, there were quality improvements across the quality spectrum. \nOur study thus brings the regulatory function of the state under the ambit of experimental methods and shows that even in low-capacity settings\, regulations and inspections can improve the quality of care\, as measured by compliance with patient safety measures. \nBiography: Jishnu Das is a professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Jishnu’s work focuses on health and education in low and middle-income countries\, with an emphasis on social markets\, or common\, but complex\, conflagrations of public and private education and health providers operating in a small geographical space. \nA recording of the seminar can be accessed here.  \nMore on Prof. Das
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/jishnu-das-georgetown-university/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210210T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210210T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
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LAST-MODIFIED:20210211T044817Z
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SUMMARY:"Banks\, alternative institutions\, and the spatial-temporal ecology of racial inequality\," Mario Luis Small\, Harvard University
DESCRIPTION:Mario Luis Small\, Harvard University\nResearch has made clear that racial inequality is affected by neighborhood conditions.  One important condition is the accessibility of financial establishments. We examine how living in minority neighborhoods affects ease of access to conventional banks vs. to alternative financial institutions (AFIs) such as check cashers and payday lenders\, which are often more expensive and have at times been called predatory. Based on more than 6 million queries\, we compute the difference in the time required to walk\, drive\, or take public transit to the nearest bank vs. the nearest AFI from the middle of every block in each of 19 of the nation’s largest cities.  Results suggest that race is strikingly more important than class: even after numerous economic\, demographic\, and structural conditions are accounted for\, the AFI is more often closer than the bank in well-off minority neighborhoods than in poo rwhite ones.  Results are driven by not the absence of banks but the prevalence of AFIs in minority areas.  Documented differences are so large that accounting for them on the basis of preferences—of differences in demand for AFIs by race—would be inconsistent with available evidence and highly unlikely.  Additional survey data on preferences is consistent with these findings. \nBiography: Pro. Small is the author of award-winning books and articles on networks\, poverty\, organizations\, culture\, methods\, neighborhoods\, institutions\, and other topics. He is currently using large-scale administrative data to understand isolation in cities\, studying how people use their networks to meet their needs\, and exploring the epistemological foundations of qualitative research. His latest book is Someone To Talk To (Oxford). A study of how people decide whom to approach when seeking support\, the book is an inquiry into human nature\, a critique of network analysis\, and a discourse on the role of qualitative research in the big-data era. \nMore on Prof. Small  \n  \nThe seminar recording may be accessed here. 
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/mario-luis-small-harvard-university/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210113T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20200821T223930Z
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SUMMARY:"Interviewing Immigrants in Different Contexts\," Cecilia Menjívar\, UC Los Angeles
DESCRIPTION:“Interviewing Immigrants in Different Contexts”\n\nCecilia Menjívar\, UCLA \nIn-depth\, qualitative interviews often generate understandings of study participants’ lives that permit building explanations and expanding theorizing. Though the number of study participants included in studies that use this approach tend to be small and usually are selected non-randomly\, the depth and richness of the data are believed to compensate for the small number of participants and their non-representative nature. This workshop will discuss the use of in-depth interviews in the study of immigration and immigrant communities\, focusing on the variation of this method as it is used in different geographic and spatial settings and across broader political and structural contexts. It will rely on examples of studies in Central American immigrant communities in the United States. \nBio: Prof. Menjívar is a Professor and Dorothy L. Meier Social Equities Chair\, her research focuses on the structural roots of inequalities and on how individuals’ social locations shape their responses to such conditions. \nMore on Prof. Menjívar  \nA recording of the presentation can be found here.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/cecilia-menjivar-uc-los-angeles/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201209T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201209T140000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20200928T212259Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210123T024745Z
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SUMMARY:Population-Based Modeling and Measurement of COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:“Population-Based Modeling and Measurement of COVID-19”\nThe recording of the event is available here. \nPanelists: \nChristina Ramirez\, Prof. of Biostatistics UCLA\nMark Handcock\, Prof. of Statistics UCLA\nPatrick Heuveline\, Prof. of Sociology UCLA\nHiram Beltrán-Sánchez\, Prof. of Community Health Sciences \nFor more information on panelists’ research\, see: \n\nPatrick Heuveline.  Covid-19 will reduce US life expectancy at birth by more than one year in 2020. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.03.20243717v1 \n  \nMark Handcock and colleagues. Asymptomatic and Presymptomatic Transmission of 2019 Nover Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection:  An Estimation from a Cluster of Confirmed Cases in Ho Chi Minh City\, Vietnam. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3630119 \n  \nWatson and colleagues. Fusing a Bayesian Case Velocity Model with Random Forest for Predicting COVID-19 in the U.S. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3594606 \n  \nDi Xiong and colleagues. Pseudo-likelihood based logistic regression for estimating COVID-19 infection and case fatality rates by gender\, race\, and age in California.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436520300396?via%3Dihub 
