Apply for the Visiting Poverty Scholars Program at the Institute for Research on Poverty (Due 4/3/24)
The Institute for Research on Poverty invites applications from U.S.-based scholars who belong to groups underrepresented in academia to apply for its Visiting Poverty Scholars Program. The Visiting Poverty Scholars Program aims to enhance the research interests and resources available to poverty scholars from underrepresented populations, foster interaction among a diverse set of scholars, and broaden the corps of poverty researchers. Beyond providing scholars an excellent venue for presentation of and feedback on their work, the visits provide extended contact and discussion with IRP/U.S. Collaborative of Poverty Centers (CPC) affiliates, which may lead to future collaborations. Application Deadline: April 3, 2024 (11:59 p.m. Central Time).
Lunch-and-Learn for the Center for Disaster Resilient Communities (4/3/24)
The next lunch-and-learn session for the Center for Disaster Resilient Communities will occur on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. in the Hans Rosling Center for Population Health and via Zoom. Lunch will be offered for in-person attendees. This event will feature Dr. Judith Mitrani-Reiser, Senior Research Scientist in the Materials and Structural Systems Division (Engineering Laboratory) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Dr. Mitrani-Reiser’s presentation will be, “Taking Measure: How Earthquake Reconnaissance Has Evolved Over Fifty Years.” Please see the flyer for more details and a registration link.
Request For Proposals: HPV Coverage Measurement (Gavi & BMGF) (Letters of Interest due 4/3/24)
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Data and Evaluation Director for A Way Home Washington (Open until filled)
*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.
*New* Call for Applications: UW RDRC And IRP Extramural Mentored Fellowships On Poverty, Retirement, And Disability Research
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.