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SUMMARY:CCPR Welcome and Orientation for Graduate Students
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/resident-welcome-event/
LOCATION:Room 4240A\, 4th Floor\, Public Affairs Building\, 337 Charles Young Dr.\, LA\, CA 90095
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251006T100000
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SUMMARY:Coffee and Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join CCPR affiliates for coffee and bagels from Noah’s Bagels\, and take the opportunity to get to know one another in a casual setting. \nCoffee and Conversation is held Mondays at 10:00 AM in the CCPR Break Room. \nThis week’s session will be hosted by Professor Andres Villarreal\, who will be there to guide the conversation\, share insights\, and connect with attendees in an informal setting.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/coffee-and-conversation-2/
LOCATION:CCPR Break Room
CATEGORIES:CCPR Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T150000
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Kara Rudolph\, Columbia University\, Causal Mediation Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Biography: Kara Rudolph is an epidemiologist interested in developing and applying causal inference methods to better understand the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders. Currently\, she is a Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University. Her current work focuses on developing and applying methods for transportability and mediation to understand mechanisms relevant for drug use disorder prevention and treatment in various target populations. More generally\, her work on generalizing/ transporting findings from study samples to target populations and identifying subpopulations most likely to benefit from interventions contributes to efforts to optimally target available policy and program resources. She has completed a PhD in Epidemiology and an MHS in Biostatistics from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health and Society Scholar. \nCausal Mediation Workshop\nCausal mediation analysis can provide a mechanistic understanding of how an exposure impacts an outcome\, a central goal in epidemiology and health sciences. However\, rapid methodologic developments coupled with few formal courses presents challenges to implementation. Beginning with an overview of classical direct and indirect effects\, this workshop will present recent advances that overcome limitations of previous methods\, allowing for: (i) continuous exposures\, (ii) multiple\, non-independent mediators\, and (iii) effects identifiable in the presence of intermediate confounders affected by exposure. Emphasis will be placed on flexible\, stochastic and interventional direct and indirect effects\, highlighting how these may be applied to answer substantive epidemiological questions from real-world studies. Multiply robust\, nonparametric estimators of these causal effects\, and free and open source R packages (crumble) for their application\, will be introduced. To aid translation to real-world data analysis\, this workshop will incorporate hands-on R programming exercises to allow participants practice in implementing the statistical tools presented. It is recommended that participants have working knowledge of the basic notions of causal inference\, including counterfactuals and identification (linking the causal effect to a parameter estimable from the observed data distribution). Familiarity with the R programming language is also recommended. \n  \nAn recording of Kara Rudolph’s presentation may be accessed here.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/kara-rudolph-columbia-university-workshop-tbd/
LOCATION:Room 4240A\, 4th Floor\, Public Affairs Building\, 337 Charles Young Dr.\, LA\, CA 90095
CATEGORIES:CCPR Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250929T100000
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DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20250916T213417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T190128Z
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SUMMARY:Coffee and Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join CCPR affiliates for coffee and bagels from Noah’s Bagels\, and take the opportunity to get to know one another in a casual setting. \nCoffee and Conversation is held Mondays at 10:00 AM in the CCPR Break Room. \nThis week’s session will be hosted by the CCPR Directors\, who will be there to guide the conversation\, share insights\, and connect with attendees in an informal setting.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/coffee-and-conversation/
LOCATION:CCPR Break Room
CATEGORIES:CCPR Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250924T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250924T130000
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20250922T173437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T173437Z
UID:10000959-1758715200-1758718800@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Resident Move In Day
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/resident-move-in-day/
LOCATION:CCPR Break Room
CATEGORIES:CSS Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250830
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CREATED:20250422T202557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T210859Z
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SUMMARY:The Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science
DESCRIPTION:The Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS) is an annual\, global institute bringing together PhD students\, postdoctoral researchers\, and early-career faculty interested in computational social science. This is for both social scientists (broadly conceived) and data scientists (broadly conceived)\, with a particular emphasis on equipping social scientists who identify as “data science curious”. Topics covered include web automation and extraction\, predictive algorithms\, causal inference with observational data\, digital methods for data collection\, machine learning\, survey experiments\, and text analysis. This Institute is hosted at the UCLA California Center for Population Research (CCPR) and sponsored by CCPR and the UCLA Division of Social Sciences.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/the-summer-institutes-in-computational-social-science-2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250818