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/population-based-modeling-and-measurement-of-covid-19/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201202T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20200821T223451Z
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SUMMARY:"Voting after Shelby: Did pre-clearance matter?" Ariel White\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DESCRIPTION:“Voting after Shelby: Did pre-clearance matter?”\nAriel White\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology \n(co-authored with Mayya Komisarchik) \nAbstract: Nearly five decades after the passage of the Voting Rights Act\, the law was dramatically changed by the Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County v. Holder. The court effectively removed the “preclearance” process that had required places with a history of racial discrimination to get Justice Department approval before changing their voting procedures. Dissenting justices and voting-rights advocates feared that this decision could lead to massive changes to election administration and ultimately to lower rates of voter participation in minority communities. In this paper\, we evaluate the impact of this decision on election practices and on Black and Hispanic voter registration and turnout. We use a combination of administrative data on registration and voting\, survey data on mobilization and local election administration\, and state legislative records to examine different facets of the voting rights landscape after the Court’s decision. \nBio: Prof. White research focuses on voting and voting rights\, race\, the criminal justice system\, and bureaucratic behavior. Prof. White’s work uses large datasets to measure individual-level experiences\, and to shed light on people’s everyday interactions with government. \nMore on Prof. White
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/ariel-white-massachusetts-institute-of-technology/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20200821T222208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210123T025003Z
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SUMMARY:"Integrating Refugees: The Role of Language Training and Work Incentives\," Giovanni Peri\, UC Davis
DESCRIPTION:“Integrating Refugees: The Role of Language Training and Work Incentives”\nGiovanni Peri\, UC Davis\nAbstract: Social and economic integration of refugees are key to their personal success and to producing positive effects in the host country. We evaluate the effects of a reform that substantially expanded language training for immigrants who obtained refugee status in Denmark on or after January 1\, 1999. The same reform also temporarily decreased welfare benefits for a subgroup of them. Using a regression discontinuity design around the cutoff date we find positive and significant employment and earnings effects on the treated group\, relative to the untreated group. Employment increased by 23 percent (4 percentage points) and yearly earnings increased by 34 percent (USD 2\,500) when measured eighteen years after the start of the language program. We do not find any labor market effect of the reduction of welfare benefits. We find\, however\, evidence of temporarily higher property crimes for the group subject to lower benefits. The labor market effects are much stronger for individuals with Arabic/Dari mother language\, consistently with a more crucial role of language training for speakers of languages that are very different from Danish. Finally\, male children of treated refugees were more likely to complete lower secondary school and less likely to commit crime. \nBio: Giovanni Peri has expertise in labor economics\, urban economics and the economics of international migrations. In addition to his appointment in the Department of Economics\, he is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, and the founding director of the UC Davis Migration Research Cluster. \nMore on Prof. Peri  \n 
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/giovanni-peri-uc-davis/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201028T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201028T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20200821T221833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200928T214350Z
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SUMMARY:"How Deep is the COVID-19 Recession? Evidence from Kenya and Beyond" Edward Miguel\, UC Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:“How Deep is the COVID-19 Recession? Evidence from Kenya and Beyond”\nEdward Miguel\, UC Berkeley\nAbstract: Despite numerous journalistic accounts\, systematic quantitative evidence on the evolution of economic conditions during the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic remains scarce for most low and middle income countries\, in part due to the limitations of official economic statistics in environments with large informal sectors and subsistence agriculture. I will focus on novel evidence from a detailed and large-scale panel data collection effort in rural Kenya\, documenting the evolution of living standards over time as well as the effects of an earlier cash transfer program. I also discuss results from over 30\,000 respondents in an ensemble of 16 original household survey samples collected in nine countries in Africa\, Asia\, and Latin America. The data documents declines in employment and income across socioeconomic strata beginning in March 2020\, resulting in widespread food insecurity and the risk of persistent adverse effects\, especially among children and other vulnerable groups. \nBio: Prof. Miguel’s research focus is African economic development\, including work on the economic causes and consequences of violence; the impact of ethnic divisions on local collective action; interactions between health\, education\, environment\, and productivity for the poor; and methods for transparent social science research. \nMore on Prof. Miguel
