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April 24-25 Emerging Scholars Pre-Conference, Austin, Texas
The Building Human Capital and Economic Potential Conference is a collaboration between
the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Center
for Health and Social Policy (CHASP) at the University of Texas at Austin with support from the
Smith Richardson Foundation.
Thursday, April 24: 7:30PM Dinner for all scholars and discussants at Garrido’s, 360 Nueces & W.
3rd Street, on Shoal Creek, Downtown Austin, Texas, 512-320-8226
Friday, April 25: LBJ School of Public Affairs, 2300 Red River St., Sid Richardson Hall (unit 3),
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1536
Program format: 30 min. paper presentations, 15 min. discussant comments, 15 min. open
discussion
LBJ School (S.R.H.) Room 3.124 (first floor)
8:30 am: breakfast
8:50 am: introductions
9:00-10:00
Paper 1: Kevin Stange and Daniel Kreisman (University of Michigan), “The Effect
of School-to-Work Programs on School to Labor Market Transitions,” Discussant:
Chandra Muller
10:00-11:00
Paper 2: Shaun Dougherty (Harvard University), “The Role of Career and Technical
Education in Promoting Human Capital Accumulation and Bridging Labor-Market
Needs: Evidence from Massachusetts,” Discussant: Chris King
11:00-11:15
break
11:15-12:15
Paper 3: Patrick Sharkey and Joshua Aronson (New York University), “Using Mobile
Technology to Improve Academic Performance and Persistence among Community
College Students,” Discussant: Sandy Black
12:15-1:15
lunch
1:15-2:15
Paper 4: Flavio Cunha (University of Pennsylvania), “What Job Characteristics Do
Mothers of Very Young Children Value the Most,” Discussant: Cynthia Osborne
2:15-3:15
Paper 5: Arindrajit Dube (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), “Minimum Wages
and the Distribution of Family Incomes,” Discussant: Day Manoli
3:15-4:00
Concluding discussion and wrap-up
We thank the Smith Richardson Foundation and the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services for their generous support of this initiative.