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250823
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CREATED:20250422T202424Z
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SUMMARY:The Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science
DESCRIPTION:The Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS) is an annual\, global institute bringing together PhD students\, postdoctoral researchers\, and early-career faculty interested in computational social science. This is for both social scientists (broadly conceived) and data scientists (broadly conceived)\, with a particular emphasis on equipping social scientists who identify as “data science curious”. Topics covered include web automation and extraction\, predictive algorithms\, causal inference with observational data\, digital methods for data collection\, machine learning\, survey experiments\, and text analysis. This Institute is hosted at the UCLA California Center for Population Research (CCPR) and sponsored by CCPR and the UCLA Division of Social Sciences.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/the-summer-institutes-in-computational-social-science/
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SUMMARY:[Test] First of August 2025
DESCRIPTION:  \nPlease ignore. Testing Google Calendar Subscription 060525
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/test-first-of-august-2025/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250604T133000
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CREATED:20250430T161413Z
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SUMMARY:Mare Student Lecture Reception
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URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/mare-student-lecture-reception/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250604T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250604T131500
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CREATED:20250221T191843Z
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SUMMARY:Mare Student Lecture\, Victoria Wang
DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to announce that Victoria Wang has been selected to deliver the 8th Annual Robert Mare Lecture\, established in 2018 to honor CCPR Founding Director Robert Mare and his lifelong dedication to the exceptional training of graduate students. \nVictoria Wang is an applied microeconomist specializing in public and environmental economics\, and her research investigates how people respond to wildfires. Victoria will present her paper\, “Adaptive Migration in the Face of Wildfires: Financial Constraints and the Role of Government Aid.” Victoria will be a one-year postdoctoral fellow at the NYU Furman Center before joining Wellesley College in Fall 2026 as an Assistant Professor. Her UCLA dissertation is advised by Adriana Lleras-Muney\, Martha Bailey\, Daniel Haanwinckel\, and Gregor Schubert.  \n  \nA recording of Victoria Wang’s presentation may be accessed here.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/mare-student-lecture/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250602T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250602T110000
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20241021T222726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T222726Z
UID:10000913-1748858400-1748862000@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Bagel Hour
DESCRIPTION:Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah’s Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. \nBagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/bagel-hour-29/
LOCATION:CCPR Break Room
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250528T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250528T131500
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20250121T194906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T230426Z
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SUMMARY:Jens Ludwig\, University of Chicago\, "Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence"
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nBiography: Jens Ludwig is the Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago\, co-director of the National Bureau of Economic Research working group on the economics of crime\, and Pritzker Director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab. He helped found the Crime Lab 16 years ago to serve as a sort of R&D partner to the public sector to help address major social problems like gun violence\, and has led to nationwide efforts to change policing\, community violence intervention\, and social programs for youth violence prevention\, as well as new data-driven decision tools in use across the entire New York City court system. This work has been published in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals and featured in national news outlets like the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Wall Street Journal\, NPR and PBS News Hour. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and serves on the  National Academy of Science’s Committee on Law and Justice. \nUnforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence\nWhat if everything we understood about gun violence was wrong? \nIn 2007\, economist Jens Ludwig moved to the South Side of Chicago to research two big questions: Why does gun violence happen\, and is there anything we can do about it? Almost two decades later\, the answers aren’t what he expected. Unforgiving Places is Ludwig’s revelatory portrait of gun violence in America’s most famously maligned city. \nDisproving the popular narrative that shootings are the calculated acts of malicious or desperate people\, Ludwig shows how most shootings actually grow out of a more fleeting source: interpersonal conflict\, especially arguments. By examining why some arguments turn tragic while others don’t\, Ludwig shows gun violence to be more circumstantial—and more solvable—than our traditional approaches lead us to believe. \nDrawing on decades of research and Ludwig’s immersive fieldwork in Chicago\, including “countless hours spent in schools\, parks\, playgrounds\, housing developments\, courtrooms\, jails\, police stations\, police cars\, and lots and lots of McDonald’ses\,” Unforgiving Places is a breakthrough work at the cutting edge of behavioral economics. As Ludwig shows\, progress on gun violence doesn’t require America to solve every other social problem first; it only requires that we find ways to intervene in the places and the ten-minute windows where human behaviors predictably go haywire. \n  \nA recording of Jens Ludwig’s presentation may be accessed here.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/jens-ludwig-university-of-chicago-unforgiving-places-the-unexpected-origins-of-american-gun-violence/
