Yale University

 

Inequality and Life Course Workshop (Soc. 595a/b)

Fall 2009

Richard Breen, Karl Ulrich Mayer
Ivan Szelenyi, Hannah Brueckner

The workshop focuses on theoretical and methodological issues in the areas of the life course (education, training, labor markets, aging as well as family demography), social inequality (class structures, stratification, and social mobility) and related topics. The core of the workshop is devoted to the discussion of ongoing research by faculty and graduate students. The workshop will also include lectures and hands-on practical training in select topics in quantitative research methodology.

107 Williams Hall, 80 Sachem Street

Fridays, 2:00-4:00 PM

 

Workshop Schedule and Speakers


Date Speaker Topic
Sept. 4

Christian Schmitt

Gender-Specific Effects of Unemployment on Family Formation: A Cross-National Perspective
Sept. 11

Libertad González

The Long Term Effects of Legalizing Divorce on Children
Sept. 18 Signe Hald Andersen Active Labour Market Programs and Crime: On the Causal Effects of Intensified ALMPs on Unemployed Persons' Crime Rates
Sept. 25 Anette Fasang & Hannah Brückner Parental Social Capital and Educational Attainment
Oct. 2 Volker Lang Aging, Human Capital Depletion and Labor Market Attachment
Oct. 9 Natalie Nitsche New Dimensions of the Work-Family Conflict: Racial Inequalities in Family Formation of Highly Educated Women over Time
Oct. 16 Berkay Özcan Education, Career Uncertainty and First Parenthood of East and West German Men (joint paper w/ Uli Mayer & Joerg Luedicke)

Oct. 23

Mads Meier Jaeger Growing the Family Tree: Effects of Extended Family Members on Children's Educational Success
Oct. 30 Don Tomaskovic-Devey Politics, Uncertainty, and Post Civil Rights Act Workplace Desegregation
Nov. 6 Cristobal Young "Non-pecuniary Costs of Unemployment"
Nov. 13 Patricia Maloney The Effects of Teacher Training on Students
Nov. 20

Anna Manzoni

Retrospectively Collected Work Histories: Different Approaches to Investigate Their Reliability
Dec. 4 Matissa Hollister Professional Occupations and the "Generation Jones" Cohort in the United States: Patterns of Inter- and Intra-Generational Mobility

Papers are only available to participants of this workshop. If you are not a participant and you would like to request a paper, please contact the speaker directly.