Past Events
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Feb 27DemSem: Isaac Sasson (Tel Aviv University), “Social Inequalities in Bereavement across the Life Course: A Study of Four-Generation Kinship Networks in Sweden”8417 Sewell Social Sciences Building 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706 DemSem full semester schedule
From Sasson: “In this talk I propose a demographic framework for conceptualizing the burden of bereavement with respect to intensity and predictability. Applying this framework to Swedish population register data reveals inequalities in bereavement by education and income among the 1973 birth cohort, including differences in cumulative exposure to deaths of family members and in …
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Feb 23Frontiers in Mortality, Risk & Insurance Seminar Series: Julian Reif (University of Illinois), “The Long-run Effect of Air Pollution on Survival”Grainger Hall Rm. 3070 (975 University Ave, Madison, WI) Full FMRI Seminar Series schedule
Julian Reif is Associate Professor of Finance and Economics at Gies College of Business, University of Illinois. He is also affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research, J-PAL North America, the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities, and the Institute of Government and Public Affairs. Dr. Reif is an applied microeconomist whose research focuses …
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Feb 16Frontiers in Mortality, Risk & Insurance Seminar Series: Liran Einav (Stanford University), “Market Design in Regulated Health Insurance Markets: Risk Adjustment vs. Subsidies”Grainger Hall Rm. 3180 (975 University Ave, Madison, WI) Full FMRI Seminar Series schedule
Liran Einav is a professor of economics at Stanford University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, where he is directing the Industrial Organization Program. Einav’s areas of specialization are industrial organization and applied microeconomics. An important strand of his work is focused on insurance markets, including the development of empirical …
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Feb 13DemSem: Peter Rich (Cornell University), “Policy Backlash or Structural Inertia? A Micro-Macro Causal Analysis of White Residential Decline from Desegregating City School Districts Between 1970 and 1990”8417 Sewell Social Sciences Building 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706 DemSem full semester schedule
From Dr. Rich: “The changing racial composition of city school districts over the 1970s and 1980s is often attributed to desegregation policies that propelled White families to move to the suburbs. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, I test this causal hypothesis directly by following family residential sorting before, during, and after …
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Feb 9Frontiers in Mortality, Risk & Insurance Seminar Series: Ishita Sen (Havard University), “When Insurers Exit: Climate Losses, Fragile Insurers, and Mortgage Markets”Grainger Hall Rm. 3180 (975 University Ave, Madison, WI) Full FMRI Seminar Series schedule
Ishita Sen is an assistant professor of business administration in the Finance Unit. Professor Sen’s research focuses on financial intermediation, asset pricing, and insurance markets. In her current research, she studies how inconsistencies in regulation restrict risk management, how capital regulation affects the insurance product market, and more recently, the agency problems associated with the …
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Feb 6DemSem: Doron Shiffer-Sebba (Northwestern University), “Clans and Educational Attainment”8417 Sewell Social Sciences Building 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706 DemSem full semester schedule
From Shiffer-Sebba: “The household has been the dominant unit of measurement in the social sciences due to data availability and conceptual convenience. This project uses newly available Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) data to instead explore the role of multi-generational extended families – or “clans” – in intergenerational stratification. Specifically, we ask whether clans …
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Feb 2Frontiers in Mortality, Risk & Insurance Seminar Series: Adriana Lleras Muney (UCLA), “Longevity and its Transmission Across Generations in the US”Grainger Hall Rm. 3070 (975 University Ave, Madison, WI) Full FMRI Seminar Series schedule
Adriana Lleras-Muney is a Professor of Economics at UCLA. She previously worked at Princeton University and has served as Editor of the Journal of Health Economics. Professor Lleras-Muney’s research studies the relationships between socio-economic status (in particular education) and health, the effect of disease on income and economic development, and the determinants of fertility.
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Jan 30DemSem: Corina Mommaerts (UW-Madison), “Hiring Subsidies for the Disadvantaged: Evidence from the Work Opportunity Tax Credit”8417 Sewell Social Sciences Building 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706 DemSem full semester schedule
From Dr. Mommaerts: “The US spends billions of dollars each year on policies to promote employment and upward economic mobility among disadvantaged groups. This talk centers on a paper that studies the effects of its largest wage subsidy program, the federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), which provides subsidies to firms that hire categories of …
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Dec 12DemSem: Elizabeth Bruch (University of Michigan), “From Transcripts to Trajectories: A Framework for Studying Undergraduate Careers”8417 Sewell Social Sciences Building 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706 DemSem Webpage with full semester schedule
Elizabeth Bruch is an Associate Professor in Sociology and Complex Systems, an Associate Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research, and an External Faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute. She also leads the University of Michigan’s Computational Social Science Initiative. “The culmination of a university education is the degree one receives at graduation, but the …
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Dec 8FMRI Seminar: *VIRTUAL ONLY* Sarah Miller (University of Michigan), “The Long-Term Effects of Income for At-Risk Infants: Evidence from Supplemental Security Income”Virtual FMRI Seminar Series Full Schedule
Sarah Miller is an Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. She is the Business and Economics Faculty Doctoral Coordinator at the Ross School of Business. Seminar Zoom Info: Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 934 4050 8125 Passcode: wsbri One tap mobile: +13052241968,,93440508125#,,,,*972341# US +13092053325,,93440508125#,,,,*972341# US