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/edward-miguel-uc-berkeley/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201021T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201021T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20200821T185530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200928T214142Z
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SUMMARY:"Challenges with Using Simulation Models to Plan and Refine COVID Testing for High-risk Populations" Sanjay Basu\, Harvard University
DESCRIPTION:“Challenges with Using Simulation Models to Plan and Refine COVID Testing for High-risk Populations”\nSanjay Basu\, Harvard University\nAbstract: Simulations models are frequently used during infectious disease outbreaks to guide policy and practice. This talk will discuss the use and refinement of COVID simulation models to help develop a testing network\, define testing plans and refine them for high-risk populations–including homeless shelters\, nursing homes\, meat-packing plants\, and similar congregate worksites–and address limitations and uncertainties presented by those models that were informed by implementation of their results. \nBio: Sanjay Basu\, MD\, PhD\, is a primary care physician at Tenderloin Health Services—an integrated primary care\, behavioral health\, and substance use treatment clinic in San Francisco—and Director of Research at Collective Health. \nMore on Prof. Basu
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/sanjay-basu-stanford-university/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201014T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201014T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20200821T184913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200928T213939Z
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SUMMARY:"The political context and infant health in the United States" Florencia Torche\, Stanford University
DESCRIPTION:“The political context and infant health in the United States”\nFlorencia Torche\, Stanford University \nAbstract: Political factors could have substantial consequences for the health and wellbeing of populations. In the United States\, an important political factor is the party of the president. The two main parties differ in their ideologies and policy agendas\, and these differences have sharpened since the 1960s. We examine the effect of prenatal exposure to the political party in office at the national level (president’s party) and the state level (governor’s party) on infant health between 1971 and 2018\, considering the heterogeneity and timing of these effects. Fixed effects models show a beneficial effect of a Democratic president but no effect of a Democratic governor on birth outcomes. The benefit of in-utero exposure to a Democratic president is much stronger for Black infants than White infants. The effect of the president’s party does not materialize immediately after the inauguration. Rather\, it takes approximately two years to fully emerge\, and it remains elevated until the end of the party’s tenure in office. The effect is robust across specifications and only partially mediated by a battery of measurable social policies. Our findings suggest that the party in power is an important determinant of infant health\, particularly among vulnerable populations. \nBio: Florencia Torche is a social scientist with substantive interests in social demography\, stratification\, and education. Professor Torche’s scholarship encompasses two related areas. A longer-term area of research studies inequality dynamics — the dynamics that result in persistence of inequality across generations — with a particular focus on educational attainment\, assortative mating (who marries who)\, and the intergenerational transmission of wealth. \nMore on Prof. Torche
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/florencia-torche-stanford-university/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201009T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201009T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20200831T165634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T180300Z
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SUMMARY:Race and Inequality: A Collaborative UCPop Event
DESCRIPTION:The Population Centers of the University of California – newly dubbed UCPop – is pleased to announce its inaugural (remote) meeting\, “Race and Inequality: A Collaborative UCPop Event.” \n\nHosted by: UC Berkeley\, UC Irvine\, UC Los Angeles\, UC Santa Barbara.\n\n\n\n\nKeynote speaker: Tukufu Zuberi\, “Demography of Race: The Propaganda of Demography”  \n\nLasry Family Professor of Race Relations\, and Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies\, University of Pennsylvania
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/race-and-inequality-a-collaborative-ucpop-event/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201007T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201007T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20200821T184237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200821T184503Z
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SUMMARY:Welcome and Introductions
DESCRIPTION:Please come join us to learn all about the California Center for Population Research! \nThis will be the kick-off event for the start of the upcoming 2020-2021 CCPR Seminar Series. \n 
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/2020-21-seminar-series-welcome-and-introductions/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200909T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200909T130000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20200826T222241Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200826T222241Z
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: The Voucher Promise\, Eva Rosen