LOCATION:4240A Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250523T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250523T133000
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20250514T144800Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250514T144821Z
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SUMMARY:Jamie Goodwin-White\, UCLA "’Citizenship from the outside’:  Undocumented immigrants and the making of civic and political life”
DESCRIPTION:Jamie Goodwin-White (Department of Geography UCLA)\, David Jacobson (Department of Sociology\, University of South Florida) \n“’Citizenship from the outside’: Undocumented immigrants and the making of civic and political life”.\nWe argue that profound changes take place regarding citizenship that are not fully captured in scholarly analysis or\, for that matter\, in public discussion. The challenge is that conventional analytical categories are unable to account for these fundamental changes. If\, instead\, we view citizenship developments through a civic and social lens–rather than with the assumption of formal legal citizenship as the end-point–the question\, what are we missing\, becomes more straightforward to address. By adopting a social and civic lens\, we argue we can reveal several key characteristics of citizenship that have been obscured by a focus on formal institutions. Citizenship is a dynamic\, lived experience shaped by social interactions\, cultural practices\, and political contestations–even the severe ones proffered by populist leaders. We will discuss\, inter alia\, the following propositions: 1) Citizenship and rights develop through claims from “outsiders.” 2) The liminal is constitutive\, not a marginal\, deferred\, or an in-between status. We witness\, repeatedly\, that institutions (notably\, but not only\, courts) are forced to take account of social and civic practices driven by undocumented migrants. If we think of it in terms of a civic lens\, key derivative questions arise–notably\, how should we understand “integration” in this context?
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/jamie-goodwin-white-ucla-citizenship-from-the-outside-undocumented-immigrants-and-the-making-of-civic-and-political-life/
LOCATION:Bunche 10383
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250519T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250519T110000
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20241021T222536Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T222536Z
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SUMMARY:Bagel Hour
DESCRIPTION:Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah’s Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. \nBagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/bagel-hour-27/
LOCATION:CCPR Break Room
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250514T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250514T131500
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20250225T231650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T182949Z
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SUMMARY:Proactive Media Relations Team\, UCLA\, "Media Relations 101" Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Media Relations 101\nDescription: On May 14\, UCLA Media Relations will speak to faculty and students at CCPR on how our team\, and the broader Strategic Communications department\, supports faculty members and the university in sharing research\, expertise and other university news with a broad audience. UCLA media relations works with marketing and communications colleagues across campus and with external media to communicate UCLA news to a local\, national and global audience\, helping to amplify the university’s core values and help it reach its strategic objectives.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/media-relations-101-workshop/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250512T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250512T110000
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20241021T222445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T222445Z
UID:10000910-1747044000-1747047600@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Bagel Hour
DESCRIPTION:Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah’s Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. \nBagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/bagel-hour-26/
LOCATION:CCPR Break Room
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250507T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250507T131500
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20240909T222129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T231007Z
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SUMMARY:Janet Currie\, Princeton University\, "Investing in Children to Address the Child Mental Health Crisis"
DESCRIPTION:Biography: Janet Currie is the Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and the co-director of Princeton’s Center for Health and Wellbeing.  She also co-directs the Program on Families and Children at the National Bureau of Economic Research.  Currie is a pioneer in the economic analysis of child development.  Her current research focuses on socioeconomic differences in health and access to health care\, environmental threats to health\, the important role of mental health\, and the long-run impact of health problems in pregnancy and early childhood.  Currie is a member of the National Academy of Sciences\, the National Academy of Medicine\, and of the American Academy of Art and Sciences.  She will be the President of the American Economic Association in 2024 and has served as the President of the American Society of Health Economics\, the Society of Labor Economics\, the Eastern Economic Association\, and the Western Economic Association.  She is the Distinguished CES Fellow in 2023\, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science\, the Society of Labor Economists\, and of the Econometric Society\, and has honorary degrees from the University of Lyon and the University of Zurich.  She was a NOMIS Distinguished Scientist in 2019\, the winner of the 2023 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize\, one of the top 10 women in Economics by the World Economic Forum in July 2015\, and an Alumna of Influence by the University of Toronto in 2012.  She has served on the Board of Reviewing Editors of Science\, as the Editor of the Journal of Economic Literature\, and on the editorial boards of many other journals. \n  \n\n\n\nInvesting in Children to Address the Child Mental Health Crisis\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbstract: The child mental health crisis has been described as the “defining public health crisis of our time.” This article addresses three myths about the crisis: 1) The idea that the crisis is new; 2) The belief that increases in youth suicide mainly reflect deterioration in children’s underlying mental health; 3) The myth that investments in children have little impact on children’s mental health. In fact\, the crisis has existed for decades\, youth suicides vary asynchronously with other mental health measures and are impacted by external factors such as firearms legislation\, and investments can improve child mental health and prevent suicide. \n  \nA recording of Janet Currie’s presentation may be accessed here.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/janet-currie-princeton-university/
LOCATION:4240A Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250505T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250505T110000
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20241021T222354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T222354Z
UID:10000909-1746439200-1746442800@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Bagel Hour
DESCRIPTION:Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah’s Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. \nBagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/bagel-hour-25/
LOCATION:CCPR Break Room
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250430T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250430T131500
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20240909T221955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250605T202236Z
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SUMMARY:Emma Zang\, Yale University\, "Life-Course Exposure to State Policy Liberalism Contexts and Later-Life Cognitive Health"
DESCRIPTION:Biography: Dr. Emma Zang is an Assistant Professor of Sociology\, Biostatistics\, and Global Affairs at Yale University. Zang’s research interests lie at the intersection of health and aging\, marriage and family\, and inequality\, with a particular focus on examining these dynamics in both the United States and China. She is also interested in developing and evaluating methods to model trajectories and life transitions\, aiming to understand the impact of demographic and socioeconomic inequalities on individuals’ health and well-being from a life course perspective. Her work has appeared in journals such as the American Journal of Sociology\, Demography\, PNAS\, JAMA Internal Medicine\, and Nature Human Behavior. Her projects have been funded by the National Institute of Health. Her research has received media coverage from notable outlets in the United States\, China\, South Korea\, India\, and Singapore. She has received awards from the American Sociological Association\, the National Institute on Aging\, the Southern Demographic Association\, and Social Science History Association\, etc. \n\n\n\n“Life-Course Exposure to State Policy Liberalism Contexts and Later-Life Cognitive Health”\n\n\n\nAbstract: Polarization in U.S. state policy has driven geographic disparities in population health\, but most studies focus on concurrent policy contexts rather than cumulative exposure over the life course. A life course perspective is crucial because individuals experience varied policy environments at different stages\, shaping long-term health outcomes\, including cognitive health. Using restricted-access data from the Health and Retirement Study (1998–2020) linked to state policy data (1936–2014)\, this study examines how life-course exposure to state policy liberalism affects later-life cognitive health. We analyze five periods—early childhood (ages 0-5)\, school age (6-12)\, adolescence (13-17)\, transition to adulthood (18-30)\, and adulthood (31-50)—and their impact on cognitive functioning and impairment risk. We test theories around timing\, duration\, and sequence of exposure. Findings show that prolonged exposure to liberal policies\, especially in early childhood and adulthood\, improves cognitive outcomes. Exposure trajectories\, particularly increasing liberal policies over time\, also enhance cognitive health. These findings highlight the lasting impact of public policy on cognitive health and suggest that supportive policy environments during key life stages can mitigate cognitive decline and reduce disparities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nEmma Zang’s presentation may be accessed here.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/emma-zang-yale-university/
LOCATION:4240A Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250428T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250428T110000
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20241021T222000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T222000Z
UID:10000908-1745834400-1745838000@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Bagel Hour
DESCRIPTION:Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah’s Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. \nBagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/bagel-hour-24/
LOCATION:CCPR Break Room
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250423T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250423T131500
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
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SUMMARY:Michael Mueller-Smith\, University of Michigan\, "The Direct and Intergenerational Effects of Criminal History-Based Safety Net Bans in the U.S."
