June 15 – 19, 2020, Pyle Center at University of Wisconsin-Madison JSIT 2020 call for applications due February 14, 2020, 11:59 pm PST About the Workshop: Howard University’s Center on Race and Wealth (CRW) and the Center for Financial Security (CFS) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison seek applications for the Junior Scholar Intensive Training (JSIT) … Continue reading Call for Applications: Junior Scholar Intensive Training (JSIT) Retirement and Disability Research Summer Workshop
Events
Webinar: Exploring Social Poverty: A Webinar Discussion of the Impact of Family and Community Ties for Low-Income Populations
On this December 3, 2019 webinar, author and Associate Professor, Sarah Halpern-Meekin, explored the question of whether the lack of close, meaningful social ties is a public - rather than just a private - problem in our society in her newly published book "Social Poverty: Low-Income Parents and the Struggle for Family and Community Ties". … Continue reading Webinar: Exploring Social Poverty: A Webinar Discussion of the Impact of Family and Community Ties for Low-Income Populations
Webinar: What Motivates Consumers to Check their Credit?: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Most consumers do not obtain their annual credit report or participate in credit monitoring offered by credit reporting agencies and financial institutions. In 2010, only about 16 million American consumers checked their credit for free through one of the big three credit bureaus. Many possess inaccurate beliefs about their creditworthiness despite the availability of free … Continue reading Webinar: What Motivates Consumers to Check their Credit?: Evidence from a Field Experiment
University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Financial Security 