DESCRIPTION:The Voucher Promise examines the Housing Choice Voucher Program\, colloquially known as “Section 8\,” and how it shapes the lives of families living in a Baltimore neighborhood called Park Heights. Eva Rosen tells stories about the daily lives of homeowners\, voucher holders\, renters who receive no housing assistance\, and the landlords who provide housing. While vouchers are a powerful tool with great promise\, she demonstrates how the housing policy can replicate the very inequalities it has the power to solve. \nIn Los Angeles\, approximately 57\,000 households have Housing Choice Vouchers at a cost of $660 million in 2019. The last time the voucher waitlist was opened\, for a 10-day period in 2017\, the city received 188\,000 applications for only 20\,000 spots\, highlighting the great demand for housing assistance in LA. Vouchers are awarded by lottery to households on the waitlist. \nJoin the Lewis Center on Sept. 9 for a conversation with Rosen about her new book\, the successes and failures of the housing voucher program\, and the role vouchers and other forms of housing assistance are playing during the COVID-19 pandemic and looming eviction crisis. \nModerator: Michael Lens\nAssociate Faculty Director\, Lewis Center\nAssociate Professor\, Urban Planning and Public Policy \nEvent Info\nWednesday\, Sept. 9\nNoon – 1 p.m. PDT \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/book-talk-the-voucher-promise-eva-rosen/
CATEGORIES:Divisional Publish,Other Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200520T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200520T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20191002T181239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200521T180612Z
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SUMMARY:Margot Kushel\, University of California San Francisco
DESCRIPTION:“Aging Among the Homeless in the time of COVID: A crisis upon a crisis” \nAbstract: In this talk\, Margot Kushel will explore the aging of the homeless population\, including causes\, consequences and solutions.  She will end the conversation with implications for the COVID-19 crisis. \nBio: Margot Kushel\, MD is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and the Director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations. Margot’s research focuses on reducing the burden of homelessness on health through examining efforts to prevent and end homelessness and mitigating the effects of housing instability on health care outcomes. \nCo-sponsored with the California Policy Lab \nFind out more about Prof. Kushel \nZoom Recording Available Here  \nLocation: Presented remotely via Zoom
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/margot-kushel-university-of-california-san-francisco/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200429T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200429T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20191002T180304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200508T173005Z
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SUMMARY:Amani Allen\, University of California Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:Race\, Racism and (Un)healthy Aging: How socially-assigned race gets in to the body\nAbstract: This talk will explore the concept of race and interrogate how ontological conceptions of race impact the questions we ask\, the nature of our scientific investigations\, and the conclusions we draw from scientific evidence. Drawing on recent findings from the African American Women’s Heart & Health Study\, the talk will demonstrate the use of mixed methods research and intersectional framing to examine how racism gets into the body to impact racial health disparities\, resulting in premature biological aging; and conclude with a discussion of implications for how we approach population health.\n\n*Co-sponsored with the Center for the Study of Racism\, Social Justice & Health \nFind out more about Prof. Allen \nLocation: Presented remotely via Zoom \nZoom Recording Available Here
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/amani-allen-university-of-california-berkeley/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200422T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20191002T175546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200508T173147Z
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SUMMARY:Harold A. Pollack\, University of Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Improving Emergency first Response and Follow-up for Individuals Who Experience Behavioral Crisis \nAbstract: Men and women who experience serious mental illness and other challenges face increased risk of violent encounters with police officers and other first-responders. This talk describes person-\, place-\, and event-based strategies to improve emergency response to such incidents. It also discusses promising strategies of prevention and follow-up to reduce the risk of such violent encounters from occurring or re-occurring. \nCo-sponsored with the California Policy Lab \nFind out more about Prof. Pollack \nLocation: Presented remotely via Zoom \nZoom Recording Available Here
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/harold-a-pollack-university-of-chicago/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200415T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20191002T175948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200408T205855Z
UID:10000695-1586952000-1586957400@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:PAA Practice\, UCLA
DESCRIPTION:Please join us to hear our residents interesting research and give feedback for their PAA presentations\nPresenters: \nMichelle Nakphong Kao: “Contemporary Trends in Marriage Formation and Dissolution in Cambodia” \nJacob Thomas: “From “Illegal” to “Undocumented”—The Impact of a Lexical Shift In a Political Campaign Against Dehumanization” \nHeidi West: “Are wives of migrants in rural Bangladesh really “Left Behind”? A nuanced analysis of how spousal migration affects women’s healthcare utilization and mental\, social\, and general health” \nSeminar will be presented via zoom
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/paa-practice-ucla/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200311T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200311T130000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
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SUMMARY:"How Not to Destroy the World with AI" Prof. Stuart Russell
