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

Spring Semester, 2009*



Wednesday, February 11, 2009:


Speaker: William Hoyt
Director and Professor
Martin School of Public Policy and Administration and
Department of Economics
University of Kentucky
Title: State Income Taxes and Residential Location in Multi-State Metropolitan Areas
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, Room 113

Wednesday, February 18, 2009:


Speaker: Richard Fording
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science and
Martin School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Kentucky
Title: Deciding to Discipline: Race, Choice, and Punishment at the Frontlines of Welfare Reform
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, Room 113

Wednesday, February 25, 2009:


Speaker: John Thelin
University Research Professor
Educational Policy Studies
University of Kentucky
Title: Higher Education and Public Policies in the United States
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, Room 113

Wednesday, March 4, 2009:


Speaker: Adetokunbo Oluwole
Assistant Professor
Martin School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Kentucky
Title: Distributional Effects of Programmatic Features of Medicaid/SCHIP on Transitions from Private Insurance Coverage Among U.S. Low-Income Children: A Dynamic Approach
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, Room 113

Wednesday, March 11, 2009:


Speaker: Chris Jepsen
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics and
Associate Director
Center for Business and Economic Research
University of Kentucky
Title: Labor Market Returns to Community College Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, Room 113

Wednesday, March 25, 2009:


Speaker: Lawrence D. Prybil
Professor
College of Public Health
University of Iowa, and
Visiting Professor
Martin School of Public Policy and Administration and
College of Public Health
University of Kentucky
Title: Board Oversight of Community Benefit in Nonprofit Community Health Systems *
* This presentation is based on a larger report, entitled:
Governance in Community Health Systems: A Report on CEO and Trustee Views
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, Room 113

Wednesday, April 1, 2009:


Speaker: Edward Jennings
Professor
Martin School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Kentucky
Title: Evidence-Based Practice and the Use of Information in State Agency Decision-Making
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, Room 113

Wednesday, April 8, 2009:


Speaker: Dennis Epple
Professor
Heinz College, School of Public Policy and Management
Carnegie Mellon University
Title: Inefficiencies from Metropolitan Political and Fiscal Decentralization: Failures of Tiebout Competition
Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm
***Note room change.***
Location: Main Building, LexMark Public Room 209

Wednesday, April 15, 2009:


Speaker: Julie Zimmerman
Professor
Community & Leadership Development
University of Kentucky
Title: "Rural Prices in Rural Places: Examining the Cost of Living" *
* This presentation will draw upon material published in:
Zimmerman, Julie N., Sunny (Seonok) Ham and Sarah M. Frank. 2008. “Does it or Doesn’t it?
Geographic Differences and the Costs of Living.” Rural Sociology 73(3):463-486
Time: 2:30 - 4:00pm
Location: Patterson Office Tower, Room 113


* 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.