DESCRIPTION:Biography: Mike Mueller-Smith is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Michigan and Faculty Associate at the Population Studies Center. His research focuses on measuring the scope and prevalence of the criminal justice system in the U.S. as well as its broadly defined impact on the population. He is the Director of the Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS)\, a new data infrastructure project joint with the U.S. Census Bureau that seeks to collect and link extensive amounts of criminal justice microdata with social and economic data held at the Census Bureau. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University in 2015\, and completed a NICHD Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Michigan’s Population Studies Center between 2015-2017. \n\n\n\nThe Direct and Intergenerational Effects of Criminal History-Based Safety Net Bans in the U.S.\n\n\n\nAbstract: \n\n\n\nWe study the lifetime banning\, as introduced by United States Public Law 104-193\, of individuals convicted of felony drug offenses after August 22\, 1996 from ever receiving future SNAP benefits. Using a regression discontinuity design that leverages CJARS criminal history records with federal administrative and survey data\, we estimate the causal impact of safety net assistance bans\, finding significant reductions in SNAP benefit take-up\, which creates unintentional spillovers to spouses and children and persist long after ban revocations occurred. While we observe limited changes to other adult outcomes\, children’s short- and long-run outcomes worsen\, especially those impacted at young ages.\n\n\n\n\nA recording of Michael Mueller-Smith’s presentation may be accessed here.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/michael-muller-smith-university-of-michigan/
LOCATION:4240A Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250421T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250421T110000
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20241021T221917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T221917Z
UID:10000907-1745229600-1745233200@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Bagel Hour
DESCRIPTION:Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah’s Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. \nBagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/bagel-hour-23/
LOCATION:CCPR Break Room
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250416T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250416T131500
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20240909T221602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250312T212009Z
UID:10000876-1744804800-1744809300@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Abigail Weitzman\, University of Texas\, Austin "Threat Evasive Migration: A Population Perspective"
DESCRIPTION:Biography: Dr. Weitzman is a sociologist and demographer whose research explores two interrelated questions: How do expectations\, desires\, and threats influence the timing and nature of important events in people’s lives\, cumulatively shaping demographic patterns and population dynamics? And\, reciprocally\, how do shifting demographic circumstances influence aspirations\, perceived threats\, and behaviors in ways that determine individuals’ health outcomes and life trajectories? Her most recent work takes up these questions in the context of migration\, considering how individuals and families navigate evolving threats and opportunities in both countries of origin and reception. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThreat Evasive Migration: A Population Perspective\n\n\n\n\n\nAbstract: Approximately 14 million refugees and other migrants in need of international protection (MNP) live in the Western hemisphere\, approximately 83% of whom reside in Latin America or the Caribbean. Demographers know surprisingly little about this population or about threat evasive migration more generally\, e.g. migration undertaken to escape threats to survival. Moreover\, most research on MNP is concentrated among refugees and asylum-seekers\, which has allowed states’ legal categorization of migrants to dictate whose experiences we understand. Drawing on six years of fieldwork with MNP in Costa Rica\, I highlight the need to move away from conventional sampling approaches; discuss network-based sampling methods as an alternative; and illustrate how broadening the lens beyond asylum-seekers provides new insights into violence-related selection processes.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/abigail-weitzman-university-of-texas-austin/
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250414T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250414T110000
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20241021T221828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T221828Z
UID:10000906-1744624800-1744628400@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Bagel Hour
DESCRIPTION:Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah’s Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. \nBagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/bagel-hour-22/
LOCATION:CCPR Break Room
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250411T203000
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20250211T232918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T151526Z
UID:10000922-1744394400-1744403400@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:PAA Reception
DESCRIPTION:CCPR will be hosting a joint reception with Michigan\, Washington\, Brown and Wisconsin-Madison at PAA this year. The reception will take place on Friday\, April 11\, from 6-8:30 pm EST. Please join us!
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/paa-reception/
LOCATION:Marriott Marquis\, Beerlab\, 901 Massachusetts Ave NW\, Washington\, DC\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250410
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250414
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20240909T221405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T221405Z
UID:10000875-1744243200-1744588799@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Population Association of America 2025 Annual Meeting @ Washington D.C.
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/population-association-of-america-2025-annual-meeting-washington-d-c/
CATEGORIES:Other Conferences
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250407T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250407T110000
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20241021T221721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T221721Z
UID:10000905-1744020000-1744023600@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Bagel Hour
DESCRIPTION:Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah’s Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. \nBagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/bagel-hour-21/
LOCATION:CCPR Break Room
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250402T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250402T131500
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20250122T000938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T224055Z
UID:10000920-1743595200-1743599700@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Student Practice Talks (PAA)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/student-practice-talks-paa/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250331T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250331T110000
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20241021T221359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T221359Z
UID:10000904-1743415200-1743418800@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Bagel Hour
DESCRIPTION:Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah’s Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. \nBagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/bagel-hour-20/
LOCATION:CCPR Break Room
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250310T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250310T110000
DTSTAMP:20260502T052003
CREATED:20241021T221216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241021T221216Z
UID:10000902-1741600800-1741604400@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Bagel Hour
DESCRIPTION:Join CCPR affiliates for bagels from Noah’s Bagels and get to know one another in a casual setting. \nBagels are served in the CCPR Break Room.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/bagel-hour-18/
LOCATION:CCPR Break Room
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR