EVENTS

Wednesday, Feb 22, 12-1:10 PM. Jeremy Freese (Stanford University) will present, “The Problem of Causal Mutualisms, The Promise of Polygenic Scores, and the Pervasive Divergence of Human Lives.” Refreshments and cookies served. 2232 Piedmont Ave.
Brown Bag talks are recorded and posted on the Berkeley Population Sciences vimeo channel, https://vimeo.com/berkeleypopscience. 

Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 5-6:30 p.m. “The Russian Challenge in the Next Four Years” Dr. Eugene Rumer, Senior Fellow and Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Toll Room, Alumni House.

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No demography brown bag this week.   Monday, March 6, 12-2 p.m. “Migration, Commuting and Local Joblessness” with Alan Manning, LSE | IRLE, 2521 Channing Way.
Monday, March 6, 2017 • 12:00pm–1:30pm. “The Invisible Helping Hand: Neoliberalism, Public Choice Economics, and Prison Conditions” with Hadar Aviram, UC Hastings College of the Law. GSPP 105
Monday, March 6, 2017, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Doathon Kick-off. The Docathon is a week-long mini-sprint to improve the state of documentation in the open science community. It consists of a half day of tutorials and talks to help you start off on the right foot. BIDS, 190 Doe Library. Learn more and register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bids-docathon-kickoff-tickets-32302896834?aff=mcivte. 

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Wednesday, March 1, 12-1:10 PM. “Family Wealth as Intergenerational Insurance” with Fabian Pfeffer, University of Michigan. Refreshments and cookies served. 2232 Piedmont Ave.
Brown Bag talks are recorded and posted on the Berkeley Population Sciences vimeo channel, https://vimeo.com/berkeleypopscience. 
Monday February 27 | 2-3:30 p.m. “A Lesson from the Great Depression that the Fed Might Have Learned”with Michael Bordo, Rutgers University. 639 Evans Hall.

EVENTS

Wednesday, Feb 22, 12-1:10 PM. Jeremy Freese (Stanford University) will present, “The Problem of Causal Mutualisms, The Promise of Polygenic Scores, and the Pervasive Divergence of Human Lives.” Refreshments and cookies served. 2232 Piedmont Ave.

Brown Bag talks are recorded and posted on the Berkeley Population Sciences vimeo channel, https://vimeo.com/berkeleypopscience. 

EVENTS
Wednesday, Feb 15, 12-1:10 PM.  Elizabeth Root (Ohio State University), Local Context and the Effectiveness of Health Systems Decentralization in Rural Honduras: Evidence for Improved Child Health?” Refreshments and cookies served. 2232 Piedmont Ave.    Brown Bag talks are recorded and posted on the Berkeley Population Sciences vimeo channel, https://vimeo.com/berkeleypopscience. 

EVENTS
No Demography Brown Bag this week due to cancellation.  Brown Bag talks are recorded and posted on the Berkeley Population Sciences vimeo channel, https://vimeo.com/berkeleypopscience. 
Monday, Feb 6, 2-3:30 PM.  Using Text as Data Methods to Discover, Measure, and Explain” with Justin Grimmer, Stanford University. 402 Barrows Hall

Tuesday, Feb 7, 12:40-2 p.m. “ACA and its Replacement: Effects on the Nongroup Insurance Market and Exchanges” with Will Dow.  714C University Hal

EVENTS     Wednesday, January 25, 12-1:10 PM. “The Intergeneration Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from the Golden Era of Upward Mobility” with Lowell Taylor, Carnegie Mellon University. 2232 Piedmont, Seminar Room. Cookies, coffee and tea served.

Brown Bag talks are recorded and posted on the Berkeley Population Sciences vimeo channel, https://vimeo.com/berkeleypopscience. 

In case you missed the December conference on this topic, or would like to review some or all of the proceedings, the video recording of the event is now available on our Vimeo channel. To see it, go to https://vimeo.com/200166662.  No password is required.

SAVE THE DATE
The Fourth Annual Global Health Economics Colloquium: The Economics of Non-Communicable Diseases. Friday, February 10, 2017, 8:30 am–5:00 pm. Please join us for an exciting colloquium that brings together experts, policy makers, researchers, and trainees to discuss recent developments in the economics of NCDs and in cost-effectiveness analysis. Drawing upon NCD case studies from around the world, we will explore how high-quality economic evaluations can improve decision-making at regional and national levels. We will discuss new guidelines for cost-effectiveness analysis and the role of economics in reducing health inequality. UCSF Mission Bay, Genentech Hall.  Register at: https://ghecon2017.eventbrite.com. See this page for more information.  
 

EVENTS Friday, January 20, 11 AM – 12:30 PM.  Culpeper Seminar Series, “The Crooked Mile: Race, Psychology, and the Strange Career of the Menthol Cigarette” with Keith A. Wailoo, PhD, Townsend Martin Professor of History & Public Affairs, Princeton University. Laurel Heights in Conference Room 474.  A buffet lunch will be served following this seminar, so please […]