New Research on Income Instability

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Co-Sponsored by the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the National Poverty Center

Agenda

9:00–9:45 am	Continental Breakfast & Registration
9:45–10:00 am	Welcome & Introduction: Sheldon Danziger, National Poverty Center
10:00–11:00 am	'Hard Times: The Coping Strategies of Lower-income Women During a Recession' Kristin Seefeldt, University of Michigan Helen Levy, University of Michigan
11:00 am–12:00 pm	'Variations in the Duration and Risk of Experiencing Poverty in Adulthood' Lloyd Grieger, University of Michigan Sheldon Danziger, University of Michigan Peter Gottschalk, Boston College
12:00–1:10 pm	Lunch break
1:10–2:10 pm	'Trends in the Transitory Variance of Male Earnings in the U.S., 1970-2004' Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University Peter Gottschalk, Boston College
2:10–3:10 pm	'Trends in Men's Earnings Volatility: What Does the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Show?' Donggyun Shin, Hanyang Univeristy Gary Solon, Michigan State University
3:10–3:30 pm	Concluding Comments