IFIR


A Partnership of
The Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky
and
The Institute for Regional Analysis and Public Policy at Morehead State University

Martin School Workshops

Fall Semester, 2009*

Tuesday, September 1, 2009:
Speaker: Amy Bonami**
Associate Professor
Department of Human Development and Family Science
College of Education and Human Ecology
The Ohio State University
Title: "Healthcare Utilization and Costs Associated with Intimate Partner Violence"
Time: 3:00 - 4:30pm
Location: Commons Room, Wethington Building
**Invited speaker, Center for Research on Violence Against Women,
co-sponsored by Martin School of Public Policy and Administration

Wednesday, September 2, 2009:
Speaker: Joshua M. Cowen
Assistant Professor
Martin School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Kentucky
Title: "The Second Year of the Longitudinal Educational Growth Study of the Milwaukee Parental Choice (Voucher) Program"
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower Room 1643-1645

Wednesday, September 16, 2009:

Speaker: David Freshwater
Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Kentucky
Title: The Interaction Between Unemployment Benefits and Journey To Work: Fish Plant Employment in Rural Newfoundland.
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor***


Monday, September 21, 2009:

Presentations by Martin School Ph.D. Students
Speakers:
Jay Song
Ph.D. Student
Martin School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Kentucky
Title: "Does Municipal Bond Insurance Make Sense?
An Analysis of Bond Insurers' Credit Risk in the Secondary Bond Market"
- and -
Cezar Brian Mamaril
Ph.D. Student
Martin School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Kentucky
Title: Employer Contributions in Defined Benefit Public Pension Plans:
Assessing Contribution Rates in State Retirement Systems"
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower Room 445


Wednesday, September 30, 2009:

Speaker: Nikolai Petrovsky
Assistant Professor
Martin School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Kentucky
Title: "Does Public Service Motivation Predict Higher Public Service Performance? A Research Synthesis"
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower Room 1643-1645

Wednesday, October 7, 2009:

Speakers: J.S. Butler
Professor
Martin School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Kentucky
- and -
Eugenia Toma
Professor
Martin School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Kentucky
Title: "School Attributes and Distance: Tradeoffs in the School Choice Decision"
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor***

Wednesday, October 14, 2009:

Speaker: David Hamilton
Associate Professor
Department of History
University of Kentucky
Title: "Why those New Deal Farm Production Controls? Henry A. Wallace and the Quest for a Modern Agriculture"
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor***

Wednesday, October 21, 2009:

Speaker: Thomas Ahn
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
University of Kentucky
Title: "Does No Child Left Behind Have Teeth? Examining the Impact of Federal Accountability Sanctions in North Carolina"
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor***

Wednesday, October 28, 2009:

To avoid a conflict with a Department of Economics workshop, no Martin School workshop is scheduled for this day

Wednesday, November 4, 2009:

Speaker: TK Logan
Professor
Department of Behavioral Science, CDAR
University of Kentucky
Title: "Private versus Public: The truth about the costs of partner violence"
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor***

Wednesday, November 11, 2009:

PLEASE NOTE: Dr. Buchmueller's workshop has been CANCELLED.
There will be no workshop meeting on November 11 Speaker: Thomas C. Buchmueller
Waldo O. Hildebrand Professor of Risk Management and Insurance, and
Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
Department of Business Economics and Public Policy
University of Michigan
Title: "The Effect of an Employer Health Insurance Mandate on Health Insurance Coverage and the Demand for Labor: Evidence from Hawaii"

Tuesday, November 24, 2009:

Speaker: April Wu
Harris School of Public Policy
University of Chicago
Title: "Why Do So Few Elderly Use Food Stamps?"
Time: 11:30-12:30pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor***

Tuesday, December 1, 2009:

Speaker: Samuel Kleiner
Heinz College
Carnegie-Mellon University
Title: "Do Strikes Kill? Evidence from New York State"
Time: 11:30-12:30pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, 420 POT (Vandenbosch Room)

Wednesday, December 2, 2009:

Speaker: James Ziliak
Professor
Department of Economics
University of Kentucky
Title: "Down from the Mountain: Skill Upgrading and Wages in Appalachia"
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower Room 1643-1645

Monday, December 7, 2009:

Speaker: Nikola Mirilovic
Visiting Scholar
The Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies(IERES), and
Research Associate
Sigur Center for Asian Studies
The Elliott School of International Affairs
The George Washington University
Title: "Explaining the Politics of Immigration: Dictatorship, Development, and Defense"
Time: 1:30 - 2:30pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor***

Wednesday, December 9, 2009:

Speaker: Per G. Fredriksson
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
University of Louisville
Title: "Partisan Governors and Economic Policy"
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, West End Room, 18th Floor***


* This schedule is subject to change. Last-minute announcements are distributed through
the workshop e-mail distribution list. To be added to this list, please contact April Harmon.

*** The West End Room, 18th Floor, Patterson Office Tower, has been reserved for several
workshops. However, experience has shown that the elevator and rooms on the 18th floor
often remain locked and inaccessible for scheduled events. When this occurs, the worskhop will
convene in Patterson Office Tower Room 1643-1645. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience.