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SUMMARY:CEGA-EASST Scholars Visit from East Africa
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, March 16\,  UCLA is hosting three CEGA-EASST scholars from East Africa. EASST invites East African researchers to apply for a 4-month fellowship at UC Berkeley to build skills in rigorous social science research and impact evaluation-these are the fellows who won this fellowship.  Each scholar will present on the following topics from 12:00-1:30PM in Public Affairs building room 4240. Lunch will be served.  They will be visiting all day so let us know if you would like to meet with any of them individually. Hope you can join us. Register Here\n  \n\nSamuel Muhula: Monitoring\, Evaluation and Research Manager at Amref Health Africa\, from Kenya \n“Social Dynamics and HIV Treatment Retention: Can Non-monetary Incentives and Facility-Based Psychosocial Support Improve Patients’ Retention in the Early Stages of HIV Care?”\nSuboptimal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) treatment retention has profound impacts on morbidity and mortality among HIV positive participants. Monetary incentives and psychosocial support have been shown to be effective in various aspects of HIV control and may improve retention of participants in the early stages of HIV continuum of care. This two-armed randomized control trial evaluates the effectiveness of social dynamics involving non-monetary incentives and facility-based psychosocial support for HIV treatment on retention in the first six months of antiretroviral therapy (ART). The control group will receive standard care while the intervention group will receive standard care and the treatment which includes non-monetary incentives and participants enrolled into psychosocial support groups. The study will be implemented in Kibera informal settlement in Nairobi\, Kenya.\n  \n\nDanish Us Salam: Senior Research Associate at BRAC Uganda\, from Pakistan \n“Play & Learn – Using Intramural Sports to tackle Health and Educational Outcomes in Sierra Leone”\nPolitical and economic pressures on education systems to improve standardized test scores have had the unintended consequence of reducing or eliminating physical education curricula and thus students’ opportunities for physical activity. Extensive scientific evidence demonstrates that regular physical activity promotes growth and development in youth and has multiple benefits for physical\, mental and cognitive health whereas the lack of it can be detrimental to optimizing child health and development. I propose an experiment to test whether introducing a sport’s curriculum in under-resourced schools can drive health and educational outcomes among primary and secondary school students. More specifically\, I’m interested in the impact of supervised sports participation and school-sport performance-linked cash benefits in curbing teacher absenteeism\, teacher effort and improving student health and educational status across gender\, class level and socio-economic status.\n  \n\nPatrick Okello: Research Fellow at BRAC Uganda\, from Uganda \n“The Unemployment Problem and the Informal Economy: Can Evaluative Conditioning increase Labor Market Engagement?”\nYouth unemployment presents a major challenge in Uganda and is estimated to be as high as 64%. Only 30% of the labor force is engaged in the formal sector as it cannot absorb the large numbers entering the labor market annually. The informal sector\, however\, contributes considerably to the national GDP. There is anecdotical evidence that the reluctance to engage in the informal sector is attitudinal rather than structural\, partly as a result of asymmetrical information flows between the informal sector and job seekers. Therefore\, job seekers delay employment in expectation of a higher reservation wage attainable from a job in the formal sector. By exposing different groups to stimuli to reshape their negative opinions about self-employment\, we query whether this could be a cost-effective way to promote labor force participation rates.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/cega-easst-scholars-visit-from-east-africa/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Conference,CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180314T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180314T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
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SUMMARY:David Card\, UC Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:“The Health Effects of Cesarean Delivery for Low-Risk First Births” \nAbstract: Cesarean delivery for low-risk pregnancies is generally associated with worse health outcomes for infants and mothers. The interpretation of this correlation\, however\, is confounded by potential selectivity in the choice of birth mode. We use birth records from California\, merged with hospital and emergency department (ED) visits for infants and mothers in the year after birth\, to study the casual health effects of cesarean delivery for low-risk first births. Building on McClellan\, McNeil\, and Newhouse (1994)\, we use the relative distance from a mother’s home to hospitals with high and low c-section rates as an instrument for c-section.  We show that relative distance is a strong predictor of c-section but is orthogonal to many observed risk factors\, including birth weight and indicators of prenatal care.  Our IV estimates imply that cesarean delivery causes a relatively large increase in ED visits of the infant\, mainly due to acute respiratory conditions. We find no significant effects on mothers’ hospitalizations or ED use after birth\, or on subsequent fertility\, but we find a ripple effect on second birth outcomes arising from the high likelihood of repeat c-section. Offsetting these morbidity effects\, we find that delivery at a high c-section hospital leads to a significant reduction in infant mortality\, driven by lower death rates for newborns with high rates of pre-determined risk factors. \nAccess Podcast Here \nMore on Prof. Card
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/david-card-uc-berkeley/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180307T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180307T133000
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SUMMARY:Fernando Riosmena\, University of Colorado
DESCRIPTION:“A re-appraisal of thinking on and the empirical evaluation of migration theories” \nAbstract: Over the last quarter Century\, there has been considerable efforts to systematize knowledge on and empirically test the drivers of population mobility around a set of eight theories that either explain the initiation or continuation of international labor migration flows. In this presentation\, I provide a reflection aimed at furthering theoretical development and empirical testing of these theories. I do so by: (1) providing more specific guidance on how the different theories’ overlapping scales of influence interrelate more specifically than examined in prior work; (2) arguing for a more complete formulation of some of these theories to better explain contemporary immigration flows; and (3) discussing whether/how these theories can help bridge the understanding of the “drivers” of internal vs. international migration\, and of labor vs. other kinds of mobility\, including some forms of forced displacement. Throughout\, I also discuss how the quantitative testing of these theories has fallen into pitfalls of both thinking measurement\, which have likely led to a misattribution of the relative importance of some theories\, suggesting some refinements on the empirical validation of and the more general use of these theories in guiding empirical analysis going forward. \nAccess Podcast Here \nCo-sponsored with the Center for the Study of International Migration and the Center for Mexican Studies \nMore on Prof. Riosmena
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/fernando-riosmena-university-colorado/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180228T120000
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SUMMARY:Wendy Manning\, Bowling Green State University
DESCRIPTION:“Boomer and Millennial Young Adulthood Relationships: A Demographic Perspective“ \nAbstract: Baby Boomers were at the forefront of many changes in young adult relationship and family experiences. Today a new cohort\, Millennials\, outnumber Boomers and have redefined young adulthood.  Dr. Manning will contrast the relationship experiences of young adult Boomers and Millennials.  She will share new findings about recent patterns and trends in the formation and stability of young adult relationships. Concluding comments will focus on challenges and opportunities for research on young adults in the United States. \nBio: Wendy D. Manning\, Ph.D.\, Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology\, Director of the Center for Family and Demographic Research\, Co-Director of the National Center for Family and Marriage Research\, Bowling Green State University \n*Co-sponsored with The Family Working Group at UCLA \nMore on Prof. Manning
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/wendy-manning-bowling-green-state-university/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180221T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180221T133000
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CREATED:20170802T173822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180209T002255Z
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SUMMARY:Yu Xie\, Princeton
DESCRIPTION:“Heterogeneous Causal Effects: A Propensity Score Approach “ \nAbstract: Heterogeneity is ubiquitous in social science.  Individuals differ not only in background characteristics\, but also in how they respond to a particular treatment. In this presentation\, Yu Xie argues that a useful approach to studying heterogeneous causal effects is through the use of the propensity score. He demonstrates the use of the propensity score approach in three scenarios: when ignorability is true\, when treatment is randomly assigned\, and when ignorability is not true but there are valid instrumental variables. \n  \nMore on Prof. Xie
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/yu-xie-princeton/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,CSS Events,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180214T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180214T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20170724T203215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171220T203906Z
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SUMMARY:Joscha Legewie\, Yale University
DESCRIPTION:“Policing and the Educational Performance of Minority Youth” \nAbstract: How does the expansion of police presence in poor urban communities affect educational outcomes? Exploiting a quasi-experimental design from New York City\, we present causal evidence of the impact of aggressive\, zero-tolerance policing on the educational performance of minority youth. Under Operation Impact\, the New York Police Department (NYPD) saturated high crime areas with additional police officers with the mission to engage in aggressive order maintenance policing. We used administrative data from about 680\,000 adolescents aged 10 to 14 and exploited quasi-random variation in the relative timing of police surges and the date of standardized exams among children in the same neighborhood. Exposure to police surges significantly reduced test scores for African-American boys. The size of the effect increases with age but there is no discernible effect for African-American girls and Hispanics. Aggressive policing can thus lower the educational performance of African-American youth and perpetuate the racial achievement gap. \nMore on Prof. Legewie
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/joscha-legewie-yale/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180207T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180207T133000
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CREATED:20180119T000901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180417T225247Z
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SUMMARY:Randall Kuhn\, UC Los Angeles
DESCRIPTION:“A Large-Scale Survey of International Migrants from Rural Bangladesh: Longitudinal Evidence on Migration Costs\, Earnings and Health” \nAbstract: Popular attention has focused on the harsh conditions facing overseas guest workers from countries such as Bangladesh to the states of the Persian Gulf\, with the assumption of negative health consequences. In contrast\, the global empirical literature on migrant health finds generally positive health outcomes for migrants relative to those left-behind\, due in large part to self-selection. Yet most such studies match separate datasets from sending and destination country rather than using a binational panel survey. Few focus on guest workers or migrants to non-OECD destinations. The Matlab Health and Socioeconomic Survey (MHSS) is a binational panel survey that follows a representative sample of a rural area of Bangladesh from 1996-7 to 2012-4. Between survey rounds\, one quarter of young adult males moved outside the country (most to the Persian Gulf)\, with one-third migrating internally. All out-migrants were followed\, including festival and phone interviews with overseas migrants. MHSS2 achieved a 92% reinterview rate\, including 87% of overseas migrants. This paper provides preliminary assessment of data quality for phone and festival interviews\, and measures the effects of migrant status (international\, internal)\, return migrant and country of destination on livelihoods\, physical health and mental health. Regression estimates account for the potential confounding effects of current and past socioeconomic characteristics of the migrant\, his parents\, family and community using data back to 1974. Propensity score estimates account for the effects of self-selection into migration\, while bounding exercises address the potential effects of differential inter-survey mortality. \nAccess Podcast Here \nMore on Prof. Kuhn  \n 
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/randall-kuhn-uc-los-angeles/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180202T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180202T133000
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CREATED:20180119T234006Z
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SUMMARY:Amparo González Ferrer\, Spanish Scientific Research Council
DESCRIPTION:“Intergenerational Relationships among Latino Immigrant Families in Spain: Conflict and Emotional Intimacy” \n*Co-sponsored with The Center for the Study of International Migration \nAbstract: Relationships with parents have been identified as a major factor in shaping adolescents’ well-being and cognitive development. Compared to adolescents in native families\, immigrant children face multiple stressors associated with international migration that may cause the relationship with their parents to be more conflictive or emotionally distant. In this paper\, we compare the levels of mother-child conflict and emotional intimacy among Latino immigrant and Spanish native families living in Spain. Our analysis shows that Latino adolescents do not describe the relationship with their mothers as more conflictive than natives do. However\, they report more emotional distance with their mothers than native adolescents. This differential with natives cannot be fully attributed to migration-related factors like physical separation from parents due to staggered family migration\, to the lower life satisfaction of Latino mothers’ in their new destination or to an acculturation gap between mother and child. However\, the fact that immigrant mothers spend less time doing activities with their children\, probably due to their harder working conditions\, explains part of the differential in emotional intimacy with native families. Finally\, our analyses clearly establish an equally negative relationship between conflict and emotional intimacy for both native and Latino immigrant families. \n 
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/amparo-gonzalez-ferrer-spanish-scientific-research-council/
LOCATION:Bunche 10383
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180131T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180131T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
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SUMMARY:Cynthia Feliciano\, UC Irvine
DESCRIPTION:“How Multiracial Identities and Racial Classification Shape Latinos’ Dating Preferences“ \nAbstract:Understanding how life experiences vary by different dimensions of race may help clarify the growing Latino population’s place in the U.S. racial structure. This study examines how self-identifying with more than one racial group and racial classification relate to racial dating choices among Latinos. Analyses of data from online dating profiles reveal divergent patterns in stated racial preferences among Latinos depending upon whether and how they also identify with other racial groups. Latinos who identify as White express racial preferences that are more similar to Whites than to monoracial Latinos\, while the preferences of Black-identified Latinos are more similar to Blacks\, consistent with Whitening and Black exceptionalism theories. However\, regardless of racial self-identity\, Latino online daters vary in their exclusion of Whites depending upon how they are racially classified by others. These findings suggest that Latinos’ racial preferences are influenced by the existing racial structure and that Latinos contribute to maintaining the racial hierarchy through their dating choices. In addition\, the findings suggest multiple assimilation trajectories within this diverse population. \n*Co-Sponsored with the Center for the Study of International Migration \nMore on Prof. Feliciano
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/cynthia-feliciano-uc-irvine/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180124T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180124T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20170724T202504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210424T023053Z
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SUMMARY:Rob Warren\, University of Minnesota
DESCRIPTION:“When Should Researchers Use Inferential Statistics When Analyzing Data on Full Populations?“ \nAbstract: Many researchers uncritically use inferential statistical procedures (e.g.\, hypothesis tests) when analyzing complete population data—a situation in which inference may seem unnecessary. We begin by reviewing and analyzing the most common rationales for employing inferential procedures when analyzing full population data. Two common rationales—having to do with handling missing data and generalizing results to other times and/or places—either lack merit or amount to analyzing sample (not population) data.  Whether it is appropriate to use inferential procedures depends on whether researchers are analyzing sample or population data and on whether they seek to make causal or descriptive claims. When doing descriptive research\, the distinction between sample and population data is paramount: Inferential statistics should only be used to analyze sample data (to account for sampling variability) and never to analyze population data. When doing causal research\, the distinction between sample data and population data is unimportant: Inferential procedures can and should always be used to distinguish (for example) robust associations from those that may have come about by chance alone. Crucially\, using inferential procedures to analyze population data to make descriptive claims can lead to incorrect substantive conclusions—especially when population sizes and/or effect sizes are small. \n*Co-sponsored with the Center for Social Statistics \nMore on Prof. Warren \nAccess Podcast here
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/rob-warren-university-minnesota/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,CSS Events,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180119T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20170830T161018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180103T180301Z
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SUMMARY:Chenoa Flippen\, University of Pennsylvania
DESCRIPTION:“The Uphill Climb: A Transnational Perspective on Wealth Accumulation among Latino Immigrants in Durham\, NC” \nAbstract: Wealth accumulation is a key dimension of ethno-racial stratification\, and\, among immigrants\, an important indicator of incorporation.  Dramatically low assets among immigrant Latinos is thus a pressing concern\, necessitating a better understanding of the social forces that shape wealth assimilation.  Drawing on a survey of Latino immigrants in Durham\, NC\, I argue for the importance of a transnational perspective on wealth for immigrant populations.  Nationally representative surveys designed to assess inequality among the general population generally lack information on wealth held abroad\, which accounts for the lion’s share of assets held by immigrants in our sample.  Likewise\, these data sources rarely have information on factors salient to immigrants\, particularly legal status and informal employment.  Finally\, I show that the socio-demographic characteristics central to life-cycle wealth models operate in different ways for U.S. and foreign assets\, and for men and women.  For instance\, while household earnings and duration of Durham residence are associated with greater U.S. assets among Durham’s Latino migrants\, they fail to predict wealth held abroad.  Likewise\, low educational attainment and informal employment are associated with lower U.S.\, but not foreign\, wealth.  Instead\, the key predictors of wealth abroad relate to family structure.  I further document structural barriers to immigrant Latino wealth accumulation\, such as employment marginality and lack of access to mainstream financial institutions. \n*Co-Sponsored with the Center for the Study of International Migration \nMore on Prof. Flippen
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/chenoa-flippen-university-pennsylvania/
LOCATION:Bunche 10383
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180119
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20180409T182654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220505T184432Z
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SUMMARY:Diversion in the Criminal Justice System: Regression Discontinuity Evidence on Court Deferrals: Kevin Schnepel\, University of Sydney\, School of Economics
DESCRIPTION:Kevin Schnepel\, University of Sydney\, School of Economics \nThe historically unprecedented size of the U.S. criminal justice system has necessitated the development of diversion programs to reduce caseloads as a cost containment strategy. Court deferrals\, which allow felony defendants to avoid formal convictions through probation\, are one example. Using two discontinuities in deferral rates in Harris County\, Texas\, separated by 13 years\, we find consistent evidence that diversion reduces reoffending and unemployment among first-time felony defendants. Similar benefits are not observed for repeat offenders suggesting felony record stigma as a key mechanism. Young\, African American men drive the total effect\, a pattern consistent with over-targeting by law enforcement.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/diversion-in-the-criminal-justice-system-regression-discontinuity-evidence-on-court-deferrals/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar
ORGANIZER;CN="CCPR Seminars":MAILTO:seminars@ccpr.ucla.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180110T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180110T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20170724T202034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180116T184805Z
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SUMMARY:Doug Massey\, Princeton University
DESCRIPTION:“Train Wreck: US Immigration and Border Policy 1965-2010” \nAbstract: Despite the massive increase in border enforcement after 1986\, undocumented population growth did not decrease\, but rose. In this talk I undertake a systematic analysis of border enforcement as a policy for immigration control. Empirical results explain not only why it failed\, but how and why it backfired. In the end\, the militarization of the border did not increase the probability of apprehension at the border or reduce the likelihood of unauthorized entry; but it did dramatically change the geography of border crossing\, increase the costs of undocumented migration\, and elevate the physical risks of border crossing. Ironically\, these trends had no effect on the likelihood of undocumented departure for the United States\, but instead reduced the probability undocumented returns back to Mexico\, thereby  increasing the net volume of undocumented migration and accelerating undocumented population growth. \nAccess Podcast Here \n*Co-Sponsored with;  \nThe Center for the Study of International Migration \nThe Social Stratification\, Inequality\, and Mobility Working Group  \nThe Center for Mexican Studies  \nMore on Prof. Massey
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/doug-massey-princeton-university/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171213T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171213T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20171201T201239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220505T184317Z
UID:10000487-1513166400-1513171800@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Nathaniel Osgood\, University of Saskatchewan\, "Using Smartphones and Wearables for Public Health Insight: A Hands-On Introduction"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Acquisition of evidence-based understanding of human health behavior and exposure to environments forms a central focus of health research\, and a critical prerequisite for effective health policy. The use of mobile devices to study health behavior via cross-linked sensor data and on-device self-reporting and crowdsourcing offer compelling advantages to complement traditional techniques. Data collected on such devices can be particularly powerful in supporting understanding of health behaviors in areas where accurate self-reporting is difficult\, including nutritional intake\, physical activity and sedentary behaviour\, and exposures to physical and social environments. Through structured surveys and crowdsourcing mechanisms\, such devices can further provide potent means of gaining insight into knowledge\, attitudes\, beliefs\, and perceptions in health areas. Finally\, while little explored\, some of the most powerful uses of such day lie in terms of understanding the particular causal pathways impacted by interventions. This hands-on talk will provide public health researchers and practitioners with a high-level introduction to the motivation\, state-of-the-art in and tools for use of mobile data collection in public health.  Topics touched on include elements of motivation\, study design\, behavioral ethics concerns and needs\, data collection systems requiring low technical involvement\, and analysis.  Participants will be invited to experience a state-of-the-art and widely used mobile data collection system during the talk that illustrates many of the principles discussed. \nSponsored by The Department of Community Health Sciences along with the Center for Social Statistics and the California Center for Population Research
