Johnny Huynh is an applied microeconomist specializing in health and labor economics, and his research uses the methods of causal inference to address policy-relevant questions about inequality in health. Johnny will present his paper, “Do Cash Transfers Narrow Health Disparities? Evidence from Veterans with Disabilities.” Johnny will be joining the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy […]
From June 24 to July 3, 2024 the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Division of Social Sciences and the California Center for Population Research will sponsor the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science, to be held at the University of California Los Angeles. The Organizing Committee Jennie Brand, Professor, Sociology and Statistics Dora Costa, […]
UCLA will host the 2024 All-California Labor Economics Conference (ACLEC). We define labor broadly and will consider submissions in a broad set of areas in applied microeconomics. The conference will take place at UCLA on Thursday and Friday, September 12-13, 2024. Click here for more details.
Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah's Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. Bagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah's Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. Bagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
A recording of Roger Silanoe’s presentation may be accessed here. The slides of the presentation may be accessed here.
Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah's Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. Bagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
Biography: Anne Karing’s research focuses on the economics of healthcare delivery and health-seeking behaviors in low-income countries, applying insights from psychology. Her core work examines how social signaling motives can change behaviors, in ways that benefit individual health and society. She has implemented large-scale field experiments that examine the effectiveness of social signaling incentives in […]
Description: Join us for a session on navigating the transition from academia to industry, specifically in tech roles. Led by Jake Anderson, a CCPR trainee from the Economics department who has worked as a Data Science Manager and Senior Data Scientist in San Francisco, this workshop will guide you through reframing academic projects and experience […]
Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah's Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. Bagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
Join us for a panel to honor Prof. Judith Seltzer's career and graduate training with CCPR and UCLA! Prof. Judith Seltzer is a founding member and former director of CCPR. She received the Sara McLanahan award from the Population Association of America. Panelists include former UCLA / CCPR graduate students Esther Friedman (Research Associate Professor, […]
Join us at Coral Tree Walk for a celebration and reception for CCPR founding member and former director Judith Seltzer's career!
Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah's Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. Bagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
Biography: Dan Thompson is an assistant professor of political science at UCLA studying American politics and political methodology. He studies how the rules governing elections affect who participates, who wins, and ultimately the policies governments choose. He collects new data on elections and electoral institutions which he combinse with large administrative datasets on government behavior. […]
Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah's Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. Bagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
Biography: Dr. Susan Cassels is a Professor in the Department of Geography at UCSB, and the Director of the Broom Center for Demography. She studies and teaches topics related to health geography, demography, and infectious disease epidemiology. The central focus of her research is on geographic mobility, sexual health, and HIV prevention. Her current research […]
Biography: Lisa Dettling is a Principal Economist in the Division of Research and Statistics at the Federal Reserve Board, where she is part of the team that forecasts the economic effects of fiscal policy (taxes, transfers, and government spending). She is currently on leave from the Board and visiting CCPR this fall. Lisa's academic research […]
Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah's Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. Bagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
Featuring Martha Bailey, Gilbert Gee, Naomi Sugie, and Janet Stein A recording of this workshop may be accessed here. The slides of the presentation may be accessed here.
