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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191114
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SUMMARY:CEGA-EASST Scholars from East Africa
DESCRIPTION:Organizers: Manisha Shah and Daniel Posner\nNovember 14\, 2019\n4240 Public Affairs Building \nEASST 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;\n“Impact of Supportive Supervision and Behavior Change Communication to improve the quality of malaria care and data management in Uganda.” Ronald Mulebeke (EASST fellow)\, Research Fellow at Makerere School of Public Health.\n“The Impact of Secondary School Certificate on Income\, Teen Pregnancy and Cognitive Performance in Tanzania.” Christina Fille (EASST fellow)\, Lecturer at the Institute of Social Work in Tanzania\n“Effects of Vocational Education Training on labour productivity: an RCT in Northern Uganda.” Esau Tugume (BRAC fellow)\, Research Associate at BRAC Uganda
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/cega-easst-scholars-from-east-africa-2/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Conference,Other Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191113T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190827T233103Z
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SUMMARY:Courtney Cogburn\, Columbia University
DESCRIPTION:Title: Race\, Culture and Health: Conceptual and Methodological Innovations \nAbstract: Building a culture of health and achieving health equity requires that we engage cultural processes in a more meaningful way. Cultural processes and systems are commonly referenced in health inequity scholarship but empirical research generally lags behind this conceptual emphasis. I argue that employing a transdisciplinary approach to examining intersections of culture\, structure and racism is a valuable analytical tool for understanding the production of social and racial inequities in health. In this talk\, I’ll discuss conceptual work advancing the concept of “cultural racism” in relation to racial inequities in health and will also provide an overview of related empirical projects: 1) a laboratory experiment examining the effects of media-based racism on physiological\, psychological and behavioral stress responses\, 2) a data science project exploring ways to assess chronic exposure to media-based racism and possible links to population health and 3) the use of virtual reality to promote structural competence regarding the structural and cultural roots of racism. In lieu of a deep dive on a single project or paper\, the presentation seeks to support a rich conversation about the need for conceptual and methodological innovation in service of better understanding and addressing racial inequities in health. \nMore on Prof. Cogburn 
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/courtney-cogburn-columbia-university/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191106T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191106T143000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190930T192153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220505T183824Z
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SUMMARY:Statistical Computing Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Instructor: Matt Lahmann \nWe’ll get you signed up for hoffman2 and TS2. With Hoffman2 and TS2\, you’ll have state of the art hardware resources and most software you’ll ever need for research. \nRSVP Signup via \nhttps://forms.gle/FgGuPdqQdF3RLVzC8
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/statistical-computing-part-1/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191030T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191030T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190827T231407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190918T192448Z
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SUMMARY:Stefan Wager\, Stanford University
DESCRIPTION:Title: Machine Learning for Causal Inference \nAbstract: Given advances in machine learning over the past decades\, it is now possible to accurately solve difficult non-parametric prediction problems in a way that is routine and reproducible. In this talk\, I’ll discuss how these machine learning tools can be rigorously integrated into observational study analyses\, and how they interact with classical ideas around randomization\, semiparametric modeling\, double robustness\, etc. When deployed carefully\, machine learning enables us to develop statistical estimators that reflect the study design more closely than basic linear regression based methods. \n  \nMore on Prof. Wager
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/stefan-wager-stanford-university/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191023T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191023T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190827T230745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200228T170219Z
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SUMMARY:Michelle Jackson\, Stanford University
