War on Poverty Conference UC Davis Center for Poverty Research
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Poverty experts from across the country gathered Jan. 9 and 10, 2014 at UC Davis for the War on Poverty Conference, a national conference held by the UC Davis Center for Poverty Research and co-sponsored by the All-University of California Group in Economic History.
Recordings of conference presenters and discussants, as well as papers and presentation slides, can be viewed at http://poverty.ucdavis.edu/event/war-poverty-conference.
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Chloe Gibbs discusses the paper “Nutrition and Cognitive Achievement."
In this War on Poverty Conference presentation, Chloe Gibbs discusses David Frisvold’s paper “‘Nutrition and Cognitive Achievement: An Evaluation of the School Breakfast Program." The Center for Poverty Research hosted the conference at UC Davis on Jan. 9 and 10, 2014.
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. -
Gavin Wright discusses the paper “How We Fought the War on Poverty: A Quantitative History.”
In this War on Poverty Conference presentation, Gavin Wright discusses Martha Bailey’s paper, “How We Fought the War on Poverty: A Quantitative History.” The Center for Poverty Research hosted the conference at UC Davis on Jan. 9 and 10, 2014.
Wright is the William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. -
Greg Duncan discusses the paper “Long Run Puzzles in Head Start Research.”
In this War on Poverty Conference presentation, Greg Duncan discusses Douglas Miller’s paper “Long Run Puzzles in Head Start Research." The Center for Poverty Research hosted the conference at UC Davis on Jan. 9 and 10, 2014.
Duncan is an economist and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Education at the University of California, Irvine. He currently serves as chair of a National Research Council’s Institute on Medicine Committee on child research -
How We Fought the War on Poverty: A Quantitative History
In this War on Poverty Conference presentation, Martha Bailey discusses a quantitative history of the War on Poverty. The Center for Poverty Research hosted the conference at UC Davis on Jan. 9 and 10, 2014.
Bailey is an Associate Professor of Economics and a Research Associate Professor at the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan. She is also a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research. -
Long Run Puzzles in Head Start Research
In this War on Poverty Conference presentation, Douglas Miller discusses research on Head Start and evaluates some recent study findings. The Center for Poverty Research hosted the conference at UC Davis on Jan. 9 and 10, 2014.
Miller is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California, Davis, a Faculty Affiliate of the UC Davis Center for Poverty Research and a Faculty Research Fellow for the National Bureau of Economic Research. -
Sean Reardon discusses the paper, “The History and Legacy of Title I.”
In this War on Poverty Conference presentation, Sean Reardon discusses Sarah Reber’s paper, “The History and Legacy of Title I.” The Center for Poverty Research hosted the conference at UC Davis on Jan. 9 and 10, 2014.
Reardon is a Professor of Education and Sociology at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Program in Quantitative Education Policy Analysis.