Biography: Caitlin is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at UCLA. She is broadly interested in inequality in educational and occupational attainment, the role of education in social stratification processes, and policy approaches to addressing poverty and inequality. She is also interested in applications of causal inference using large-scale survey data. Her dissertation explores the ways […]
From June 19 to June 30, 2023, 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 purpose of the Summer Institute is to bring together advanced […]
From June 20 to June 30, 2023, 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. For more information about the event go here: https://sicss.io/2023/ucla/
More events to come beginning Fall 2023.
Attend as many or as few sessions as you wish This free, virtual workshop is designed for researchers and enables non-experts to develop computing skills for research analysis. Registration is open to all UC students, staff, postdocs, and faculty. Time: 8:30 - 12:30 PDT via Zoom Week 1 Sept. 11 / Day 1: The Unix […]
This free, virtual workshop is designed for researchers and enables non-experts to develop computing skills for research analysis. Registration is open to all UC students, staff, postdocs, and faculty.
The development groups at UCSD and UCLA are organizing a one-day workshop for advanced graduate students (e.g., those going on the market soon) and junior faculty in the Southern California area to present work related to Economic Development, Preference Formation, Political Economy, and Culture. The workshop will be held at UCSD on Saturday September 30, […]
California Center for Population Research Seminar Series Welcome and Introductions Wednesday, October 4, 2023 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 4240A Public Affairs Building (Lunch will be provided) This will be the kick-off event for the start of the upcoming 2023-24 CCPR Seminar Series. Please join us to learn all about CCPR as we welcome new […]
Biography: Gary Solon is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Michigan. He was Eller Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona during 2015-2018 and Professor of Economics at Michigan State University during 2007-2015. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a fellow of the Society of Labor […]
Biography: Pauline Rossi is an Associate Professor of Economics at Ecole Polytechnique-CREST and a Research Affiliate at CEPR. Her fields of research are Applied Microeconomics, Development Economics and Family Economics. She is the PI of the ERC Starting Grant "Peers and Possible Partners: Exploring the Origins of Population Long-term Equilibria" (P3OPLE). She is visiting CCPR […]
Biography: Julia Strasser, DrPH, MPH, is the Director of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health and an Assistant Research Professor of Health Policy and Management at the George Washington University. Dr. Strasser's research focuses on contraception, abortion, and access to care for underserved populations. She has worked in healthcare, focusing on policy and research, for […]
Computing Orientation Workshop with Neal Fultz Instructor: Neal Fultz This workshop has two halves. In the first half, we will dive into the 3 main computing resources that CCPR offers to affiliates, including it’s remote and on campus offerings. At the end of the first half, we’ll get participants signed up for hoffman2 and TS2. […]
Biography: Cesi Cruz is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Graduate Studies in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. She works on topics at the intersection of political science and economics, including elections, misinformation, gender and inclusive development. Her research is based on fieldwork in Cambodia and the […]
Biography: Bryce Millett Steinberg is a development economist who studies how households make decisions about investing in education and health, and how market forces and government programs can affect those decisions. Her work is primarily focused in India and Zambia. She is currently the IJC Assistant Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs at Brown University, and received her Ph.D. from […]
Bio: Clémence Tricaud is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. She is also a research affiliate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and an affiliate member of the CESifo. She received her Ph.D in Economics from Ecole Polytechnique and CREST in 2020. Her research lies at the […]
Advancing social science research on abortion: demographic methods and perspectives - CU Population Center (colorado.edu) Dates: December 6-8, 2023 Steering Committee: Leslie Root, Amanda Stevenson, Jane Menken, Sara Yeatman, Stefanie Mollborn, and Katie Genadek Location: Hybrid, online and in-person at CU Population Center, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder Since the Supreme Court […]
Biography: Alex Bell is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the California Policy Lab at UCLA. Dr. Bell's research seeks to document the unequal experiences of workers in the labor market and the implications of these inequalities for society as a whole. He is also interested in the intersection of labor market inequality with innovation. He often […]
Biography: Emily Weisburst is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles. Weisburst's work focuses on topics in labor economics, including criminal justice, education and immigration. Her research interests include understanding factors that impact police decision-making and public trust in police, as well […]
Biography: Dr. Philip M. Massey, PhD, MPH, is an Associate Professor in Community Health Sciences in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. His health communication scholarship focuses on media and technology in the U.S. and globally, on topics ranging from social media, vaccine communication, health literacy, entertainment education, and ethics in social media research. His work takes a mixed-methods […]
Biography: Dowell Myers is a professor of policy, planning, and demography in the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. His Ph.D. is from M.I.T. (urban planning). He has been an advisor to the Bureau of the Census and authored the widely referenced work on census analysis, Analysis with Local Census Data: Portraits of Change […]