DESCRIPTION:Title: A Century of Educational Inequality in the United States \nAbstract: The “income inequality hypothesis” holds that rising income inequality affects the distribution of a wide range of social and economic outcomes. Research highlighting the sharp increase in educational inequality in recent decades has fuelled concerns that rising income inequality has had damaging consequences for equality of educational opportunity\, even while other researchers have provided descriptive evidence at odds with the income inequality hypothesis. In this paper we track long-term trends in family income inequalities in college enrollment (“enrollment inequality”) using all available nationally representative datasets for cohorts born between 1908 and 1995. We show that the trend in enrollment inequality moved in lockstep with the trend in income inequality over the past century. There is one exception to this general finding: for cohorts at risk of serving in the Vietnam War\, enrollment inequality was high while income inequality was low. During this period\, enrollment inequality was significantly higher for men than for women. Aside from this singular confounding event\, evidence on a century of enrollment inequality establishes a strong association between income inequality and enrollment inequality\, providing support for the view that rising income inequality is fundamentally changing the distribution of life chances. \nCo-sponsored with the Social Stratification\, Inequality and Mobility Working Group \nMore on Prof. Jackson 
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/michelle-jackson-stanford-university/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191016T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191016T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190827T230254Z
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SUMMARY:Adriana Lleras-Muney\, UC Los Angeles
DESCRIPTION:Title:”Can Labor Market Discrimination Explain Racial Disparities in Schooling? Evidence from WWII” \nAbstract: Can the racial gap in labor market earnings explain black-white disparities in the schooling of the next generation?  To answer this\, we exploit the large increase in labor demand in markets that received WWII defense industry contracts.  This increase in labor demand combined with a policy that prohibited discrimination by race and ethnicity in the defense industries resulted in significant increases in African American earnings and declines in the racial gap in earnings between 1940 and 1950.  This was achieved largely via occupational upgrading among African Americans into semi-skilled professions.  In contrast with women\, whose progress in the labor market was largely reversed in short order\, this occupational upgrading persisted for African Americans.  We argue that this persistence is consistent with declines in statistical discrimination.  Moreover\, we find that in these same labor markets\, the next generation of African Americans invested relatively more in their human capital\, as measured by greater years of schooling and a decline in the black-white schooling gap. We explore three reasons why reductions in the black white earnings gap might lead to reductions in the black white schooling gap of the next generation.  First\, this would relax the financial constraint faced by many African American families\, allowing their children to remain in school longer.  Second\, occupational upgrading might have increased the returns to human capital among African Americans.  Finally\, there may be political responses that result in changes in public funding and provision of schooling and other public goods that affect the human capital accumulation of the next generation of African Americans.  We find evidence consistent with the first explanation only. We conclude that efforts to further reduce the racial gap in schooling might consider labor market interventions
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/laura-lindberg-guttmacher-institute/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191009T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191009T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190827T225436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191127T185905Z
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SUMMARY:Jonathan Daw\, Penn State University
DESCRIPTION:Title: Renal Relationships: Understanding Living Kidney Donor Relationship Patterns \nAbstract: Who do we turn to in times of need? Traditionally\, social support research has shown a strong preference to rely on strong ties in these scenarios – often\, even when weak ties might be better positioned to help. However\, this conclusion has recently been challenged by Small (2017)\, who argues that people often rely on weak ties for emotional support in stressful times\, preferring to avoid more complicated strong ties. This suggests that the types of ties we activate in times of need varies by the situation. In this study\, we apply this framework to the study of living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT)\, effectively asking: How does this behavior differ when the stakes are potentially life and death? Using a variety of primary and secondary datasets\, we compare the distribution of LDKT ties to the distribution of ties who would be likely able to help\, then seek to explain these relative utilization patterns as a function of medical fundamentals\, social/spatial relationships\, and qualitative reasoning invoked by survey respondents. Our preliminary findings show that LDKT patterns are primarily driven by social relationship quality\, and far less by medical fundamentals such as the potential donors’ health or genetic relationship to the patient. \nVideo  \nMore on Prof. Daw
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/jonathan-daw-penn-state-university/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191002T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191002T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190819T215402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190819T215517Z
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SUMMARY:Welcome and Introductions
DESCRIPTION:Please come join us to learn all about the California Center for Population Research! \nThis will be the kick-off event for the start of the upcoming 2019-2020 CCPR Seminar Series.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/welcome-and-introductions-2/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190605T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190605T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190423T171235Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190522T213013Z
UID:10000677-1559736000-1559741400@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Second Annual Robert Mare Student Lectureship: Carolina Arteaga\, PhD (c) Economics\, UCLA
DESCRIPTION:Title: Essays in Education and Crime in Colombia \nAbstract: This dissertation contains three essays in applied microeconomics. In the first chapter paper I test whether the return to college education is the result of human capital accumulation or instead reflects the fact that attending college signals higher ability to employers.  The second chapter provides evidence that parental incarceration increases children’s educational attainment. Finally\, in the third chapter I derive a new expression that extends the Local Average Treatment Effect concept\, to a setting with two sources of unobserved treatment heterogeneity.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/first-annual-robert-mare-student-lectureship-2/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190529T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190529T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190426T192416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210424T031434Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Getting The Data Yourself - A Web Scraping Code Through
DESCRIPTION:Title:\nGetting The Data Yourself: A Web Scraping Code Through \nLocation:\nMay 29\, 2019 @ 12:00-1:30 PM\n4240 Public Affairs Building\nCCPR Seminar Room \nInstructors:\nChad Pickering & Mike Tzen \nContent:\nWe’ll empower CCPR researchers to get the domain-relevant data they want \n  \nslides exercise
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/workshop-getting-the-data-yourself-a-web-scraping-code-through/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Workshop,CSS Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190522T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190522T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190426T193825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210424T031420Z
UID:10000530-1558526400-1558531800@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Workshop: Getting All Your Research Computing Tools for Summer and Beyond - Hardware and Software
DESCRIPTION:Title:\nGetting All Your Research Computing Tools for Summer and Beyond – Hardware and Software \nLocation:\nMay 22\, 2019 @ 12:00-1:30 PM\n4240 Public Affairs Building\nCCPR Seminar Room \nInstructors:\nMatt Lahmann & Mike Tzen \nContent:\nWe’ll get CCPR researchers all the computing tools for a productive summer of data science exploration.\nWe’ll get you started on computing hardware: personal\, terminal\, and cluster.\nWe’ll get you started on software: R\, stata\, python\, etc.\nTo get the most out of this workshop\n1) let us know what type of software / hardware you might need for your upcoming research\n2) if you anticipate needing high performance cluster computing\, Please start thinking of a CCPR faculty affiliate hoffman2 sponsor that you are working with for your eventual hoffman2 signup \nslides
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/workshop-getting-research-computing/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Workshop,CSS Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190515T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190515T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190423T153546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190506T164918Z
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SUMMARY:Tomas Jimenez\, Stanford University
DESCRIPTION:Title: The Other Side of Assimilation: How Immigrants are Changing American Life \nAbstract: The immigration patterns of the last three decades have profoundly changed nearly every aspect of life in the United States. What do those changes mean for the most established Americans—those whose families have been in the country for multiple generations? The Other Side of Assimilation shows that assimilation is not a one-way street. Jiménez explains how established Americans undergo their own assimilation in response to profound immigration-driven ethnic\, racial\, political\, economic\, and cultural shifts. \nCo-sponsored with the Center for the Study of International Migration and the Race and Ethnicity Sociology Working Group \nMore on Prof. Jimenez \n 
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/tomas-jimenez-stanford-university/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190417T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190417T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190325T170533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190521T184457Z
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SUMMARY:Yingchun Ji\, Shanghai University