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/using-smartphones-wearables-public-health-insight-hands-introduction/
LOCATION:CHS 61-269
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,CSS Events,Divisional Publish
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171212T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171212T153000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20171201T200948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220505T184243Z
UID:10000485-1513087200-1513092600@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Nathaniel Osgood\, University of Saskatchewan\, "Dynamic modeling for health in the age of big data"
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Traditional approaches to public health concerns have conferred great advances in the duration and quality of life. Public health interventions – from improved sanitation efforts\, to vaccination campaigns\, to contact tracing and environmental regulations – have helped reduce common risks to health throughout many areas of the world. Unfortunately\, while traditional methods from the health sciences have proven admirably suited for addressing traditional challenges\, a troubling crop of complex health challenges confront the nation and the world\, and threaten to stop – and even reverse the – rise in length and quality of life that many have taken for granted. Examples include multi-factorial problems such as obesity and obesity-related chronic disease\, the spread of drug-resistant and rapidly mutating pathogens that evade control efforts\, and “syndemics” of mutually reinforcing health conditions (such as Diabetes and TB; substance abuse\, violence and HIV/AIDS; obesity & stress). Such challenges have proven troublingly policy resistant\, with interventions being thwarted by “blowback” from the complex feedbacks involved\, and attendant costs threaten to overwhelm health care systems. In the face of such challenges public health decision makers are increasingly supplementing their toolbox using “system science” techniques. Such methods – also widely known as “complex systems approaches” – provide a way to understand a system’s behavior as a whole and as more than the sum of its parts\, and a means of anticipating and managing the behavior of a system in more judicious and proactive fashion. However\, such approaches offer substantially greater insight and power when combined with rich data sources. Within this talk\, we will highlight the great promise afforded by combining of Systems Science techniques and rich data sources\, particularly emphasizing the role of cross-linking models with “big data” offering high volume\, velocity\, variety and veracity. Examples of such data include fine-grained temporal and spatial information collected by smartphone-based and wearable as well as building and municipal sensors\, data from social media posts and search behavior\, helpline calls\, website accesses and rich cross-linked databases. Decision-oriented models grounded by such novel data sources can allow for articulated theory building regarding difficult-to-observe aspects of human behavior. Such models can also aid in informing evaluation of and judicious selection between sophisticated interventions to lessen the health burden of a wide variety of health conditions. Such models are particularly powerful when complemented by machine learning and computational statistics techniques that permit recurrent model regrounding in the newest evidence\, and which allow a model to knit together holistic portrait of the system as a whole\, and which support grounded investigation of between intervention strategies tradeoffs. \nSponsored by The Department of Community Health Sciences along with the Center for Social Statistics and the California Center for Population Research
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/dynamic-modeling-health-age-big-data/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,CSS Events,Divisional Publish
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171129T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171129T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20170719T204821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171108T193516Z
UID:10000580-1511956800-1511962200@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Jessica Ho\, USC
DESCRIPTION:“Contemporary Trends in American Mortality: International Comparisons and Emerging Challenges” \nAbstract: The decades surrounding the turn of the 21st century have been a challenging period for American mortality. The United States is currently facing a large-scale opioid epidemic\, and life expectancy barely increased between 2010 and 2015. This talk will cover various dimensions of contemporary trends in American mortality including the contribution of drug overdose to educational gradients in life expectancy\, an analysis of the contemporary drug overdose epidemic in international perspective\, and how the U.S.’s recent life expectancy stagnation has impacted its standing in international life expectancy rankings relative to other high-income countries. \nMore on Prof. Ho
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/jessica-ho-usc/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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ORGANIZER;CN="CCPR Seminars":MAILTO:seminars@ccpr.ucla.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171115T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171115T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20170719T204629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171108T192204Z
UID:10000577-1510747200-1510752600@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Jennifer Skeem\, UC Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:“’What works’ for justice-involved people with mental illness” \nAbstract:  Each year\, over 2 million people with serious mental illness are booked into U.S. jails.  These people typically stay longer in jail than those without mental illness—and\, upon release\, are more likely to be reincarcerated.  Today\, over 300 counties have resolved to “step up” their efforts to reduce the number of people with mental illness in jail.  In this presentation\, I highlight research on “what works” to reduce re-offending among justice-involved people with mental illness.  Programs must avoid the traditional assumption that mental illness is the direct cause of the problem\, and linkage with psychiatric services is the solution.  Evidence-based\, cost-effective programs look beyond psychiatric explanations to address robust risk factors that are shared by people with- and without mental illness. \nMore on Prof. Skeem
