The Dynamics of Poverty: Social Omnibus or Underclass Wagon?
Date:
Friday, May 24, 2002 - 2:45pm to Saturday, May 25, 2002 - 7:00pm
Session I. (Friday, May 25, 14:45 - 18:00) |
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14:45 |
Opening Remarks |
15:00 |
John Rigg, University of Essex. The Dynamics of Poverty in Britain |
16:00 |
Zsolt Spéder, Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Budapest. Income Dynamics in Three Societies |
17:00 |
David Piachaud, London School of Economics. Obstacles and Aids to Entering and Escaping from Poverty: A Review of the British Evidence |
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10:00 |
Bruce Headey, University of Melbourne. Poverty and Income Mobility in Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism |
11:00 |
David Gordon, University of Bristol. Measuring Poverty and Social Exclusion in Britain |
12:00 | Zsuzsa Ferge, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. Controversial Findings and Interpretations of the Dynamics of Poverty in Hungary |
Session III. (Saturday, May 25, 14:00 - 18:00) |
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14:00 | S. M. Miller, Boston University. American Workfare: Some International Implications |
15:00 | Björn Gustafsson, Göteborg University. Patterns of Social Assistance Receipt - Experiences from Sweden during a Period of Rapidly Deteriorating Labor Market Conditions |
16:0 | János Ladányi, Budapest University of Economics. Poverty and Ethnicity in Hungary during Market Transition |
17:00 | Chris Schluter, University of Bristol. Does Low Income during Early Childhood Affect Adolescent School Attainment? Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel |