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12th Annual Huber Population Lecture

Dr. Greg Duncan
March 29, 2019
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Pfahl Hall 140 280 W. Woodruff Ave.

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Add to Calendar 2019-03-29 15:30:00 2019-03-29 17:00:00 12th Annual Huber Population Lecture Guest Speaker: Dr. Greg J. Duncan, Distinguished Professor, School of Education, University of California, Irvine.Reception to follow lecture. 5:00pm -6:30pmAbstract:  Although child poverty rates have fallen by half in the past 50 years, 13% of U.S. children (9.7 million in all) live in families with incomes below the poverty line. Drawing from a recently released National Academy report on child poverty, I briefly summarize causal evidence on the consequences of poverty for children's development as well as research on the impacts of anti-poverty programs such as food stamps and the Earned Income Tax Credit on development. Addressing a gap in evidence on the impact of poverty on very young children, I describe an ongoing experiment in which low-income mothers with newborns are randomly assigned to receive either smaller or larger monthly cash gifts over the first forty months of their children's lives. Impacts on children's cognitive and socioemotional development and on family processes thought to mediate the impacts of poverty on child well-being are both assessed. Finally, drawing again on the National Academy report, I review the success in reducing child poverty of twenty programs and policy approaches. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/12th-annual-joan-huber-population-lecture-tickets-57603420381  Pfahl Hall 140 280 W. Woodruff Ave. Institute for Population Research popcenter@osu.edu America/New_York public

Guest Speaker: Dr. Greg J. Duncan, Distinguished Professor, School of Education, University of California, Irvine.

Reception to follow lecture. 

5:00pm -6:30pm

Abstract:  Although child poverty rates have fallen by half in the past 50 years, 13% of U.S. children (9.7 million in all) live in families with incomes below the poverty line. Drawing from a recently released National Academy report on child poverty, I briefly summarize causal evidence on the consequences of poverty for children's development as well as research on the impacts of anti-poverty programs such as food stamps and the Earned Income Tax Credit on development. Addressing a gap in evidence on the impact of poverty on very young children, I describe an ongoing experiment in which low-income mothers with newborns are randomly assigned to receive either smaller or larger monthly cash gifts over the first forty months of their children's lives. Impacts on children's cognitive and socioemotional development and on family processes thought to mediate the impacts of poverty on child well-being are both assessed. Finally, drawing again on the National Academy report, I review the success in reducing child poverty of twenty programs and policy approaches.

 

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