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April 24, 2015 - 9:00am to 5:30pm

The University of Michigan's National Poverty Center, Ford School of Public Policy, School of Social Work, and Panel Study of Income Dynamics will host a one-day conference on "Rising Wealth Inequality. Causes, Consequences, and Potential Responses" (organized by Fabian Pfeffer, Robert Schoeni, and Trina Shanks). The conference will bring together diverse perspectives on wealth inequality, including political scientists, sociologists, and economists.

If you are interested in attending, please register ASAP by sending an email to Sharon Disney (sdisney@umich.edu) or call for questions (734-615-6973).

The preliminary agenda is below.

Session 1: Patterns of Wealth Inequality Time Description Presenter 9:00am - 9:45am Wealth inequality in the U.S.: Is the One Percent Permeable? Lisa Keister, Duke University 9:45am - 10:30am Wealth Inequality in the United States since 1913 Gabriel Zucman, London School of Economics 10:30am - 10:45am Break   10:45am - 11:30am The Widening Racial Wealth Gap Thomas Shapiro, Brandeis University 11:30am - 12:15pm Lunch Break   Session 2: Consequences of Wealth Inequality Time Description Presenter 12:15pm - 1:00pm The Intergenerational Consequences of Wealth Inequality Fabian Pfeffer, University of Michigan 1:00pm - 1:45pm Economic Inequality and Political Representation Larry Bartels, Vanderbilt University 1:45pm - 2:00pm Break   Session 3: Responses to Wealth Inequality Time Description Presenter 2:00pm - 2:45pm Is Universal and Progressive Asset Building Possible? Evidence from a Social Experiment and Policy Influence Michael Sherraden, Washington University 2:45pm - 3:00pm Break   3:00pm - 3:45pm The Economics of Wealth Taxation Wojciech Kopczuk, Columbia University 3:45pm - 4:30pm Taxing the Rich: Fairness and Fiscal Sacrifice over Two Centuries Ken Scheve, Stanford University 4:30pm - 4:45pm Wrap-up   4:45pm - 5:30pm Reception (Wine & Cheese)  

April 24, 2015 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm

University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry & Depression -  Please Join the Women and Infants Mental Health Program Guest Speaker: Sherryl Goodman, PhD Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor Dept. of Psychology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University

“My research is focused on developmental psychopathology with a specific interest in the mechanisms by which mothers with depression may transmit psychopathology to their children. Within a developmental psychopathology perspective, I am particularly interested in risk and protective factors and vulnerabilities to the development of psychopathology among children of depressed mothers. I am also interested in the development of evidence-based approaches to the prevention of perinatal depression and examining the potential benefits of such interventions to the infants. I have a long history of NIMH funding, including as PI of “The Impact of Maternal Depression, Anxiety, and Stress on Infant Vulnerabilities to the Development of Psychopathology (part of the Center for P50 MH077928-02 “Perinatal Stress and Gene Influences: Pathways to Infant vulnerability”).”