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The Notestein Seminar Series

An integral part of the research and training program at OPR is the series of weekly seminars, which provide a forum in which OPR staff, students, and visiting scholars can become acquainted with current research projects. Students who are writing theses are required to present a seminar in this series in order to receive suggestions on their research and to obtain experience in making public presentations. Demographers and social scientists from nearby institutions are frequently invited to present their research findings in this series.

In March 1983, the Frank W. Notestein Memorial Fund was established with the purpose of bringing distinguished outside speakers to OPR on a more regular basis. These lecturers usually spend several hours in informal discussion with students (often over lunch) before giving a seminar. Beginning in 1993, OPR has been holding joint seminars once each month with the labor economists and development economists with the goal of creating intellectual bridges between these two groups.

Fall 2007 Schedule

September 18 (Tues) Noon

Michael Rosenfeld, Department of Sociology, Stanford University, “Young Adulthood as a Factor in Social Change”

 

September 25 (Tues) Noon

Christine Percheski, Department of Sociology, Princeton University, "Opting Out? Cohort Differences in Professional Women’s Employment from 1960 to 2005."

 

October 2 (Tues) Noon

John Casterline, Initiative in Population Research, The Ohio State University, "The Estimation of Unwanted Fertility."

 

October 9 (Tues) Noon

John Iceland, Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland, "Hispanic Segregation in Metropolitan America: Exploring the Multiple Forms of Spatial Assimilation."

 

October 16 (Tues) Noon

James P. Smith, Rand & Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), "The Division of Bequests."

 

October 23 (Tues) Noon

Charles Westoff, Princeton University, "Estimating abortion rates around the world."

 

October 30 – Fall Break

 

November 6 (Tues) Noon

Sean Reardon, School of Education, Stanford University, “Income, Race, & Spatial Segregation in the Metropolis, 1980-2000.”

 

November 13 (Tues) Noon

Emily Moiduddin, M.P.P., Princeton University, “Understanding the Sources of Racial and Gender Disparities in Early Childhood Aggression.”

 

November 20 (Tues) Noon

Chris Wildeman, Department of Sociology, Princeton University, "Parental Imprisonment: The Emergence of a Novel Form of Childhood Disadvantage. Paper available

 

November 27 (Tues) Noon

Jason Boardman, Population Program, University of Colorado, "Incorporating Molecular Information within Social Demographic Analysis."

 

December 4 (Tues) Noon

Kenneth Hill, Hopkins Population Center, Johns Hopkins University, "Convergence or Divergence: Child mortality trends in the late 20th Century.”

 

December 11 (Tues) Noon

Judith Seltzer, California Center for Population Research, UCLA "Providing for Older Mothers: Is It a Family Affair?"

Previous Seminars

We also maintain a list of seminars for previous terms:

Spring 2007