Fall 2021 Speaker Calendar

September 9: Stephen Ross, University of Connecticut, High Cost Lenders and the Geographic Concentration of Foreclosures

September 23: Erik Hembre, University of Illinois-Chicago, Tax Incentives and Housing Decisions: Investigating Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

September 30: Omer Ali, The Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University, Survey evidence of racial disparities in the impact of COVID-19

October 7: Michael Collins, UW-Madison, Economic Security of Older Adults during the COVID19 Crisis: Early Data to Inform Research and Policy

October 14: Cody Vaughn, UW-LaCrosse, Medicaid Generosity and Food Hardship Among Children (slides)(paper)

October 21: Andrés Shahidinejad, Ph.D. Student in Economics at University of Chicago, Banking with Credit Unions: Household Credit Consequences

October 28: Jennifer Doleac, Texas A&M University, What Does Retirement Look Like for the Criminal-Justice-Involved Population? Sources of Income in Old Age for People with Criminal Records

November 11: Carter Braxton, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Can the unemployed borrow? Implications for public insurance

November 18: Adibah Abdulhadi, Ph.D. Student Economics at University of Wisconsin-Madison, Selection in Disability Insurance Market

December 2: Angie Ahmadi, American University, Long-Term Care Insurance: Welfare Implications of Health Uncertainty and Suboptimal Timing of Purchase

December 16: Sarah Halpern-Meekin, University of Wisconsin-Madison & Laura Tach, Cornell University, Prime-age men’s labor force disconnection