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CPC Fellow Paul Voss to present CPC Research Methods Workshop on spatial regression, Nov. 10
Paul Voss, CPC Faculty Fellow and Senior Spatial Analyst at the Odum Institute, will present a CPC Research Methods Workshop entitled "Overview of Spatial Regression" on Tuesday, November 10 from 3 pm to 4:30 pm in Room 405B&C CPC East.For the full schedule of CPC's Fall 2009 Semester seminars, go to:http://www.cpc.unc.edu/training/seminars.htmlLocation information is available at the CPC website:http://www.cpc.unc.edu/aboutcpc/contactcpc...
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Cross-cultural study of wealth and inequality appears in Science; CPC Postdoctoral Scholar David Nolin among research team
Science has
published a landmark cross-cultural study of the intergenerational transmission
of wealth, and how such transmission can lead to persistent inequality in
small-scale societies.
The project, organized by economist Sam Bowles (Santa Fe
Institute) and anthropologist Monique Borgerhoff Mulder (UC Davis), drew on the
combined research of anthropologists working in 21 different field sites.
Quantitative data from these sites were used to estimate the correlation
between p...
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CPC Fellow Tony Perez presents CPC Friday Seminar on measuring race/ethnic identities, Nov. 6
Tony Perez, Assistant Professor of Sociology and CPC Faculty Fellow, will present "Measuring and Summarizing Race/Ethnic Identities in Social Research" on Friday, November 6 from noon to 1 pm in Room 405 CPC East.For the full schedule of CPC's Fall 2009 Semester seminars, go to:http://www.cpc.unc.edu/training/seminars.htmlLocation information is available at the CPC website:http://www.cpc.unc.edu/aboutcpc/contactcpc...
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The State of Things (WUNC) reports on African-American Economic Summit, Nov. 1-2; CPC Fellow William A. Darity is a co-organizer
WUNC radio program The State of Things reported on the upcoming African-American Economic Summit, a free event being held November 1-2 at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University. Carolina Population Center Fellow William “Sandy” Darity is a co-organizer and will present the morning of November 2.The free public summit will discuss the current recession and its impact on African-Americans and their communities. Topics will include housing, education, labor, wealth, health and incarceration.After the ...
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Durham Herald-Sun announces groundbreaking new research by CPC Fellow Philip N. Cohen about international and domestic adoption
Philip N. Cohen, faculty fellow at the Carolina Population Center and UNC associate professor of sociology, and Rose M. Kreider, Ph.D. of the U.S. Census Bureau, have published the first national study on disability rates among internationally adopted children.The study, which appears in the November issue of the journal Pediatrics, found that children adopted from overseas have disability rates similar to those adopted from within the United States.The Herald-Sun (Durham) published an announcem...
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america.gov features study by CPC Fellows Kasarda and Johnson about economic impact of Hispanics in NC
Carolina Population Center Fellows John D. Kasarda and James H. Johnson, Jr.
studied the economic impact of the growing Hispanic population in North
Carolina. Their findings were featured in a recent news story by
america.gov, an information source developed by the U.S. Department of
State's Bureau of International Information Programs.
Vying for a Slice of One State's Growing Hispanic Consumer Market (by staff writer Andrzej Zwaniecki)
http://www.america.gov/st/business-english/2009/Sep...
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