WCPC Seminar Series on Poverty and Public Policy, 2007-08

Economic Security in the 21st Century: Workplace, Family and Policy

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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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