Rural Poverty Research Symposium - December 2-3, 2013
Agenda and Presentations
Monday, December 2, 2013 | |
Welcome Dave Altig, Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
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1:00 | Remarks Doug O'Brien, Acting Under Secretary for Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
1:15 | Session 1 Persistence and Concentration of Poverty Moderator: Rachel Welborn, Southern Rural Development Center Discussant: Dick Todd, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis [Presentation] ![]() "Rural Poverty over Time and Space: a Sub-County Analysis of Persistent Concentrated Poverty" ![]() Tracey Farrigan, USDA Economic Research Service "Persistent Poverty Revisited: New Measures, New Methods, and the Rural-Urban Divide" ![]() David Peters, Iowa State University "The Great Recession and the Changing Geography of Food Stamp Receipt" ![]() Tim Slack, Louisiana State University |
3:30 | Session 2 Measurement and Demography of Poverty Moderator: Linda Hoke, Southern Consortium of University Public Service Organizations (SCUPSO) Discussant: Robert Gibbs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service "Hispanics at the Starting Line: Born into Poverty in Established Gateways and New Destinations" ![]() Daniel Lichter, Cornell University "Hispanic Trends" ![]() Marybeth Mattingly, the Carsey Center and the Stanford Institute on Poverty and Inequality "The Virginia Poverty Measure" ![]() Qian Cai, Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, University of Virginia |
Dinner and keynote speaker Mark Partridge, C. William Swank Chair of Rural-Urban Policy, Ohio State University [Presentation] ![]() |
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013 | |
8:00 | Session 3 Social and Political Aspects of Poverty Moderator: Kostas Skordas, Appalachian Regional Commission Discussant: Scott Loveridge, Michigan State University and North Central Regional Center for Rural Development [Presentation] ![]() "The Geography of Exclusion: Race, Segregation, and Concentrated Poverty" ![]() Domenico "Mimmo" Parisi, Mississippi State University "Sending off All Your Good Treasures: Rural Schools, Brain Drain, and Community Survival in the Wake of the Economic Collapse" ![]() Jennifer Sherman, Washington State University "On Persistent Poverty in a Rich Country" ![]() James Ziliak, University of Kentucky |
10:15 | Session 4 Practitioner Roundtable Moderator: Bo Beaulieu, Purdue University Ivye Allen, Foundation for the Mid South [Presentation] ![]() Michelle Eley, North Carolina A&T State University [Presentation] ![]() Pamela Monroe, Louisiana State University Veronica Womack, Georgia College [Presentation] ![]() |
Lunch and keynote speaker Cynthia "Mil" Duncan, Founding Director, the Carsey Institute, University of New Hampshire, and Research Director, AGree |
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1:30 | Session 5 Issues and Policies on Alleviating Poverty Moderator: Ed Sivak, Mississippi Economic Policy Center Discussant: Don Albrecht, Utah State University, Western Rural Development Center "County Information Networks, Social Capital, and Poverty Reduction" ![]() Stephan Goetz, Pennsylvania State University and Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development "Poverty, Public Health, and Local Foods" ![]() Steven Deller, University of Wisconsin–Madison "Federal Forest Policy and Community Vitality in the Pacific Northwest: How Did the Northwest Forest Plan Affect Population, Wealth, and Income in Rural Communities?" ![]() Bruce Weber, Oregon State University |
3:00 | Next steps Karen Leone de Nie, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta |
3:30 | Adjournment |