Canberra Friday 15 February 2002

ANU Social Welfare Workshop

Four of America’s leading Economics academics will present groundbreaking research papers today at the Australian National University (ANU) on various aspects of social welfare. The workshop, arranged in conjunction with the ANU’s Research School of Social Sciences, will feature Robert Haveman from the University of Wisconsin, Nancy Folbre from the University of Massachusetts, Timothy Smeeding from the University of Syracuse and David Soskice from ANU. Topics of discussion will include varieties of capitalism and the differences and similarities between the developed economies, the value of parental time and the new estimates of expenditures on children, and a look into the welfare state, social protection and the formation of skills.

Where: Ross Hohnen Room, Chancelry Building, ANU

When: Friday 15 February 2002

9.00 to 9.30am
Robert Haveman, Economics, University of Wisconsin
“Unexploited earnings capacity”
Reply by Geoff Brennan, ANU

11.00 to 12.00pm
Timothy Smeeding, Economics, Syracuse University
“Comparing living standards cross-nationally”
Reply by Bobbie Wolfe, University of Wisconsin

1.30 to 3.00pm
Nancy Folbre, Economics, University of Massachusetts
“Valuing parental time: new estimates of expenditures on children in the US”
Reply by Moira Gatens, University of Sydney

3.30 to 5.00pm
David Soskice, ANU, “Social protection & the formation of skills: a reinterpretation of the welfare state” and reply by Bob Goodin, ANU

For more information contact: Jeannie Haxell (02) 6125 9608 or Genevieve Turvile (02) 6125 5575

16/2002

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