CESR Seminar and Brown Bag Series

For more information on the seminar presentations, or if you would like to attend the presentation, or to meet with any of the speakers, please contact Evan Sandlin.

For more information on the brown bag presentations, or if you would like to attend the presentation or be added to our list for announcements, please contact Michele Warnock.

Seminar | What is intrusive parenting for Korean adolescents? Testing the Two Facet Parental Psychological Control Scale in Korean middle school adolescents in Seoul

So Young Choe | University of California, Berkeley

Monday, October 14, 2024

12pm – 1pm
VPD 203 and Zoom
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Abstract: Are Asians really intrusive? Do Asian adolescents feel that their parents are intrusive? I measured what Korean adolescents believe to be intrusive parenting, guided by the Two Facet Model of Parental Psychological Control (Choe et al., 2023) that stipulates intrusiveness and emotional manipulation as two core facets of parental psychological control. Please come and see how I measured intrusiveness and emotional manipulation separately and if or how intrusiveness functioned differently from emotional manipulation. The participating adolescents came from a poor area and a disadvantaged academic environment in Seoul, South Korea.

Bio: Dr. So Young Choe received her doctorate in Psychology at the University of Southern California where she started studying harmful parenting called parental psychological control. Parental psychological control (PPC) refers to a set of intrusive parenting techniques that emotionally manipulate children to obey parents (Choe & Read, 2019). Then she trained in the NIAAA T32 program at the University of California, Berkeley where she connected PPC to adolescents’ alcohol use. Dr. Choe is awarded a K99&R00 grant by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Seminar | The Economics and Econometrics of Gene-Environment Interplay (with Titus Galama, Stephanie von Hinke, Hans van Kippersluis, Cornelius A. Rietveld, Kevin Thom)

Pietro Biroli | University of Bologna

Monday, October 21, 2024

12pm – 1pm
VPD 203 and Zoom
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Abstract: This paper concerns the potential uses of genetic data in economics, with a focus on estimating the interplay between genes (nature) and environments (nurture). We discuss — in the context of an empirical illustration of the moderating effect of school-starting age on one’s genetic predisposition towards educational attainment — how economists can benefit from incorporating genetic data into their analyses, even when they do not have a direct interest in estimating genetic effects. We argue that gene–environment (G x E) studies can be instrumental for (i) assessing treatment effect heterogeneity, (ii) testing theoretical predictions, and (iii) uncovering mechanisms, thereby improving understanding of how (policy) interventions affect population subgroups. Empirically, we find that being old-for-grade and having a higher genetic propensity for education benefits children on assessment tests as they progress through school, but more so for those with a lower genetic propensity for education.

Bio: Pietro obtained his PhD in economics from the University of Chicago, and after that was UBS Foundation Assistant Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Zurich. He is currently a research affiliate at IZA, fRDB, HCEO, CHILD, CEPR, CESifo, and the Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development at UZH.His research focuses on the early origins and life cycle evolution of health and human capital. He is interested in Health Economics, Applied Econometrics, and Social Science Genetics.

Seminar | The Distribution and Direction of Women’s Support Exchanges with Young Adult Children in Rural Mozambique

Sarah Hayford | The Ohio State University

Monday, October 28, 2024

12pm – 1pm
VPD 203 and Zoom
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Abstract: Flows of intergenerational support shift over the life course, with children requiring support from parents when young and (in many contexts) expected to provide for parents as they age. During the intermediate stages of the family life course, as children are gradually transitioning to adulthood and parents are aging, patterns of exchange are complex. It is important to understand the extent and nature of these exchanges, especially in low-income settings with weak social safety nets where people at all ages depend on family for support. This paper analyzes exchanges of financial, material, instrumental, and emotional support between mid-life women and their adolescent and young adult children in a low-income, high-fertility context. We draw on newly available survey data from a longitudinal study of women in rural southern Mozambique. Results show complex and varied patterns of exchange across different domains. Mothers both provide and receive support, with the balance of support varying across domains and conditioned by both maternal and child characteristics. We discuss these results in the context of changing expectations for the transition to adulthood in this setting.

Bio: Sarah Hayford is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Population Research at Ohio State University. She studies childbearing, family formation, and reproductive health, primarily in the United States and sub-Saharan Africa. She is interested in how people make plans about these behaviors and who is able to carry out their plans. Recent and current research topics include the determinants of fertility intentions and desires in the United States, policy impacts on reproductive health access and outcomes in Ohio, the transition to adulthood in low- and middle-income countries, and how reproductive trajectories shape women’s long-term health and well-being in rural Mozambique. Hayford’s research has been funded by NICHD, NIA, and private foundations.

David Neumark | University of California, Irvine

Monday, November 18, 2024

12pm – 1pm
VPD 203 and Zoom
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Grigory Franguridi | USC CESR

Monday, December 2, 2024

12pm – 1pm
VPD 203 and Zoom
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Sarah Townsend | USC Marshall School of Business

Monday, December 16, 2024

12pm – 1pm
VPD 203 and Zoom
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Social-Science Genetics Seminars

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Conferences

Censorship in the Sciences: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Dates: January 10-12, 2025 (Fri-Sun)

Venue: University of Southern California

Duration: 3 days (6 half-day sessions, 9-12, 1-5)

Format: Invited talks, panel discussions, and social gathering

Registration: Register here.

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Organizing committee: Anna Krylov (USC), Arie Kapteyn (USC, CESR), Margaret Crable (USC Dornsife, Communication), Michele Warnock (USC, CESR), Lee Jussim (Rutgers), Ivan Marinovic (Stanford)

Advisory board: Alexander Arnold (Heterodox Academy), Cory Clark (UPenn), Barry Honig (Columbia, AASL), Luana Maroja (Williams), Sean Stevens (FIRE), Abigail Thompson (UC Davis, AFA), Keith Whittington (Yale, AFA)

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