DESCRIPTION:Title: Understanding China’s Low Fertility in a Gender and Development Approach \nAbstract: Without a surge of new born babies after the Chinese government relaxed the 40-year-long strict one-child family planning policy in 2013 and 2015\, the focus of debates regarding China’s declining fertility has shifted from policy to economic and social forces. Different from the mainstream demographers in China\, we propose a gender and development approach to understand low fertility in post-reform China. During China’s transition from the socialist planned economy to market economy\, the old danwei system collapsed and the public and private spheres are increasingly separating\, resulting in women’s intensified work-family conflicts. Emphasizing on women’s dual roles regarding material production and social reproduction\, we argue that sustainable fertility\, gender equality and economic development can either create a virtuous circle or be trapped in a vicious circle. With a certain degree of gender equality in both the labor market and the private families\, adult women can fully exert their talents at work which can both contribute to economic growth\, and also empower them at home. This can help them realize their fertility desires. With unsatisfying or uneven gender equality in the two spheres\, either some Chinese women can be pushed out of the labor market to have a second child\, or young women may choose to focus on personal development\, and postpone or forgo marriage/fertility. We also propose a multi-party-participation social mechanism to address the long term low fertility in China\, encouraging individual men and women\, family\, business and government to all share the duty of social reproduction. \nPodcast Recording \nMore on Prof. Ji
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/yingchun-ji-shanghai-university/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190403T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190403T153000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190321T170203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190321T170203Z
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SUMMARY:CCPR 2019 PAA Practice Session
DESCRIPTION:Please join us to hear our residents interesting research and give feedback for their upcoming PAA presentations. \nPresenters: \n\nAmanda Gonzalez\, “Do You Need to Pay for Quality Care? Exploring Associations Between Bribes and Out-of-Pocket Expenditures on Quality of Labor and Delivery Care in High Volume Public Health Facilities in Uttar Pradesh\, India”\nMary Robbins\, “A Development Dud: Is Microcredit in Bangladesh Actually Improving Women’s Lives? A Case Study in Matlab”\nJacob Thomas\, “Which Nationalities Have Been Coming the United States Less Since the 2016 Election?”\nAmber Villalobos\, “The Differential Impact of College on Becoming a Single Parent “\n Maria Lucia Yanguas\, “One Laptop per Child: Long-Run Evidence From Uruguay”
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/ccpr-2019-paa-practice-session/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190403T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190403T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190131T172807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190321T164006Z
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SUMMARY:Leticia Marteleto\, UT Austin
DESCRIPTION:Title: Live Births and Fertility amidst the Zika Virus Epidemic in Brazil \nAbstract: In late 2015\, the Brazilian Ministry of Health classified the increase in congenital malformations associated with the Zika Virus (ZIKV) a public health emergency. The risk of ZIKV-related congenital syndrome posed an exogenous threat to reproductive outcomes that could result in declining numbers of live births and potentially fertility. Using 2014-2016 monthly microdata on live births from the Brazilian Information System on Live Births\, in this talk I examine live births and fertility trends amidst the ZIKV epidemic in Brazil. Findings suggest a decline in live births that is stratified across socioeconomic status and geographic lines\, especially nine months after the call for pregnancy postponement. While declines in total fertility rates were small\, fertility trends estimated by age and socioeconomic status suggest important differences in how Zika might have impacted Brazil’s fertility structure. Further findings using monthly data by municipality suggest that the epidemic resulted in a significant decline in fertility even when controlling for characteristics of the municipality. The findings highlight the importance of understanding how exposure to the risk of a health threat directed at fetuses has led to declines in fertility. \nMore on Prof. Marteleto
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/leticia-marteleto-university-of-texas-at-austin/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190314T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190314T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190305T214301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190305T214301Z
UID:10000667-1552566600-1552570200@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Lunch Seminar with CEGA-EASST Fellows 3/14/19
DESCRIPTION:Luskin School of Public Affairs and the California Center for Population Research Presents:Lunch Seminar with CEGA-EASST Fellows. Please RSVP here. \nMarch 14\, 2019 12:30-1:30pm\, Public Affairs Building Room 4240 \nMuthoni Ng’ang’a\, PhD Candidate University of Nairobi \n“The Impact of Matching Female Lead Farmers to Female Small-holder Farmers on Agricultural Technology Adoption: Evidence from Kenya” \nIn Kenya\, about 75% of the population live in the rural areas\, with agriculture being their main source of livelihood. Agricultural production is however\, low due to low adoption of agricultural technology. We hypothesize that in the case of improved cassava varieties\, farmers are unaware of their existence as well as their benefits. This study will use Randomized Control Trial to assess the impact of training farmers on high yielding improved cassava varieties on adoption of the technology. Further\, evidence has shown that people learn better from each other when they are grouped with people of similar characteristics. The study will therefore\, assess the impact of matching female lead farmers with female farmers on adoption of the improved cassava varieties and consequently on the welfare of households where farming decisions are mostly made by female members. \nTewodros Tesemma\, Associate Researcher at Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) \n“The Effect of Labeling and Modern Saving Tools in Increasing Savings: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia” \nDigital government-to-beneficiary payments are rapidly becoming popular in many developing countries. Salary-linked accounts are of one of such innovations getting widespread acceptance. In this study\, I propose a randomized control trial to test whether labeling of saving accounts affect savings among government employees in urban Ethiopia\, who all have access to a salary-linked bank account. Employees in our treatment groups receive one or multiple accounts labeled for different purposes\, while those in a control group receive nothing. Moreover\, I also investigate whether type of deposit vehicles play significant role in dictating saving behavior. \nGrace Mhalu\, Research Scientist at Ifakara Health Institute \n“Impact of an instructional video on production of diagnostic sputum for tuberculosis case detection in presumptive TB patients in Tanzania.” \nDiagnosis and the performance of laboratory testing for the detection of tuberculosis (TB) depends on obtaining adequate sputum samples and the quality of sputum sample collected. For TB diagnosis\, presumptive TB cases with coughing for more than two weeks are asked to spontaneously produce sputum from the lungs. However\, presumptive TB cases usually have inadequate biological samples or samples with low concentration of TB bacilli because patients often give saliva from the mouth\, which decreases sensitivity of the test and results in missed diagnosis. Women in particular are less likely to test smear positive than men possibly because they are less comfortable with sputum expectoration. We aim to evaluate whether showing patients an instructional video on sputum collection increases the quality of sputum samples and TB detection\, and to assess whether gender difference in the video and the subject affects sputum quality in a randomized control trial in Tanzania.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/lunch-seminar-with-cega-easst-fellows-3-14-19/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:Divisional Publish,Other Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190305T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190305T163000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190227T182129Z
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SUMMARY:Andrés Villarreal\, University of Maryland
DESCRIPTION:Title: Immigrants’ Economic Assimilation: Evidence from Matched Administrative Records \nAbstract: Immigrants’ ability to succeed in the labor market and achieve economic parity with natives has significant long-term implications for their well-being and that of their children. In this talk I will present findings from two studies examining immigrants’ economic assimilation using a dataset that links respondents of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to their individual tax records. The first study examines the lifetime earnings trajectories of immigrants and measures the extent and speed with which they are able to reduce the earnings gap with natives. Findings from this study address key debates regarding ethnoracial and cohort differences in immigrants’ earnings trajectories. First\, we find a racially differentiated pattern of earnings assimilation: black and Hispanic immigrants are less able to catch up with native whites’ earnings compared to white and Asian immigrants\, but they are almost able to reach earnings parity with natives of their same race and ethnicity. Second\, contrary to previous studies we find no evidence that recent immigrant cohorts are experiencing lower earnings growth. The second study examines immigrants’ job instability. We find that foreign-born men\, particularly those who are undocumented\, were at higher risk of losing their job and becoming involuntarily underemployed during the Great Recession even after controlling for demographic factors and job characteristics. \nMore on Prof. Villarreal
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/andres-villarreal-university-of-maryland-2/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190227T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190227T153000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190215T192913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210424T031402Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Grad Student Panel Discussing the Causal Toolkit