DESCRIPTION:*Event has been canceled \nStuart Russell\, UC Berkeley\nMarch 11\, 2020 11am – 1pm\nUCLA Ackerman Grand Ballroom \nStuart Russell received his B.A. in physics from Oxford University in 1982 and his Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford in 1986. He then joined the faculty of UC Berkeley\, where he is Professor (and formerly Chair) of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and the founding Director of the Center for Human-Compatible AI. He is the recipient of many honors\, including the IJCAI Computers and Thought Award\, the Mitchell Prize of the American Statistical Association\, the AAAI Feigenbaum Prize\, Outstanding Educator Awards from both ACM and AAAI\, the Chaire Blaise Pascal (2012-2014)\, and the Andrew Carnegie Fellowship (2019-2021). He is also an Honorary Fellow of Wadham College\, Oxford\, and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House). His movie “Slaughterbots” received the coveted Golden Dolphin award at Cannes in the viral category. \nStuart’s book “Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach” (with Peter Norvig) is well known in AI; it has been translated into 14 languages and is used in over 1450 universities in 128 countries. His research covers almost all subfields of AI\, with a focus on probabilistic reasoning and machine learning. His current concerns include the threat of autonomous weapons and the long-term future of artificial intelligence and its relation to humanity. The latter topic is the subject of his new book\, “Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control “(Viking/Penguin\, 2019)\, as well as this lecture. \nRSVP Here
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/how-not-to-destroy-the-world-with-ai-prof-stuart-russell/
LOCATION:Ackerman Grand Ballroom\, UCLA
CATEGORIES:CCPR Conference,Divisional Publish,Other Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200304T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200304T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20191002T175040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200309T170302Z
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SUMMARY:Jonathan Skinner\, Dartmouth University
DESCRIPTION:Hospital Productivity and the Misallocation of Healthcare Inputs \nAbstract: There is growing evidence for wide variation in total factor productivity across hospitals\, with large differences in risk-adjusted health outcomes as well as expenditures. In this paper\, we consider the additional contribution of misallocation in input choices – the underuse of effective inputs and overuse of ineffective ones — to explain why some hospitals get better outcomes at lower cost. The sample is of 1.7 million patients in the Medicare fee-for-service population with acute myocardial infarction (AMI)\, or heart attacks\, during 2007-17.  The problem of confounding health factors is addressed in several ways\, including the use of tourists\, whose assignment to hospitals resembles random assignment (Doyle\, 2011)\, and ZIP-code fixed effects.  Briefly\, we find strong evidence for input misallocation across hospitals; greater use of highly effective inputs\, such as beta blocker\, statin\, and ACE/ARB drug treatments\, primary care support\, and stenting are predictive of highly-productive hospitals\, while an excess of multiple physicians\, scans\, and potentially fraudulent excess home health care billings are predictive of low-productivity hospitals. \nCo-Sponsored with the Dept. of Economics \nView Presentation \nFind out more about Prof. Skinner
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/jonathan-skinner-dartmouth/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200226T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200226T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20191002T174450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T170915Z
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SUMMARY:Darrick Hamilton\, Ohio State University
DESCRIPTION:  \nRace\, Millennials and Wealth in the Aftermath of the Great Recession \nAbstract: As America becomes more plural\, it is critical to view race as a pillar and not just an issue in our economy. Despite the narrative that with hard work\, resilience\, grit\, and personal responsibility – people can pull themselves up\, and achieve economic success; high achieving black Americans\, as measured by education\, still exhibit large economic and health disparities relative to their white peers\, especially in the domain of wealth. This may be worsening\, in the aftermath of the great recession\, the homeownership gap for young adult black Millennials is larger than any other generation in over 100 years.  This talk will examine these issues\, and present a political economy and policy apparatus that can bring about a racially and economically inclusive America. \n*Co-sponsored with the Center for the Study of Racism\, Social Justice & Health \nFind out more about Prof. Hamilton
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/darrick-hamilton-ohio-state-university/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200219T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200219T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20191002T173906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200309T170122Z
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SUMMARY:Alyson van Raalte\, Max Planck Institute
DESCRIPTION:Beyond Life Expectancy—The Case for Monitoring Lifespan Variation \nAbstract: Human population health is generally monitored by average mortality levels\, typically in terms of life expediencies or age-standardized death rates\, which belie substantial variation in length of life. Variation in ages at death\, captured by a metric of lifespan variation\, should be used to supplement measures of average longevity when comparing or monitoring societies and population subgroups. Although lifespan variation has historically been strongly inversely correlated with life expectancy\, we are beginning to see this relationship reversed\, resulting in positive correlation in some countries or sub-national populations. Often these changes reflect midlife mortality crises with roots in stratified education and wealth. In this talk I will present empirical examples from around the developed world\, pressing the case to monitor lifespan variation. \nView Presentation \nFind out more about Prof. Van Raalte
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/alyson-van-raalte-max-planck-institute/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200212T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200212T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20200116T191252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T021248Z
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SUMMARY:Tips on Giving Effective PAA Presentations and Posters\, Job Talks\, and the Like\, Including Ethical Considerations
DESCRIPTION:Workshop: Tips on Giving Effective PAA Presentations and Posters\, Job Talks\, and the Like\, Including Ethical Considerations \nSpeakers: Don Treiman\, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus\, Sociology \nComments by: Anne Pebley\, Fred H. Bixby Chair and Distinguished Professor\, Community Health Science & Patrick Heuveline\, Professor\, Sociology. \nView Slides Here
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/tips-on-giving-effective-paa-presentations-and-posters-job-talks-and-the-like-including-ethical-considerations/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,CCPR Workshop,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200129T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200129T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20191002T171302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T170827Z
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SUMMARY:Nancy Krieger\, Harvard University
DESCRIPTION:“Structural Racism and the People’s Health: History and Context Matters” \nAbstract: In this presentation on “Structural racism & the people’s health: history & context matters\,” I commence with a brief reminder as to our current societal and ecological context\, after which I introduce the ecosocial theory of disease distribution\, which guides my work\, including conceptualization and measurement of structural injustice. I then offer empirical examples of my research on structural racism and health inequities\, in relation to Jim Crow and both past and present residential segregation\, as measured using the Index of Concentration at the Extremes for racialized economic segregation and also historical redlining (as delineated by the 1930s federally-sponsored maps produced by the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC)). Health outcomes addressed include: preterm birth; infant mortality; child mortality; cancer incidence\, stage at diagnosis\, and mortality; and breast cancer estrogen receptor status. The presentation concludes with reflections on embodied histories\, health inequities\, and the people’s health. \n*Co-sponsored with the Center for the Study of Racism\, Social Justice & Health \nFind out more about Prof. Krieger
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/nancy-krieger-harvard-university/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200129T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200129T113000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20200113T174031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T015436Z
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SUMMARY:An introduction: The Library Data Science Center
DESCRIPTION:An Introduction: The Library Data Science Center \nDescription: This talk will provide an introduction to the Library Data Science Center\, the services and research support it provides. \nTim Dennis is the Director of the Data Science Center\, whose mission is to foster a welcoming research community by developing data literacy and foundational coding skills through consulting and education.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/data-science-center-presentation/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Workshop,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20200108T180510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200108T180510Z
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SUMMARY:Christian Dippel\, University of California\, Los Angeles
DESCRIPTION:“The Effect of Land Allotment on Native American Households During the Assimilation Era” \nAbstract: In the early twentieth century\, the U.S. government broke up millions of acres of communally owned reservation lands and allotted them to individual Native American households. Households initially received land allotments with limited property rights (‘in trust’)\, and were incentivized to prove themselves “competent” in order to obtain full legal title (‘fee simple’) after a set period. Indian allotment thus had elements of a conditional transfer program aimed at assimilation. The policy was ended suddenly in 1934\, locking in-trust land into its status in perpetuity. We link land allotment information to the universe of Native American households in the 1940 U.S. Census. We exploit quasi-random variation in being allotted as well as in securing the allotment in fee simple. Obtaining an allotment significantly increased the likelihood of living on a farm but not of working as a farmer\, indicating that allottees leased out their land. Allotments also impacted wages and occupational rank. Surprisingly\, allotment most significantly impacted educational attainment. We interpret education as a way of signalling “competency” to government agents. Obtaining the land in fee simple was associated with decreased likelihood of living on a farm and owning one’s home\, evidence that many allottees sold their land once they were deemed competent and obtained title. The fee-simple effects were more pronounced within tribes whose ancestral tribal norms emphasized private over communal property\, indicating a cultural determinant in how the wealth transfer was utilized. Consistent with this\, households in tribes with traditions of private property also engaged in more signalling of their assimilation. \nMore on Prof. Dippel
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/christian-dippel-university-of-california-los-angeles/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200115T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200115T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20191002T170526Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191204T222657Z
UID:10000684-1579089600-1579095000@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Pablo Barberá\, University of Southern California
DESCRIPTION:“Does Online Partisan Media Affect Attitudes and Behavior?” \nAbstract: In today’s fragmented online media ecosystem\, does exposure to political news through partisan media have a measurable effect on citizens’ political attitudes and behavior? Or are these outlets merely preaching to the choir? And if such media effects exist\, are they durable and homogeneous across political groups? To answer these questions\, we conducted a pre-registered\, randomized field experiment  embedded in a nationally representative online panel survey. We incentivized participants to temporarily alter features of their information environment during the 2018 U.S. midterm election campaign. Subjects in the treatment groups were asked to change their default browser homepage to either FoxNews.com or HuffPost.com. Using web browsing data collected for our respondents\, we find that our intervention exogenously and durably altered news consumption habits. We then evaluate how our treatment affected political attitudes\, voting behavior\, and civic knowledge\, which we measure based on survey responses collected at periodic intervals after our intervention\, up to one year later. Our results generally show negligible persuasive and agenda-setting effects\, consistent with the minimal media effects hypothesis. However\, we uncover a meaningful decrease in overall media trust among those exposed to Fox News and an increase in support for liberal immigration policies among those in the Huffington Post treatment group. \nFind out more about Prof. Barberá
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/pablo-barbera-university-of-southern-california/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200108T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200108T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20191002T165616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200110T204632Z
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SUMMARY:Ken Smith\, University of Utah
DESCRIPTION:“Biodemography of Fertility and Longevity Using the Utah Population Database” \nAbstract: There is growing awareness that fertility affects rates of aging\, adult survival prospects\, and the likelihood of reaching exceptionally old ages. Much of this work\, including our own\, has focused on women and their ages at last birth\, a proposed biodemographic marker for rates of aging. This literature has given far less attention to men\, the risk of specific causes of death\, the role of early initiation of fertility and how these forces may change over historical time. We use the Utah Population Database to examine how fertility alters adult mortality risks.  We give special attention the role of late age at last birth\, but also the role of early and late ages first birth Increasing parity is associated with worse survival for women and better for men.  This talk will also present the opportunities made possible by the Utah Population Database\, a unique resource of 11 million persons comprising genealogies\, vital and medical records\, as well as demographic and spatial data. \nMore on Prof. Smith \nAccess Seminar Recording
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/ken-smith-university-of-utah/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191211T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191211T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20191120T195436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191122T193747Z
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SUMMARY:W. Bradford Wilcox\, University of Virginia
DESCRIPTION:“Talking Left\, Living Right: Education\, Ethnicity & Family Stability in the Golden State” \nCo-Author: Wendy Wang\, Institute for Family Studies \nAbstract: California has a reputation as a vanguard for the kinds of progressive values—like expressive individualism\, personal fulfillment\, and tolerance—associated with the second demographic transition (SDT). The SDT is associated with less marriage and greater family instability\, among other things. But it turns out that\, when it comes to the practice of family life\, California has more intact\, married families than the nation as a whole. Why is this? We argue that California has a disproportionate share of Asians and especially immigrants\, and these two groups are more likely to embrace a familistic way of life and reject SDT values. We also note that more educated Californians\, while they embrace progressive values in theory and in public\, are more likely to embrace and live out familistic values in their own private family lives. So\, immigrants\, Asians\, and more educated Californians disproportionately make up the ranks of Californians who are living in intact\, married families. \nMore on Prof. Wilcox 
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/w-bradford-wilcox-university-of-virginia/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191204T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191204T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20190827T233759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T170439Z
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SUMMARY:Emily Smith-Greenway\, USC
DESCRIPTION:Title: Life after death: The scale and salience of mortality in sub-Saharan Africa \nAbstract: Dramatic reductions in the infant and under-five mortality rates over the last half century are among the global health community’s most notable achievements. The trends are clear and the message is positive: the world today is healthier and safer for young people than it has ever been. Sub-Saharan African countries\, in particular\, have experienced some of the most dramatic reductions in early life mortality. However\, the all-time low infant and under-five mortality rates conceal the pervasiveness by which contemporary populations experience the phenomenon of having an infant or under-five-year-old child die—a life event that can leave parents vulnerable in myriad ways. In this talk I will introduce new population measures that capture the scale at which infant and child deaths are experienced by and dispersed across mothers in contemporary African populations. I will then demonstrate the disadvantage mothers can experience following a child’s death\, and will conclude by discussing how I am extending this research with a data collection project in rural Malawi. \nCo-Sponsored with the Stratification\, Inequality\, and Mobility Working Group \nMore on Prof. Smith-Greenway 
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/emily-smith-greenway-usc/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191120T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20190827T233436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191023T165541Z
