Past Policy Luncheon Seminars
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2006-07 || 2005-06 || 2004-05 || 2003-04 ||
Academic Year 2006-2007
May 7, 2007
Deborah Brennan - University of Sydney will present "
Babies, Budgets and Birthrates: Work/Family Policies in Australia, 1996-2006
January 30, 2007
Jonathan Athow
Poverty and Cities in Britain: The Special Case of London
September 28, 2006
Derick Brinkerhoff - RTI and SPPPA
Ronald Johnson - RTI
Robert Ebel - GWIPP
Prospects for Decentralization in Post-Conflict States: Learning from Iraq
Academic Year 2005-2006
April 19, 2006
Sonya Michel - University of Maryland
Old-Age Insecurity: Instability and Inequity in U.S. Retirement Provision
March 24, 2006
Julia Lynch - University of Pennsylvania
The 'Age' of Welfare: Clientelism, Social Citizenship, and Generational Justice in Social Policy
February 17, 2006
Edward Berkowitz - The George Washington University
Social Security: The Current Crisis in Historical Perspective
February 13, 2006
John Short - University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Reimagining Global City Research
January 23, 2006
Heidi Hartman - Institute for Women's Policy Research
Women's Retirement Security--Progress and Policy
November 16, 2005
George Sheldon - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Estimating the Demand for VA Financed Long Term Care: Does VA Provide Asset Protection Against Medicaid Spenddown Requirements?
November 14, 2005
Christian Toft - University of Kassel, Germany
Trends and Choices in Contemporary European and American Welfare State Reform
October 21, 2005
Ellen O'Brien - Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University
Julie Stone and Bob Lyke - Congressional Research Service
The Social Safety Net Medicaid, Private Insurance, and Retirement Security: Policy Issues and Options
Click for nformation pack 1, pack 2, pack 3 from this talk
October 14, 2005
James Loewen - Organization of American Historians
Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
September 23, 2005
Stephen Goss - Social Security Administration
Social Security--Problems and Solutions
Click for the Slides from Goss' talk
September 16, 2005
Caroline Tolbert - Kent State University
Direct Democracy and the Presidential Vote: Did Gay Marriage Elect George W. Bush?
September 15, 2005
Diana Pearce - The University of Washington
Reframing Poverty, Reframing Policy: Why the Measure Matters
Click here for the Paper from Pearce's talk
Academic Year 2004-2005
April 22 , 2005
Anthony Bertelli - The University of Georgia
Signaling Positions: The Politics of Executive Influence on Congressional Roll-Call Voting
Click for the Paper from Bertelli's talk
March 1, 2005
Mark Schneider - National Center for Education Research, Institute for Education Sciences
Do Charter Schools Add Value?
Click the links for Slides | Paper 1 | Paper 2 | Paper 3 | Paper 4 from Schneider's talk.
February 15, 2005
Frederick M. Hess - American Enterprise Institute
Common Sense School Reform
February 2, 2005
Brendon O'Connor - Griffith University, Australia
Twenty-first Century Welfare Dilemmas: Rights, Obligations, and Paternalism
January 24, 2005
Christian Nelson - Metropolitan Institute @ Viriginia Tech
The Effect of Urban Containment on Racial Segregation and Housing Affordability
Slides from Nelson's talk, Paper from Nelson's talk.
December 7, 2004
Steven Glazerman - Mathematica Policy Research
The Effects of Teach for America on Students: Findings from a National Evaluation
Co-sponsored by GW Department of Economics
November 23, 2004
Lou Kushnick - University of Manchester
Racism in Post-Race Societies: US and UK
Co-sponsored by GW Department of Sociology
November 18, 2004
Bryan Jones - University of Washington
A Model of Choice for Public Policy
Co-sponsored by GW Department of Political Science
November 8, 2004
Alice Rivlin - Director, Greater Washington Research Program, Brookings Institution
The Uncertain Economic Future of the District of Columbia
October 20, 2004
Dr. William T. Bielby - Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
Managerial Discretion, 'Subtle' Bias, and the Politics of Expertise: Litigating Statistical Proof of Employment Discrimination
October 8, 2004
John Gist - Associate Director of AARP's Public Policy Institute
Baby Boomers' Debt, Mortgage Refinancing, and Consumption of Housing Equity
GWIPP Events - Academic Year 2003-2004
April 27, 2004
Sarah Binder, Department of Political Science, GWU & The Brookings Institution
Causes and Consequences of Legislative Gridlock
March 26, 2004 - University Seminar hosted by Marcus Raskin
General William Y. Smith, Former deputy chief of staff of NATO & leading analyst on national security,
American Defense Strategies Since 9/11
March 3, 2004
David Michaels , Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, GWU,
"Sound Science" or Sounds Like Science? The Current Debate over Science in Public Policy
February 10, 2004
Greg Acs, The Urban Institute,
Should We Get Married in the Morning? A Profile of Cohabitating Couples with Children
November 19, 2003
Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University
Race Riots in 20th Century Urban America
November 11, 2003
Carol Foreman, Consumer Federation of America
"Americans and Food Biotechnology: Can This Relationship be Salvaged?"
November 7, 2003 - GW International Development Forum
Co-sponsored by: GW’s School of Public Policy and Public Administration, GW Center for the Study of Globalization, and GWIPP
Robert Aten, Deputy Chief Economist, Asia and Near East Region, U.S. Agency for International Development
Othello Gongar, former Minister of Education, Liberia ,
Aaron Williams, Vice President for International Business Development, Research Triangle Institute
Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development
November 4, 2003 - National Health Reform Seminar Series
Sponsored by: The School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy; The School of Public Policy and Public Adminstration; and GWIPP
Ken Thorpe, Ph.D., Robert W. Woodruff Professor and Chair, Emory University,
Robert Reischauer, Ph.D., President, The Urban Institute,
Linda Bilheimer, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
"Numbers Matter: Estimating the Cost and Coverage Impact of National Health Reform"
October 9, 2003
Dan Houser, George Mason University, Department of Economics
"Working for self and others: Experiments on the nature of Altruism"
September 15, 2003
Bruce Cain, UC Berkeley/Brookings Institution
"The Effects of Term Limits in the California Legislature"
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