DESCRIPTION:Title:\nGrad Student Panel Discussing the Causal Toolkit \nLocation:\nFebruary 27\, 2019\, 2:00-3:30 PM\n4240 Public Affairs Building\nCCPR Seminar Room \nContent:\nFocusing on the uses of the causal toolkit\, several grad students will share a-ha moments and lessons learned from their own applied research. The target audience are grad students and researchers who wish to get a taste of how causal concepts are used. We will start with an open discussion (with audience Q+A) of introductory concepts in causation\, emphasizing complementary views and examples. In the second half of the workshop\, panelists will present 5 minute talks of a causal-centric research project. The variety of panelists represent how causal concepts have been helpful in: epidemiology\, political science\, sociology\, and statistics. \nPanelists: \nPaul Brendel\nKirsty Clark\nAnton Sobolev\nAshley Blum\nFrancesca Parente\nPablo Geraldo \nPlease RSVP below\nhttps://goo.gl/forms/8oHDeu6QgZGVVc4y1 \n  \nmaterial
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/workshop-grad-student-panel-causal/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Workshop,CSS Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190214T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190214T110000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190207T183347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T015836Z
UID:10000657-1550138400-1550142000@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Workshop: Tips for Success in Publishing in Peer Review Journals: An Editor's Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Workshop: Tips for Success in Publishing in Peer Review Journals: An Editor’s Perspective \nPresentation by Prof. Gilbert Gee \nProf. Gee Dr. Gee is currently the Editor of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.  He has also been a guest editor for Child Development\, Asian American and Pacific Islander Nexus Journal\, and the Asian American Journal of Psychology. \n 
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/workshop-tips-for-success-in-publishing-in-peer-review-journals-an-editors-perspective/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Workshop,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190208T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190208T140000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20220425T155512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220505T184847Z
UID:10000770-1549620000-1549634400@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Binational workshop on planning in Mexico and California
DESCRIPTION:Organizer: Paavo Monkkonen\nFebruary 8\, 2019\n4240 Public Affairs Building \nThe Luskin Latin American Cities Initiative ( https://ciudades.luskin.ucla.edu/ ) is hosting a workshop on urban planning this Friday\, February 8th from 10:00am to 2:00pm. The main objective of the workshop is to compare the roles of Federal and State entities in local planning efforts both in Mexico and California\, and to begin a collaboration between cities. We will have planning representatives from the cities of Los Angeles\, Compton\, academics from UC Irvine and UC Davis\, a representative of the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research\, and the director of the APA Los Angeles Chapter. We will also have the participation of the current directors of IMPLANes (Municipal Planning Institutes) from Mexicali\, Tijuana\, Ensenada\, as well as the Executive Director of the Mexican Association of Planning Institutes (AMIMP)\, and a representative from SEDATU. Half of the presentations will be in Spanish.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/binational-workshop-on-planning-in-mexico-and-california/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Conference,CCPR Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190131T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190131T150000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190115T221438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210424T031350Z
UID:10000524-1548943200-1548946800@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Workshop: Merging Entities - Deterministic\, Approximate\, & Probabilistic
DESCRIPTION:Instructor:\nMichael Tzen \nTitle:\nMerging Entities: Deterministic\, Approximate\, & Probabilistic \nLocation:\nJanuary 31\, 2019\, 2:00-3:00 PM\n4240 Public Affairs Building\nCCPR Seminar Room \nContent:\nCombining information from different groups is a fundamental procedure in the data analysis pipeline. Using NBA and NCAA data\, we will walk through deterministic\, approximate\, and probabilistic methods to merge entities from the different data sources. Is Luc Richard Mbah a Moute playing in the NBA the same Luc Mbah a Moute who played for the University of California\, Los Angeles? We’ll discuss how the probabilistic methods loosely relate to matching in causal analysis. After this workshop\, participants should be able to merge data sets 3 different ways and think about how the merge quality may affect downstream analysis. \nPlease RSVP below \nhttps://goo.gl/forms/XiuYjqjkcD0WnHov2 \nslides rscript
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/workshop-merging-entities/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Workshop,CSS Events,Divisional Publish
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190128T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190128T163000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20190111T225128Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220425T155305Z
UID:10000523-1548687600-1548693000@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Lars Vilhuber\, Cornell University
