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Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
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... A number of efforts are currently under way to develop evidence-based strategies for increasing inter- and intra-generational mobility and improving economic and social well-being in the United States. These efforts require an improved understanding of the factors that influence social and economic mobility, the mechanisms through which these factors operate, and how these relationships and mechanisms vary across and within different population subgroups.
From page 98...
... 98 IMPROVING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MOBILITY DAY 1: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2022 11:00-11:20 am ET Welcome and Goals for Workshop • Malay Majmundar, Director, Committee on Population • Kosar Jahani, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Courtney Coile, Wellesley College (Chair, Workshop Steering Committee) 11:20 am-12:50 pm Social and Economic Mobility: State of the Field 11:20-11:35 am Setting the stage: Introduction to social and economic mobility • Deirdre Bloome, Harvard University 11:35-11:50 am Key findings from sociology and future direc tions in mobility research • David Grusky, Stanford University 11:50 am-12:05 pm Key findings from economics and future directions in mobility research • Joseph Ferrie, Northwestern University 12:05-12:15 pm Moderator/discussant questions and reflections • Courtney Coile, Wellesley College 12:15-12:50 pm General Discussion 12:50-1:10 pm BREAK 1:10-3:00 pm Conceptual Approaches and Frameworks for Studying Mobility 1:10-1:25 pm Causal inference and mobility •  Jennie Brand, University of California, Los Angeles 1:25-1:40 pm Exploring the relationship/reducing the disconnect between studying inter- and intra generational mobility • Xi Song, University of Pennsylvania
From page 99...
... APPENDIX A 99 1:40-1:55 pm Interventions to increase mobility: Conceptual issues •  Greg Duncan, University of California, Irvine 1:55-2:10 pm The potential of qualitative and ethnographic research • Mario Luis Small, Columbia University 2:10-2:20 pm Moderator/discussant questions and reflections • Fabian Pfeffer, University of Michigan (Member, Workshop Steering Committee) 2:20-3:00 pm General Discussion 3:00-3:20 pm BREAK 3:20-5:00 pm Research Priorities and Data Needs for Studying the Spatial Dimensions of Mobility 3:20-3:35 pm Research priorities for place-based investments • Matthew Staiger, Harvard University, Opportunity Insights 3:35-3:50 pm Challenges and opportunities for studying mobility in urban areas • Patrick Sharkey, Princeton University 3:50-4:05 pm Challenges and opportunities for studying mobility in rural areas • Daniel Lichter, Cornell University 4:05-4:10 pm Moderator/discussant questions and reflections • Mario Luis Small, Columbia University (Member, Workshop Steering Committee)
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... 11:40-11:55 am Challenges and opportunities for understanding mobility and the immigrant experience • Tomás Jimenéz, Stanford University 11:55 am-12:10 pm Challenges and opportunities for understanding mobility among Asian Americans • Jennifer Lee, Columbia University 12:10-12:20 pm Moderator/discussant questions and reflections •  Kathleen Mullan Harris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Member, Workshop Steering Committee) 12:20-1:00 pm General Discussion 1:00-1:20 pm BREAK 1:20-2:00 pm Policy, Poverty, and Upward Mobility 1:20-1:35 pm "Fireside Chat" between • Robert Greenstein, Brookings Institution • Wendy Edelberg, Brookings Institution (Member, Workshop Steering Committee)
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... Matthew Snipp, Stanford University (Member, Workshop Steering Committee) 3:10-3:50 pm General Discussion 3:50-4:10 pm BREAK 4:10-5:00 pm Key Themes and Next Steps to Move the Field Forward 5:00 pm Adjournment


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