Past Conferences
2009 Session Videos
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Welcome and Introduction to the Conference
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Naomi Goldstein (Director, OPRE)
Plenary: Social Experiments – Past, Present, and Future
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Moderator:
Larry Orr
Speaker:
Rebecca Maynard (University of Pennsylvania)
Discussants:
- Robert Moffitt (Johns Hopkins University)
- Judy Gueron (MDRC)
Plenary: Anti-Poverty Policy and Strategies for Improved Wellbeing
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Moderator:
Tim Smeeding (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Speakers:
- Mark Greenberg (Georgetown University/Center for American Progress)
- Robert Greenstein (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
- David Ellwood (Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government)
Discussant:
Mary Jo Bane (Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government)
Changing Poverty and Changing Public Policies: Recent Trends and Implications for Current Policy
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Moderator:
Don Oellerich (Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation)
Speakers:
- Maria Cancian (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Sheldon Danziger (University of Michigan)
Discussants:
- Marcia Meyers (University of Washington)
- Richard Fording (University of Kentucky)
Demonstration Research to Promote Employment Opportunities, Career Advancement, and Self-Sufficiency: Past Findings and Future Research
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Moderator and Discussant:
Howard Rolston (Abt Associates)
Panelists:
- Richard Hendra (MDRC)
- David Fein (Abt Associates)
Plenary: Opportunity, Stability, and Progression in Employment
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Speakers:
- Heather Boushey (Center for American Progress)
- Gayle Hamilton (MDRC)
Discussants:
- Peg Walton (National Association of Manufacturers)
- Harry Holzer (Urban Institute/Georgetown University)
Plenary: The Status of U.S. Children
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Moderator:
Kristin Moore (Child Trends)
Speakers:
- Patrick McCarthy (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
- Katherine Wallman (Office of Management and Budget)
Discussants:
- Sheldon Danziger (University of Michigan)
- Jeanne Brooks-Gunn (Columbia University)
- Hiro Yoshikawa (Harvard University)
Health Care and Health Insurance as Pathways to Child Wellbeing
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Moderator:
Jeff Evans (National Institute of Child & Health Development)
Speakers:
- Michael Kogan (Maternal and Child Health Bureau)
- Mark Stabile (University of Toronto)
- Genevieve Kenney (Urban Institute)
Discussant:
- Kathleen Ziol-Guest (Institute for Children and Poverty)
Measuring Poverty
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Moderator:
Timothy Smeeding (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Speakers:
- David Johnson (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Mark Levitan (New York City Center for Economic Opportunity)
- Diana Pearce (University of Washington)
Discussants:
- Indivar Dutta-Gupta (U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means)
- Arloc Sherman (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)
Plenary: Engaging Individuals with Barriers to Work through Paid Employment and Transitional Jobs
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Moderator:
LaDonna Pavetti (Mathematica Policy Research)
Speakers:
- Cliff Johnson (National League of Cities)
- Dan Bloom (MDRC)
- Linda Johnson (Georgia Department of Labor)
Income and Services as Pathways to Child Wellbeing
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Moderator:
Bob Giloth (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
Speakers:
- Rand Conger (University of California-Davis)
- Kevin Milligan (University of British Columbia)
- Jane Waldfogel (Columbia University)
Discussant:
- Rebekah Levine Coley (Boston College)
Employment and Training Dynamics for Less-Skilled or Low-Wage Workers
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Moderator:
Bob Lerman (American University)
Speakers:
- Cynthia Miller (MDRC)
- Karin Martinson (Urban Institute)
Discussant:
- Chris Herbst (Arizona State University)
Perspectives from the Obama Administration
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Speakers:
- John Monahan (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Martha Coven (Domestic Policy Council)
- Robert Gordon (Office of Management and Budget)
Plenary: A Roundtable on the Role of Policy Research in State and Local Policymaking
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Moderator:
Jack Tweedie (National Conference of State Legislatures)
Speakers:
- Julie Kerksick (State of Wisconsin, Department of Human Services)
- Don Winstead (State of Florida)
- Demetra Nightingale (Johns Hopkins)
- Mike Fishman
Plenary: Going Forward: Lessons Learned and Implications for Policy and Research
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Moderator:
Olivia Golden (The Urban Institute)
Speakers:
- Mark Greenber (Georgetown University/Center for American Progress)
- Ron Haskins (Brookings Institution)
- Margaret Simms (The Urban Institute)