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Andrew Penner, University of California, Irvine, “The Academic and Socioemotional Effects of Advanced Mathematics Coursetaking”

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Biography Andrew Penner is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine and a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Penner's research examines how society creates categories and sorts people into them, and focuses on the consequences of these categorization processes for inequality. At UCI, Penner serves as […]

Jeffrey Weaver, University of Southern California

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Biography: Jeff Weaver is an Assistant Professor in the department of economics at USC. He is an applied microeconomist working on a range of topics in development economics, political economy, and labor economics. His past work has examined topics such as public service delivery in India, the evolution of cultural institutions, and crime and low wage labor markets in […]

Christopher Walters, University of California, Berkeley (STC Workshop), Title: Empirical Bayes and large-scale inference.

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Biography: Christopher Walters is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Walters joined the faculty at Berkeley after completing his PhD in economics at MIT in 2013. He is also a Research Associate in the NBER programs on education and labor studies, an IZA Research […]

All-UC Demography Conference on May 16-17, 2024.

The California Center for Population Research (CCPR) will host The All-UC Demography Conference on May 16-17, 2024. Let us know if you’ll be attending! Click here to register This event is open to all University of California faculty and graduate students as well as all researchers affiliated with UC population and poverty centers: The Berkeley Population […]

Peter Hull, Brown University, “Formula Instruments” (STC Workshop)

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Biography: Peter Hull is a Professor of Economics at Brown University, a Faculty Research Fellow in the NBER Labor Studies, Education, and Health Care programs in Labor Studies, and the econometrics editor at the Review of Economics and Statistics. His research spans a variety of topics in applied econometrics, education, health care, discrimination, and criminal […]

Parag Pathak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Biography: Parag A. Pathak is the Class of 1922 Professor of Economics at MIT, found­ing co-director of the NBER Working Group on Market Design, and founder of MIT's Blueprint Labs.  His research is on education and market design.  He is currently a co-editor of Econometrica and the recipient of the 2018 John Bates Clark Medal. […]

Mare lecture | Johnny Huynh

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 […]

The Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science (SICSS) 2024

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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, […]

17th Annual All-California Labor Economics Conference.

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.    

Bagel Hour

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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.

Bagel Hour

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.

Workshop: CCPR Computing Orientation

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A recording of Roger Silanoe’s presentation may be accessed here. The slides of the presentation may be accessed here.

Bagel Hour

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.

Anne Karing, University of Chicago, “Incentives and Motivation Crowd-Out: Experimental Evidence from Childhood Immunization”

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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 […]

Workshop: Jake Anderson, University of California, Los Angeles, “Transitioning to Industry: Tech Pathways for Academics”

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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 […]

Bagel Hour

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.

Reflections on Graduate Training at CCPR/UCLA: A Panel to Honor Judith Seltzer

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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, […]