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*New* West Coast Poverty Center Presentation: To “Get Ahead” or “Ease the Burden”? Inequities in Financially Intensive Parenting a Universal Cash Transfer (4/4/24)

The West Coast Poverty Center at UW will host a Economic Security Roundtable presentation on Thursday, April 4th from 9:30-10:45 am on Zoom with Mariana Amorim (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Washington State University). Amorim’s talk is titled “To “Get Ahead” or “Ease the Burden”? Inequities in Financially Intensive Parenting a Universal Cash Transfer”. Register here and see the full story for the abstract!

Abstract. Sociologists have long argued that parenting practices differ by social class, which has important implications for children’s life chances. The childrearing behaviors of middle and upper-class families has been consistently described as “intensive” – child-centered and time-consuming. In this qualitative study, we investigate the extent and ways in which parents across the socioeconomic spectrum engage in “financially intensive parenting” with money from the only long-standing universal, unconditional, individual, anticipated, and large cash-transfer program in the western world, the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend. Overall, our findings suggest that differences in the application of financially intensive parenting practices may inadvertently contribute to socioeconomic inequalities in resources available to children and in children’s life chances. Our results offer insight into the unintended consequences of universal cash transfers within the context of a weak social safety net. Register here.

*New* Call for Papers: Northwest Development Workshop (Due 4/5/24)

JSDE (Joint Seminar in Development Economics) will be hosting the Northwest Development Workshop from 9 am to 5 pm on Friday, May 31, 2024 here at UW. The workshop consists of a small set of presentations on development economics topics. The objective of the workshop is to foster cooperation among development economists in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada. In contrast to larger conferences, we aim to devote a longer amount of time to a small set of presentations in order to promote discussion. The workshop welcomes submissions in all areas of empirical and theoretical development economics. Preliminary work and research by graduate students are welcomed. To submit a paper, send it to dev.nwdw@gmail.com by April 5, 2024. Abstracts only are permissible, but full papers will be given preference.

CSSS Seminar: Data science with communities in the loop (4/10/24)

CSSS welcomes you attend a seminar with Madeleine Daepp on April 10th from 12:30-1:30 PM in 409 Savery and on Zoom. Madeleine I. G. Daepp is a senior researcher on the Special Projects team at Microsoft Research. Her research is characterized by multi-sectoral collaborations to solve problems in shared public space. Read the abstract and learn more about joining on the event page.

Seminar by UW Moris Women’s Center: Building Blocks to our Economy, Interest Rates (4/10/24)

The UW Moris Women’s Center will host the third seminar of its Financial Empowerment and Literacy Series, co-sponsored by CSDE. The seminar will take place on Wednesday, April 10th from 11:30-1:00 PM in 320 Parrington Hall. Speakers in this series include Rachel McCracken (CFA®, MBA – Team Lead & Wealth Manager), Becky Wilcox (CFA®, MBA, FRM – Wealth Manager), and Larissa Vidal (Wealth Manager). In this third seminar, speakers will discuss what happens after you open investment accounts. Learn more about the speakers and the seminar in the full story and on the event page.

Description: Part 3 of Finance 101 will focus on what happens after you open and fund your accounts: trends in investments, diversification of where you place your assets, return expectations and the importance of staying invested.

*New* Panel on Viewing the Social Determinants of Health Through the Lens of Labor Policy and Action (4/11/24)

Join our panel discussion about how labor impacts health, focusing on precarious employment. We will discuss policy and other approaches to supporting workers. The event will take place on April 11, 2024 from 12pm to 1:30pm in the Hans Rosing Center for Population Health, Room 101. Please bring your lunch, we will provide coffee and other beverages. See the event flyer here!

Panelists:

  • Érica Chavez Santos (UW PhD candidate in Public Health, Labor & Industries Work Equity Research Center)
  • Sybill Hyppolite (Government Affairs Director, Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO)
  • Julie Vanderleyden (Vriie Universiteit Brussel PhD candidate in Sociology)
  • Shuxuan Zhou (Affiliated Faculty at UW Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies (GWSS), Massage Parlor Outreach Project (MPOP), and City of Seattle Office of Labor Standards (OLS))

Sponsored by:

  • Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies
  • UW School of Public Health
  • UW Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE)

Funding for Projects to Implement Natural Climate Solutions in the Pacific Northwest (LOI due 4/12/24)

The Paul G Allen Family Foundation is seeking projects that implement Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) in the Pacific Northwest . The foundation will allocate $5 million and anticipates funding up to five rigorous, place-based NCS projects. They encourage projects that are led by, or in partnership with, Indigenous Peoples and local communities. A Letter of Intent (LOI) is due by April 12th and applicants who meet the foundation criteria will be invited to submit a full proposal by May 15th. Applicants are encouraged to submit LOIs early, as the foundation will be reviewing them on a rolling basis through April 12th. Learn more on the RFP webpage.

Attend the Symposium on Race, Health, and Justice (4/12/24)

Attend the Benjamin Rabinowitz Symposium in Medical Ethics, with its 2024 focus on Race, Health, and Justice. This cross-disciplinary symposium brings together students, faculty, researchers and members of the public to discuss racial disparities in population health and health care, and the broader social, political, economic and historical structures in which they occur. The event will take place on Friday, April 12th from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in the Walker Ames Room of Kane Hall. Learn more and register here!