Brown Bag Seminar Schedule 2008

Brown Bag seminars have been a weekly highlight in the academic life of PSC. Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held in room 6050 ISR at noon.

January 14, 2008: Martha Bailey (Department of Economics, University of Michigan),
"Reevaluating the Causes of the Baby Boom: The Effects of Electrification in the United States, 1925 to 1960."
February 4, 2008: David Bishai (School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University),
"Community Effects on the Sexual Behavior of Youth in Asia."
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February 11, 2008: Carl Simon (School of Public Policy, University of Michigan),
"Complex Systems Approaches to Population Studies."
March 3, 2008: Edward Rothman (Center for Statistical Consultation and Research, University of Michigan),
"New and Current Services from the Center for Statistical Consultation and Research (CSCAR)."
March 10, 2008: Isaac Mbiti (Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University),
"Moving Women: Household Composition, Labor Demand and Crop Choice."
March 17, 2008: Jeff Strickland (Population Studies Center, University of Michigan),
"Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality in Charleston, South Carolina 1860-1880."
April 7, 2008: John Casterline (Department of Sociology, Ohio State University),
"Consequences of Unwanted Fertility: Longitudinal Evidence from Bangladesh."
April 14, 2008: Ray Langsten (Social Research Center, American University in Cairo),
"Educational Transitions in Egypt."
April 21, 2008: Dimiter Philipov (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Institute of Demography),
"Family Formation and Fertility in Central and Eastern Europe: Sweeping Changes and Driving Forces."

Seminars will start up again in fall 2008
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