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Lars Vilhuber\, Cornell University “Replication and Reproducibility in Social Sciences and Statistics: Context\, Concerns\, and Concrete Measures” \nAbstract: Replicability is at the core of the scientific enterprise. In the past 30 years\, recurring concerns about the extent of replicability  (or lack thereof) of the research in various disciplines have surfaced\, including in economics. In this talk\, I describe the context in which the current discussion in the social science is occurring: what are the definitions of replicability and reproducibility\, what is failing\, and to what extent. I discuss the currents state in economics as an example: to what extent is this a problem\, what are the approaches that are being considered\, and what are the possible broader implications of those approaches. Finally\, I discuss the concrete measures that are being implemented under my guidance at the American Economic Association\, and that are being discussed in the broader social science community. The solutions to these problems will change the way research will be taught and conducted\, in economics in particular\, and in the social sciences more broadly. The implications affect undergraduate and graduate teaching\, research infrastructure\, and habits. \n 
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/lars-vilhuber-cornell-university/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Conference,CCPR Workshop,Divisional Publish,Other Conferences
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181127
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20220425T154509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220425T154627Z
UID:10000769-1543190400-1543276799@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:CEGA-EASST Scholars from East Africa
DESCRIPTION:Organizers: Manisha Shah and Daniel Posner\nNovember 26\, 2018\n4240 Public Affairs Building \nEASST 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;\nApollo Maima: Assistant Professor at USIA\, Kenya\n“Mistreatment of Pneumonia and Rapid Diagnostic Tests: Experimental Evidence from the Siaya County\, Kenya”\nGetachew Kassa: Senior Lecturer at Debre Markos University\, Ethiopia\n“Effect of Behavioral Intervention Program to reduce HIV related Sexual Risk Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Disease among University Students in Northwest Ethiopia: A Randomized Controlled Trial”\nWerner Maokola: Program Officer at Ministry of Health\, Tanzania\n“Overview of quasi-experimental analytical approaches using evaluation of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy among People Living with HIV in Tanzania”
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/cega-easst-scholars-from-east-africa/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181107T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181107T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20181102T193806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190123T195523Z
UID:10000519-1541592000-1541597400@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Chad Hazlett\, UCLA
DESCRIPTION:Title:  Making Sense of Sensitivity: Extending Omitted Variable Bias \nAbstract:We extend the omitted variable bias framework with a suite of tools for sensitivity analysis in regression models that: (i) does not require assumptions about the treatment assignment nor the nature of confounders; (ii) naturally handles multiple confounders\, possibly acting non-linearly; (iii) exploits expert knowledge to bound sensitivity parameters; and\, (iv) can be easily computed using only standard regression results. In particular\, we introduce two novel sensitivity measures suited for routine reporting. The robustness value describes the minimum strength of association unobserved confounding would need to have\, both with the treatment and the outcome\, to change the research conclusions. The partial R2 of the treatment with the outcome shows how strongly confounders explaining all the residual outcome variation would have to be associated with the treatment to eliminate the estimated effect. Next\, we offer graphical tools for elaborating on problematic confounders\, examining the sensitivity of point estimates\, t-values\, as well as “extreme scenarios”. Finally\, we describe problems with a common “benchmarking” practice and introduce a novel procedure to instead formally bound the strength of confounders based on comparison to observed covariates. We apply these methods to a running example that estimates the effect of exposure to violence on attitudes toward peace. \nPodcast Recording  \nMore info on Chad Hazlett
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/chad-hazlett-ucla/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181021
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181023
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20220425T152832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220425T152832Z
UID:10000768-1540080000-1540252799@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Trans-Pacific Labor Seminar
DESCRIPTION:The Trans-Pacific Labor Seminar is part of a conference series that brings together Japanese and U.S. economics scholars. The idea is to foster trans-pacific exchange and collaboration\, and usually half of the participants are from Japan and half are U.S. based. The conference is co-sponsored by the International Institute\, the Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies\, the Social Science Division\, the Vice Chancellor for Research Office\, and the Japanese Government
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/trans-pacific-labor-seminar/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181003T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181003T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20180808T215124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180808T215422Z
UID:10000627-1538568000-1538573400@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:2018-2019 CCPR Welcome and Introductions