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SUMMARY:René D. Flores\, The University of Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Title: Diversity\, Immigration\, and Public Opinion in the U.S. \nAbstract: What factors animate public opinion towards immigrants? A substantial literature has tested the impact of individual objective traits like education and job market status on immigration attitudes. In addition\, researchers have explored the role of subjective factors like immigrants’ perceived impact on society. However\, prior quantitative research has generally overlooked a key aspect: natives’ impressions of who immigrants are. Immigrants in the U.S. are increasingly diverse and evidence suggests that natives prefer certain types of immigrants. Yet\, survey questions gauging immigration attitudes often refer to “immigrants” as if they were a single\, homogenous group\, which makes it hard to interpret survey takers’ answers. To fill this gap\, we explore heterogeneity in subjective perceptions of immigrants and assess their attitudinal impacts. We systematically uncover these perceptions by using a Latent Class Analysis approach on a new set of survey items we developed. We find the presence of four different immigrant “archetypes” or multidimensional constellations of immigrant traits. These archetypes are shared across regions\, social classes\, and partisan lines and more powerfully predict immigration attitudes than typical independent variables used in extant research. Last\, we discuss the theoretical and methodological implications of our findings. \nMore on Prof. Flores
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/rene-d-flores-the-university-of-chicago/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191114T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191114T133000
DTSTAMP:20260428T112952
CREATED:20191107T170231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191107T170231Z
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SUMMARY:CEGA-EASST & BRAC Fellow Seminar
DESCRIPTION:The Luskin School of Public Affairs and the California Center for Population Research invites you for a Lunch Seminar with CEGA-EASST & BRAC Fellows next Thursday\, November 14 from 12:30-1:30 pm in the CCPR Seminar Room. Lunch will be served\, please RSVP here. \nRonald Mulebeke (EASST fellow)\, Research Fellow at Makerere School of Public Health \n“Impact of Supportive Supervision and Behavior Change Communication to improve the quality of malaria care and data management in Uganda” \nIn Uganda\, malaria contributes between 30 and 50% of outpatient visits\, 15–20% of hospital admissions and 20% of hospital deaths\, with most of this burden borne by children under 5 years and pregnant women. Most of these are seen in the private sector where approximately 60% of the population seek for malaria care at first need. There is growing evidence that supportive supervision (SS) is a sustainable intervention to achieve higher adherence to guidelines and overall improvement of quality of care. In this study\, I propose a cluster randomized controlled trial to test the hypothesis that SS provided to private health facilities in combination with behavioral change communication (BCC) provided to the community improves the quality of malaria care. I will also determine the quality of data management as well as determine the cost-effectiveness of the intervention which will turn out to have an impact on quality of malaria care \nChristina Fille (EASST fellow)\, Lecturer at the Institute of Social Work in Tanzania \n“The Impact of Secondary School Certificate on Income\, Teen Pregnancy and Cognitive Performance in Tanzania” \nStudents in Tanzania go through secondary school education which is four years and at the end they complete a national examination which is called the Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (CSEE). CSEE is an achievement test offered to candidates who have completed four years of secondary education. The objectives of this examination are to assess students’ skills and knowledge achieved in different subjects at secondary school and measure the extent to which the student can use the skills gained to meet the social\, political\, economic and technological challenges for the individual and the national development at large. This study will investigate if passing this examination and getting a certificate increases individual’s income in the sense of providing the individuals with formal employment versus low skill self-employment\, if it improves the fertility and health outcomes of the individuals\, and also if it improves the skills\, knowledge and experience possessed by an individual. This study is going to react by investigate if passing the examination and getting a certificate is a signal in the labour market or do these candidates really possess the skills. Therefore\, this will be a signaling versus skills debate paper using the Regression Discontinuity Design. \nEsau Tugume (BRAC fellow)\, Research Associate at BRAC Uganda  \n“Effects of Vocational Education Training on labour productivity: an RCT in Northern Uganda” \nPrivate sector in Uganda is largely affected by poor productivity resulting from poor managerial practices\, low technology adoption\, limited productive labour supply and finances to fund firm mechanization. The enrolment of students into vocational training programs to provide the productive labour has always been low recorded at 63\,265 in 2016 and the quality of skills acquired has been insufficient to match the job market requirement. Ugandan government started implementing the “Skilling Uganda strategic plan” in 2011 that aimed to improve on supply of employable skills\, competencies relevant in the labour market and overcome unproductive labour force achieve increase in productivity and growth in economy. Despite these efforts\, unproductive and poor skilled labour force still exist in skill intensive sectors like carpentry\, metal fabrication and grain milling\, where technical skills are essential to increase firm productivity (Danish Report\, 2016). This study proposes a randomized control trial experiment to enrol one group of trainees into vocational education training and the control group will attend firm training for six months respectively. The effect of the treatment on trainee productivity will be measured by time taken to complete a two panel door of particular quality.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/cega-easst-brac-fellow-seminar/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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