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BERKELEY SYMPOSIUM ON POVERTY, THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME,
AND PUBLIC POLICY

A Conference Honoring Eugene Smolensky

December 12-13, 2003

California Alumni House

CO-SPONSORS
Goldman School of Pubic Policy
Russell Sage Foundation
Institute for Business and Economic Research
Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance
Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging
Center for Labor Economics
PROGRAM
Printable Symposium Program

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 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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