DESCRIPTION:Please come join us to learn all about the California Center for Population Research! \nProfessors Jennie Brand\, Patrick Heuveline and Hiram Beltran-Sanchez will be presenting. \nThis will be the kick-off event for the start of the upcoming 2018-2019 CCPR Seminar Series.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/ccpr-welcome-and-introductions-2018-2019/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180919T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180919T130000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20180912T184827Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220505T184938Z
UID:10000640-1537358400-1537362000@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:"The Trouble with Pink and Blue\, Gender expression\, stigma\, and health among U.S. children and adolescents"
DESCRIPTION:“The Trouble with Pink and Blue\, Gender expression\, stigma\, and health among U.S. children and adolescents” \nAllegra Gordon\, SCD\, MPH \nResearch Scientist\, Boston Children’s Hospital \nInstructor\, Department of Pediatrics\, Harvard Medical School \nDr. Gordon will offer a conceptual model for understanding gender expression and health and illustrate this model with examples from recent research on gender nonconformity\, school-based violence and bullying\, and selected health outcomes in samples of U.S. high school students and young adults. \nLunch will be provided \nSponsored by The Williams Institute\, The California Center for Population Research\, and The California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/the-trouble-with-pink-and-blue-gender-expression-stigma-and-health-among-u-s-children-and-adolescents/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar,Divisional Publish
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180618T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180618T160000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20180612T163913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220906T222457Z
UID:10000626-1529326800-1529337600@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Dr. Henry F. Raymond\, Rutgers University & UC San Francisco
DESCRIPTION:“Sampling Hidden Populations: Respondent Driven Sampling” \nDr. Henry F. Raymond\nAssociate Prof. of Epidemiology\, Rutgers University & Associate Prof. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics\, UC San Francisco\nJune 18th\, 2018\n4240 Public Affairs Building \nAbstract: Dr. Raymond will discuss the background and implementation of Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) studies which is wide use among hidden populations the world over. He will review the theoretical basis of RDS including what biases RDS analysis corrects for. Dr. Raymond will share some examples of RDS analysis using RDS Analyst.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/dr-henry-f-raymond-rutgers-university-uc-san-francisco/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Workshop,Divisional Publish
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180606T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180606T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20180531T155819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180531T155819Z
UID:10000625-1528286400-1528291800@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:First Annual Robert Mare Student Lectureship
DESCRIPTION:First Annual Robert Mare Student Lecture \nRavaris Moore  \nAssistant Professor of Sociology\, Loyola Marymount University – Los Angeles (August 2018) \nPhD Candidate\, UCLA Dept. of Sociology (PhD expected June 2018) \nEunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Trainee\, UCLA California Center for Population Research \n“Early Estimates of the Effects of Public School Shootings in California on California Public Schools” \nAbstract: I employ data from California public schools covering years 1991 to 2017 with data on public school shootings in the state of California over the same period to study the effects of school shootings on schools. This project aims to understand how dropout\, enrolment\, and achievement measures respond to school shootings. A secondary objective includes discerning whether fatal and non-fatal shootings have differential effects on schools and student outcomes. I will present early results\, and I welcome helpful comments and criticism. \nJoin us for lunch following the talk as we celebrate and bid farewell to all graduating CCPR affiliated students
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/first-annual-robert-mare-student-lectureship/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180605
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180608
DTSTAMP:20260430T091203
CREATED:20220415T222733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220425T164141Z
UID:10000765-1528156800-1528415999@ccpr.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Partnership UCLA Russian Delegation
DESCRIPTION:Organizers: Dora Costa\, Economics Department\nJune 5-7\, 2018\n4240 Public Affairs Building\nThrough mutually beneficial partnerships-with our alumni and friends in the professional world\, government agencies\, and community organizations-the College of Letters & Science has long paved the way for continued leadership\, impact and excellence. We have successfully consolidated and strengthened these partnerships\, through Partnership UCLA.
URL:https://ccpr.ucla.edu/event/partnership-ucla-russian-delegation/
LOCATION:4240 Public Affairs Bldg
CATEGORIES:CCPR Conference,Other Conferences
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