Center podcasts are a great way to keep up with today’s poverty
research and public policy. We record most of our conference
presentations and talks by our seminar speakers. We also produce
exclusive content, such as our Poverty in Focus series, as well
as expert discussions on research.
In this podcast, David Figlio and Michal Kurlaender discuss how
inequality before a child is even born can compound across a
lifetime, and the difference high-quality schools can make for
low-income children.
In this podcast, Peter Bergman and Cassandra M.D.
Hart discuss how access to timely,
actionable information about how students are performing in
school can help parents keep their kids on track.
In this podcast, Kathleen Short and Center Director Ann Stevens
discuss the Supplemental Poverty Measure and other attempts to
measure poverty throughout the nation. In November, 2014, Short
visited the center to present the seminar “The Supplemental
Poverty Measure for 2013: Latest Estimates and Research.”
In this April, 2014 seminar, Visiting Scholar David Autor
presents his new work about the difference in achievement and
other outcomes between boys and girls.
In this February 2014 seminar, Visiting Scholar Herman van
de Werfhorst discussed his new work on the inequality that can
arise from early selection systems in schools.
In this podcast, visiting scholar Ariel Kalil discusses her
research on child development with UC Davis Professor of
Economics and Center for Poverty Research Deputy Director
Marianne Page.
In this presentation, Chloe Gibbs discusses David Frisvold’s
paper “‘Nutrition and Cognitive Achievement: An Evaluation of the
School Breakfast Program.”
Gibbs is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education at
the University of Virginia’s Batten School of Leadership and
Public Policy as well as the Curry School of Education.
In this podcast, visiting scholar Ezra Rosser and UC Davis Law
professor and Center faculty affiliate Lisa Pruitt discuss a
range of issues related to Native American Poverty, from its lack
of visibility and interest for legal scholars to its causes and
possible solutions.
In this March 2013 seminar, visiting scholar
Cheryl Mattingly talked about the stories she uncovered while
researching how people get access to clinical care.
In this March 2013 seminar, Visiting Scholar C. Cybele Raver
discusses the mechanisms that support children’s
self-regulation in the contexts of poverty and social policy.
In this February 2013 seminar, Distinguished Visiting
Scholar Ron Haskins discusses progress on improving child poverty
in the U.S. and interventions over the years that have had
varying degrees of success.
In this May 2012 seminar, visiting scholar Ariel Kalil
presented her research on the impacts parents with different
characteristics and social backgrounds have on their children’s
development.
