Faculty and graduate students from St. Louis-area universities with an interest in labor, households, health care, law and social welfare are being invited to take part in a series of Monday brown bag luncheon seminars to be held on campus biweekly through Nov. 30.
In its 14th year, the Work, Families and Public Policy series features one-hour presentations on research interests of faculty from local and national universities. The series is designed to promote interdisciplinary research.
Unless otherwise noted, presentations will be from noon-1 p.m. in Seigle Hall, Room 348.
The series began Sept. 21 with a lecture by Shelly Lundberg, Ph.D., the Castor Professor of Economics at the University of Washington, on “Personality and Marital Surplus.”
The remaining presentations:
• Oct. 5. Laurence Kotlikoff, Ph.D., professor of economics at Boston University, will discuss “Should Economists Start Practicing Economics?”
• Oct. 19. David Neumark, Ph.D., professor of economics at the University of California, Irvine, will speak about “Neighbors and Co-Workers: The Importance of Residential Labor Market Networks.”
• Nov. 2. Robert A. Pollak, Ph.D., the Hernreich Distinguished Professor of Economics in Arts & Sciences and at Olin Business School, will discuss “The Proximity of Adult Children to their Parents: Description, Correlates, and Some Theory.”
• Nov. 16. James Heckman, Ph.D., the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, will speak about “Understanding the Sources of and Solutions to Human Inequality.” This talk will be held from noon-1 p.m. in the Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom of Anheuser-Busch Hall.
• Nov. 30. Barton H. Hamilton, Ph.D., the Robert Brookings Smith Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship at Olin Business School, will present on “AIDS and the Economics of Risky Behavior.”
Pollak has been the lead organizer of the series for the past 13 years. Co-organizer is Michael W. Sherraden, Ph.D., the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development and director of the Center for Social Development in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work.
The series is sponsored by Olin Business School; the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the Center for Social Development; the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in the School of Law; the Department of Economics in Arts & Sciences; the Center for Health Policy; and the College of Arts & Sciences.
The classroom is courtesy of the Department of Economics.
For more information, contact Pollak at 935-4918 or at pollak@wustl.edu; Sherraden at 935-6691 or at sherrad@wustl.edu; or visit olin.wustl.edu/links and click on the “Academic Seminars” drop-down menu.