WCPC Seminar Series on Poverty and Public Policy

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2008-09 Series: Economic Security in the 21st Century

Spring 2009

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May 18, 2009
Poverty and Suburbs: A Historical Perspective, Margaret O'Mara

May 4, 2009
The Impact of Immigration Enforcement Raids on Children, Ajay Chaudry

April 13, 2009:
Beyond the Poverty Paradigm: Social Research and Political Imagination in Two Eras of Progressive Reform, Alice O'Connor

Winter 2009

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March 9, 2009:
Material Hardship and Macroeconomic Performance Across Space, Time and Race, Colleen Heflin

February 23, 2009:
Impacts of Tolling on Low-Income Populations in the Puget Sound , Robert Plotnick and Jennifer Romich

February 9, 2009:
Inequality and the Urban Spatial Structure , Paul Ong

January 26, 2009:
One size fits 20%? Client perspectives on welfare reform, Sandra Danziger

January 16, 2009:
Fathers' Involvement in Fragile Families: Patterns and Implications for Children, Marcia Carlson

January 15, 2009:
Differences in Social Transfer Support and Poverty for Immigrant Families with Children: Lessons from the LIS, Tim Smeeding

Fall 2008

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December 5th, 2008:
Brokered Boundaries: The Construction of Immigrant Identity in Anti-Immigrant Times, Douglas S. Massey

December 1st, 2008:
Navigating the Welfare Reform Aftermath: How Survivors of Domestic Violence are Faring, Taryn Lindhorst, Ilene Stoll, and Traci Underwood

November 17th, 2008:
Outsourced: Hospital Cleaners and Support Workers in Vancouver, Daniyal Zuberi

November 3rd, 2008:
Race and Ethnic Disparities in Educational Ambitions and the Transition to College, Charles Hirschman

October 27th, 2008:
Poverty, Legal Status, and Pay Basis in U.S. Agriculture, Anita Alves Pena

2007-08 Series: Economic Security in the 21st Century: Workplace, Family and Policy

Spring 2008

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June 2nd, 2008:
Social Supports for Mothers: Does Childbearing Affect Support, and Does Support Affect Childbearing?, Kristen Harknett

May 12th, 2008:
Destinies of the Disadvantaged: The Politics of Teenage Childbearing, Frank Furstenberg Jr.

April 28th, 2008:
Changes is Marriage, Childbearing and Employment: Implications for Poverty Trends, Deborah Reed

April 21st, 2008:
What a Difference A Measure Makes: New Perspectives on Washington State Poverty and New Applications in Anti-Poverty Programs, Diana Pearce

April 7th, 2008:
Why Do Rich Countries Have Poor People? Being "Poor" in the US and UK, Amy Glasmeier

Winter 2008

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March 10th, 2008:
Passing the Buck: Employer Strategies for Transferring Risk onto Low-Skilled Jobs, Susan Lambert

February 25th, 2008:
The Rise of State Agency/NGO Collaboration Against Food Insecurity in West Coast States, Mark Edwards

February 11th, 2008:
Dumping Grounds and Unseen Grounds: Placing Poverty, Race, and Ethnicity in the Rural American Northwest, Victoria Lawson, Lucy Jarosz, and Anne Bonds

January 28th, 2008:
Rural-Urban Migration and Poverty: The Influence of Local Economic Conditions, Bruce Weber

January 14th, 2008:
Serving Work: Understanding Variation in the Quality of Minimum Wage Waitstaff Jobs in Washington State, the U.S., and Canada, Anna Haley-Lock

Fall 2007

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December 3rd, 2007:
Getting There of Losing Out: Place, Race, and Access to the Safety Net, Scott Allard

Inaugural Year: 2006-07 Seminar Series on Poverty and Public Policy

Spring 2007

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Winter 2007

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Fall 2006

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