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Institute for Population Research 12th Annual Joan Huber Population Lecture

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March 29, 2019
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Blackwell Inn - Pfahl Hall, Room 140

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Add to Calendar 2019-03-29 15:30:00 2019-03-29 17:00:00 Institute for Population Research 12th Annual Joan Huber Population Lecture Dr. Greg Duncan a Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at UC-Irvine, will deliver the 12th Annual Joan Huber Population Lecture on Friday March 29th. Talk title and abstract are listed below, the flyer for this year's event can be viewed and downloaded . The Joan Huber Population Lecture is named after Dr. Joan Huber, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology. Dr. Huber's work focuses on gender stratification, which looks at the uneven dispersal of wealth, power, and privilege between the sexes and the absence of women in the political sphere. Dr. Huber retired in 1994 after a 48 year long career in teaching and administration, she still active in research and academia. The Institute for Population Research requests that guests RSVP for both the lecture and reception here. Please direct all questions to the Institute for Population Research.Talk Title - Child Poverty: Next Steps for Research and PolicyAbstract - Although child poverty rates have fallen by half in the past 50 years, 13% of U.S. children (9.7 million in all) live in families with incomes below the poverty line. Drawing from a recently released National Academy report on child poverty, I briefly summarize causal evidence on the consequences of poverty for children's development as well as research on the impacts of anti-poverty programs such as food stamps and the Earned Income Tax Credit on development. Addressing a gap in evidence on the impact of poverty on very young children, I describe an ongoing experiment in which low-income mothers with newborns are randomly assigned to receive either smaller or larger monthly cash gifts over the first forty months of their children's lives. Impacts on children's cognitive and socioemotional development and on family processes thought to mediate the impacts of poverty on child well-being are both assessed. Finally, drawing again on the National Academy report, I review the success in reducing child poverty of twenty programs and policy approaches. Blackwell Inn - Pfahl Hall, Room 140 Department of Sociology sociology-info@osu.edu America/New_York public

Dr. Greg Duncan a Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at UC-Irvine, will deliver the 12th Annual Joan Huber Population Lecture on Friday March 29th. Talk title and abstract are listed below, the flyer for this year's event can be viewed and downloaded 

. The Joan Huber Population Lecture is named after Dr. Joan Huber, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology. Dr. Huber's work focuses on gender stratification, which looks at the uneven dispersal of wealth, power, and privilege between the sexes and the absence of women in the political sphere. Dr. Huber retired in 1994 after a 48 year long career in teaching and administration, she still active in research and academia. 

The Institute for Population Research requests that guests RSVP for both the lecture and reception here. 

Please direct all questions to the Institute for Population Research.

Talk Title - Child Poverty: Next Steps for Research and Policy

Abstract - Although child poverty rates have fallen by half in the past 50 years, 13% of U.S. children (9.7 million in all) live in families with incomes below the poverty line. Drawing from a recently released National Academy report on child poverty, I briefly summarize causal evidence on the consequences of poverty for children's development as well as research on the impacts of anti-poverty programs such as food stamps and the Earned Income Tax Credit on development. Addressing a gap in evidence on the impact of poverty on very young children, I describe an ongoing experiment in which low-income mothers with newborns are randomly assigned to receive either smaller or larger monthly cash gifts over the first forty months of their children's lives. Impacts on children's cognitive and socioemotional development and on family processes thought to mediate the impacts of poverty on child well-being are both assessed. Finally, drawing again on the National Academy report, I review the success in reducing child poverty of twenty programs and policy approaches.