As we move into Spring, the Center for Poverty Research invites
you to join us for two upcoming events focused on critical and
timely issues in the area of poverty, education, and labor
markets. In early March, our seminar series will resume
with a talk by Professor Harry Holzer of Georgetown University, a
leading national expert on labor market training for
traditionally disadvantaged groups. Soon after, our Spring
conference will feature the latest research from prominent
scholars from around the country on improving college access and
achievement among lower income students. In the meantime,
please read below about the latest research and activities from
our poverty scholars here at UC Davis.
Despite significant efforts to deter unauthorized immigration,
repeat migration to the United States following deportation is
common. In a new study, my co-authors and I examined how having
family in the U.S. affects the intent to return among migrants
deported to El Salvador. We found that being separated from their
families in the U.S. is the most important factor in the intent
to return, even despite the severe penalties if caught.
By Alex Russell – In his lab by the freeway in Davis,
Ross Thompson, a developmental psychologist, pulls a plush monkey
puppet onto each hand and stands behind a cardboard “stage.” A
red curtain hangs across a cutout in the front.
“We would normally have animated voices and all the rest,” he
says. “If you do this in a way that is within the child’s
capabilities, you will find that they have a much richer sense of
themselves psychologically than we give them credit for.”
When our three new undergraduates arrived last January to start
their Public Policy Fellowships at the Center for Poverty
Research, they had no idea what they were getting into, and only
a vague sense of what they would accomplish by summer. All they
had was potential and an interest in poverty policy.