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/jennifer-skeem-uc-berkerly/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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ORGANIZER;CN="CCPR Seminars":MAILTO:seminars@ccpr.ucla.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171108T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171108T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20170719T204442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171201T194646Z
UID:10000575-1510142400-1510147800@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Victoria Baranov\, University of Melbourne
DESCRIPTION:“Mental health and women’s choices. Experimental evidence from a Randomized Control Trial. “ \nAbstract: We evaluate the long-term impact of treating maternal depression on women’s financial empowerment and parenting decisions by exploiting experimental variation induced by a cluster-randomized control trial which provided psychotherapy to perinatally depressed mothers in rural Pakistan. The trial\, which is the largest psychotherapy trial in the world\, was highly successful at reducing depression rates of mothers. We relocate mothers 6 years after the intervention concluded to evaluate the effects of the intervention on women’s financial empowerment\, parental investments\, fertility\, as well as children development. We find that treating maternal depression increased women’s empowerment\, particularly control over spending\, both in the short-run and in the long-run. Consistent with the reports of increased control over spending\, we find persistent effects of the intervention on both time- and monetary-intensive parental investment. We do not find any detectable effect on children development. The long-run treatment effects are concentrated among girls. \nMore on Prof. Baranov\nPodcast Here
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/victoria-baranov-university-melbourne/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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ORGANIZER;CN="CCPR Seminars":MAILTO:seminars@ccpr.ucla.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171101T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171101T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20170719T204240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171108T192932Z
UID:10000573-1509537600-1509543000@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Rodrigo Soares\, Columbia University
DESCRIPTION:“Does Universalization of Health Work? Evidence from Health Systems Restructuring and Maternal and Child Health in Brazil“ \nAbstract: We investigate restructuring of the health system in Brazil motivated to operationalize universal health coverage. Using administrative data from multiple sources and an event study approach that exploits the staggered rollout of programmatic changes across municipalities\, we find large reductions in maternal\, foetal\, neonatal and postneonatal mortality\, and fertility. We document increased prenatal care visits\, hospital births and other maternal and child hospitalization\, which suggest that the survival gains were supply-driven. We find no improvement in the quality of births\, which may be explained by endogenous shifts in the composition of births towards higher-risk births. \nMore on Prof. Soares \nPodcast Here
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/rodrigo-soares-columbia-university/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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ORGANIZER;CN="CCPR Seminars":MAILTO:seminars@ccpr.ucla.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171025T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171025T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20170719T203938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170925T164056Z
UID:10000571-1508932800-1508938200@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Mark Kaplan\, UCLA
DESCRIPTION:“Title: The Impact of Socioenvironmental Stressors on Alcohol-Linked Suicides: A Nationwide Postmortem Study” \nAbstract: Not only is suicide a major public health problem\, but also\, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, 8\,179 deaths and 273\,206 years of potential life lost resulted from alcohol attributable suicides in 2006-10 (the latest years available). Since 2011\, Professor Kaplan and his colleagues have worked with the National Violent Death Reporting System Restricted Access Database on two projects funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism\, focusing on acute alcohol use immediately prior to suicide. This presentation will show that nearly a third of suicide decedents nationwide were intoxicated at the time of death. Furthermore\, Prof. Kaplan will describe the effects of the 2008-09 economic contraction and other adverse socioenvironmental conditions on rates of suicide involving acute alcohol intoxication. \nMore on Prof. Kaplan
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/mark-kaplan-ucla/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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ORGANIZER;CN="CCPR Seminars":MAILTO:seminars@ccpr.ucla.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171018T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171018T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20170719T203405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171017T230356Z
UID:10000569-1508328000-1508333400@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:David Chae\, Auburn University
DESCRIPTION:“Getting Under the Skin: Socio-Psychobiological Pathways and Racial Disparities in Health.“ \nAbstract: Racism is physically embodied through social\, behavioral\, and psychobiological mechanisms. In this talk\, David H. Chae\, will discuss the utility of a social-ecological and developmental lens to examine how racism is biologically embedded. He will discuss his research on multiple levels of racism and the channels through which they compromise health throughout the lifecourse. \nMore on Prof. Chae
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/david-chae-auburn/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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ORGANIZER;CN="CCPR Seminars":MAILTO:seminars@ccpr.ucla.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171011T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171011T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20170719T202008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171108T193058Z
UID:10000567-1507723200-1507728600@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Roland Rau\, University of Rostock
