BERKELEY SYMPOSIUM ON POVERTY, THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME, A Conference Honoring Eugene Smolensky December 12-13, 2003 Introductory Essay. Author: Alan J. Auerbach, University of California, Berkeley Author: David Card, University of California, Berkeley Author: John M. Quigley, University of California, Berkeley SESSION I Chair: Frank Levy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1. Social Security and the Evolution of Eldery Poverty. Author: Gary Engelhardt, Syracuse University Author: Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Discussant: Ronald Lee, University of California, Berkeley Commentary Discussant: David Card, University of California, Berkeley Commentary 2. The Socioeconomic Status of Black Males: The Increasing Importance of Incarceration. Author: Steven Raphael, University of California, Berkeley Presentation Discussant:Robert Plotnick, University of Washington Commentary Presentation Discussant: Michael Stoll, University of California, Los Angeles Commentary SESSION II Chair: Siobhan Reilly, Mills College 3. What did the 1990s Welfare Reforms Accomplish? Author: Rebecca Blank, University of Michigan Presentation Discussant: Hillary Hoynes, University of California, Davis Commentary Discussant: Robert Haveman, University of Wisconsin Commentary 4. The Take-Up of Social Benefits. Author: Janet Currie, University of California, Los Angeles Discussant: Sheldon Danziger, University of Michigan Commentary Discussant: Irwin Garfinkel, Columbia University Commentary SESSION III Chair: Marcus Alexis, Northwestern University 5. Public Health and Mortality: What Can We Learn from the Past? Author: Dora L. Costa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Presentation Author: Matthew E. Kahn, Tufts University (Stanford University) Discussant: Peter Lindert, University of California, Davis Commentary Discussant: Barbara Wolfe, University of Wisconsin Commentary Presentation SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2003 SESSION IV Chair: John Ellwood, University of California, Berkeley 6. The Distributional Effects of Environmental Regulation. Cancelled 7. The Measurement and Evolution of Health Inequality: Evidence from the U.S.Medicare Population Author: Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth College Presentation Author: Weiping Zhou, Dartmouth College Discussant: Victor R. Fuchs, Stanford University Commentary Presentation Discussant: Julian Le Grand, London School of Economics Commentary SESSION V Chair: Nathan Rosenberg, Stanford University 8. Government Programs and Social Outcomes: The United States in Comparative Perspective. Author: Timothy Smeeding, Syracuse University Presentation Discussant: Joel Slemrod, University of Michigan Commentary Discussant: David Wise, Harvard University 9. Income and Wealth Concentration in a Historical and International Perspective. Author: Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley Discussant: Roger Gordon, University of California, San Diego Commentary Discussant: John Karl Scholz, University of Wisconsin Commentary Presentation
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