DESCRIPTION:“Title: The challenges of estimating mortality in small areas — using German counties as a case study” \nAbstract:  \nWe develop and analyze Bayesian models that produce good estimates of complete mortality schedules for small areas\, even when the expected number of deaths is very small. The models also provide estimates of uncertainty about local mortality schedules. The TOPALS relational model is the primary building block\, used to model age-specific mortality rates within each small area. TOPALS models produce estimates for single-year ages from a small number of local parameters. We experiment with Bayesian models for smoothing and ‘borrowing’ mortality information across space\, using two alternative specifications. First we test a Bayesian model with conditional autoregressive (CAR) priors for TOPALS parameters. CAR priors assign higher probability to parameters that are similar across adjacent areas\, thus emphasizing spatial smoothness in estimated rates. Second\, we test a hierarchical Bayesian model\, which assigns higher probability to parameters that are similar for locations that are close in terms of political geography. \nMore on Prof. Rau \nPodcast Here
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/roland-rau-university-rostock/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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ORGANIZER;CN="CCPR Seminars":MAILTO:seminars@ccpr.ucla.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171004T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171004T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20170719T180734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170803T170714Z
UID:10000565-1507118400-1507123800@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:2017-2018 CCPR Welcome and Introductions
DESCRIPTION:Please come join us to learn all about the California Center for Population Research! \nProfessors Judith Seltzer\, Till von Wachter\, and Jennie Brand will be presenting. \nThis will be the kick-off event for the start of the upcoming 2017-2018 CCPR Seminar Series.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/2017-2018-ccpr-welcome-introductions/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
ORGANIZER;CN="CCPR Seminars":MAILTO:seminars@ccpr.ucla.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170607T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170607T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20170329T174927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170605T163748Z
UID:10000553-1496836800-1496842200@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Randall Akee\, UCLA
DESCRIPTION:“Reservation Employer Establishments: Data from the U.S. Census Longitudinal Business Data Set” \nAbstract: The presence of employers and jobs on American Indian reservations has been difficult to analyze due to limited data. We are the first to geocode confidential data on employer establishments from the U.S. Census Longitudinal Business Database (LBD) to identify location on or off American Indian reservations. We identify the per-capita establishment count and jobs in reservation-based employer establishments for most federally recognized reservations. Comparisons to nearby non-reservation areas in the lower 48 states across 18 industries\, reveal that reservations have a similar sectoral distribution of employer establishments but have significantly fewer of them in nearly all sectors\, especially when the area population is below 15\,000 (as it is on the vast majority of reservations and for the majority of the reservation population). By contrast\, total jobs provided by reservation establishments are\, on average\, at par with or somewhat higher than in nearby county areas but are concentrated among casino-related and government employers. An implication is that average employment  per establishment are higher in these sectors on reservations\, including those with populations below 15\,000\, while the rest of the economy is sparser in reservations (in firm count and jobs per capita) Geographic and demographic factors such as population density and per capita income statistically account for some but not all of these differences. \n 
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/randall-akee-ucla-2/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="CCPR Seminars":MAILTO:seminars@ccpr.ucla.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170531T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170531T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20170418T221321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220425T162237Z
UID:10000561-1496232000-1496237400@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Research Ethics: The Use of Big Data
DESCRIPTION:The use of big data has become increasingly common in social and health research\, raising a series of new and difficult questions about research ethics.  In this informal workshop\, a panel of investigators using big data for their research will describe issues that they have faced and other potential problems.  As background to this workshop\, you may want to read: \n\nhttp://bdes.datasociety.net/council-output/perspectives-on-big-data-ethics-and-society/\nKramer ADI\, Guillory JE and Hancock JT (2014) Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111(24): 8788–8790.\nhttp://www.michaelzimmer.org/2016/06/03/okcupid-and-the-ethics-of-big-data-research/\nZimmer\, M. Ethics Inf Technol (2010) 12: 313. doi:10.1007/s10676-010-9227-5\n\nPanelists: \n\nChristina Palmer\, CGC\, PhD\n\nProfessor\, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences\, and Genetics\, UCLA \n\nIrene PasquettoPh.D. Candidate\, Department of Information Studies\, UCLAGraduate Student Researcher\, UCLA Center for Knowledge Infrastructures\nSean Young\, PhD\n\n  \nAssociate Professor \nExecutive Director \nUniversity of California Institute for Prediction Technology (UCIPT) \nDepartment of Family Medicine\, UCLA
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/research-ethics-use-big-data/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Conference,CCPR Seminar,CCPR Workshop
ORGANIZER;CN="CCPR Seminars":MAILTO:seminars@ccpr.ucla.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170525T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170525T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20161110T001637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170418T182826Z
UID:10000447-1495713600-1495719000@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Maggie R. Jones\, United States Census Bureau
DESCRIPTION:“Refund Anticipation Products and the Improper Payment of the EITC” \n*Co-Sponsored with Public Policy and Applied Social Science Seminar Series UCLA \nMore on Dr. Jones 
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/maggie-r-jones-united-states-census-bureau/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="CCPR Seminars":MAILTO:seminars@ccpr.ucla.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170524T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170524T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20170410T210610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170501T205311Z
UID:10000560-1495627200-1495632600@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Shahryar Minhas\, Duke University
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Social Statistics Presents:\nPredicting the Evolution of Intrastate Conflict: Evidence from Nigeria\nurl: http://css.stat.ucla.edu/event/shahryar-minhas/\n\nThe endogenous nature of civil conflict has limited scholars’ abilities to draw clear inferences about the drivers of conflict evolution. We argue that three primary features characterize the complexity of intrastate conflict: (1) the interdependent relationships of conflict between actors; (2) the impact of armed groups on violence as they enter or exit the conflict network; and (3) the ability of civilians to influence the strategic interactions of armed groups. Using ACLED event data on Nigeria\, we apply a novel network-based approach to predict the evolution of intrastate conflict dynamics. Our network approach yields insights about the effects of civilian victimization and key actors entering the conflict. Attacks against civilians lead groups to both be more violent\, and to become the targets of attacks in subsequent periods. Boko Haram’s entrance into the civil war leads to an increase in violence even in unrelated dyads. Further\, our approach significantly outperforms more traditional dyad-group approaches at predicting the incidence of conflict.\n\nSpeaker: \nShahryar Minha\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, Duke University\nAssistant Professor\, Michigan State University\nDepartment of Political Science and the Social Science Data Analytics Program (SSDA) \nhttp://s7minhas.com/
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/shahryar-minhas-duke-university/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,CSS Events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170517T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170517T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20161110T001132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170524T204014Z
UID:10000446-1495022400-1495027800@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Marcella Alsan\, Stanford University
DESCRIPTION:“Tuskegee and the Health of Black Men” \nAbstract: For forty years\, the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male passively monitored hundreds of adult black males with syphilis despite the availability of effective treatment. The study’s methods have become synonymous with exploitation and mistreatment by the medical community. We find that the historical disclosure of the study in 1972 is correlated with increases in medical mistrust and mortality and decreases in both outpatient and inpatient physician interactions for older black men. Our estimates imply life expectancy at age 45 for black men fell by up to 1.4 years in response to the disclosure\, accounting for approximately 35% of the 1980 life expectancy gap between black and white men. \nMore on Prof. Alsan  \nPodcast Here
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/marcella-alsan-stanford-university/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="CCPR Seminars":MAILTO:seminars@ccpr.ucla.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170510T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170510T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20161110T000823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170524T203921Z
UID:10000445-1494417600-1494423000@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Jere R. Behrman\, University of Pennsylvania
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored with the Applied Group in the Department of Economics \n“Early-Life Undernourishment in Developing Countries:  Prevalence\, Impacts over the Life Cycle and Determinants” \nAbstract: \nEarly-life undernourishment is a widespread phenomenon in many developing countries\, with an estimated 170 million children under 5 years of age stunted\, the standard indicator of chronic malnutrition.  This presentation summarizes an ongoing work program on this topic\, with reference to the prevalence\, impacts and determinants of such undernutrition. \n  \nMore on Prof. Behrman \nPodcast Here
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/jere-r-behrman-university-pennsylvania/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="CCPR Seminars":MAILTO:seminars@ccpr.ucla.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170503T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170503T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T125231
CREATED:20161110T000345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170524T203529Z
UID:10000444-1493812800-1493818200@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Mark Duggan\, Stanford University
DESCRIPTION:“To Work for Yourself\, for Others\, or Not at All? How Disability Benefits Affect The Employment Decisions of Older Veterans“ \nAbstract: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Disability Compensation (DC) program provides disability benefits to nearly one in five military veterans in the US and its annual expenditures exceed $60 billion. We examine how the receipt of DC benefits affects the employment decisions of older veterans. We make use of variation in program eligibility resulting from a 2001 policy change that increased access to the program for Vietnam veterans who served with “boots on the ground” in the Vietnam theater but not for other veterans of that same era. We find that the policy-induced increase in program enrollment decreased labor force participation and induced a substantially larger switch from wage employment to self-employment. This latter finding suggests that an exogenous increase in income spurred many older veterans to start their own businesses. Additionally\, we estimate that one in four veterans who entered the DC program due to this policy change left the labor force\, estimates in the same range as those from recent studies of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program. \nMore on Prof. Duggan  \nPodcast Here
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/mark-duggan-stanford-university/
LOCATION:CCPR Seminar Room\, 4240 Public Affairs Building\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar
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ORGANIZER;CN="CCPR Seminars":MAILTO:seminars@ccpr.ucla.edu
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