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Aislinn Bohren, PhD │HP X CHIBE Hybrid Research Seminar

Hybrid: 1104 Blockley Hall or https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95353951407

"Systemic Discrimination: Theory and Measurement" with Aislinn Bohren, PhD | Associate Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania Hybrid Event In Person: 1104 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive | Virtual: Attendees may attend via Zoom (https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95353951407 Abstract: Economics tends to define and measure discrimination as disparities stemming from the direct  effects of protected group membership. But work in other fields notes that such measures are incomplete, as they can miss important systemic (indirect) channels. For example, racial disparities in criminal records due to discrimination in policing can lead to disparate outcomes for equally-qualified job applicants despite a race-neutral hiring rule. We develop...

Eliza Kinsey, PhD, MPH | HP X CHIBE Hybrid Research Seminar

1104 Blockley Hall 423 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA, United States

“The Role of Neighborhood Characteristics in Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes” with Eliza Kinsey, PhD, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania Abstract: The neighborhood in which a person lives can have dramatic impacts on their health and wellbeing. However, limited research has been done exploring how neighborhood characteristics affect perinatal health for both the pregnant individual and the infant. This talk will cover geospatial methods for neighborhood analysis in health research and present findings using New York City Vital Statistics birth records data to evaluate the associations between neighborhood characteristics (food environment, walkability and poverty rate)...

Leandro Carvahlo, PhD | HP X CHIBE Hybrid Research Seminar

Hybrid: 1104 Blockley Hall or https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95353951407

  “Genetics and Economic Success”  with Leandro Carvalho, PhD | Economist at the Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR) and Assistant (Research) Professor of Economics, University of Southern California Abstract: Does genetics influence one’s chances of economic success? I exploit randomness in the genetic transmission from parents to offspring to estimate causal genetic effects. I investigate how the causal relationship between genetics and income emerges. HYBRID SEMINAR In Person: 1104 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive | Virtual: Attendees may attend via Zoom (https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95353951407)

Christina Gibson-Davis, PhD | HP X CHIBE Hybrid Research Seminar

Hybrid: 1104 Blockley Hall or https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95353951407

  “Net Worth Poverty and Adult Health” with Christina Gibson-Davis, PhD, Professor of Public Policy, Duke University Abstract: Our study considers how wealth deprivation, measured as net worth poverty, relates to a diverse set of adult health measures. Net worth poverty refers to households whose wealth (assets minus debts) is less than one-fourth of the federal poverty line. Using data from Panel Study of Income Dynamics on adults observed between 2011 and 2019, results from longitudinal growth curve models indicate that net worth poverty was negatively related to outcomes, above and beyond any associations with income poverty. Adults who experienced...

Chloe East, PhD | CHIBE X LDI Research Seminar

Steinberg-Dietrich Hall Room 1203, 3620 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA

  Caseworker Subjectivity, SNAP Benefit Receipt, and Labor Supply with Chloe N. East, PhD, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado Denver 12:00p.m. – 1:00p.m. ET | March 9, 2023  |  In-Person Event Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, Room 1203, 3620 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA Register here: https://share.hsforms.com/17BSzT1wFTU29AkwTovEVLg5gwp1  Abstract: The Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reached 38 million people in 2019. However, an estimated 18% of eligible households do not participate. We study a potentially important channel driving incomplete participation—the behavior of caseworkers. Caseworkers play a key role in the application process; they are the main resource for applicants, and they...

Lindsey Smith Taillie, PhD | HP X CHIBE Hybrid Research Seminar

Hybrid: 1104 Blockley Hall or https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95353951407

  "Food policies for healthier diets: lessons from around the globe" with Lindsey Smith Taillie, PhD, Associate Professor of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Policy is a powerful tool to promote healthier diets because of its ability to impact entire food systems and populations. Other countries, particularly in Latin America, have been very progressive in implementing an array of policies, including ultraprocessed foods and sugary drinks taxes, front-of-package warning labels, and restrictions on marketing to children, and school feeding programs. This talk will summarize the current state of the evidence, where the...

Kristen Cooksey Stowers, PhD | HP X CHIBE Hybrid Research Seminar

Hybrid: 1104 Blockley Hall or https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95353951407

    "Advancing Health Equity via Community-Based Participatory Policy Research on Neighborhood Food and Built Environments" with Kristen Cooksey Stowers, PhD, Assistant Professor of Health Disparities,  Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut This presentation includes the following: A summary of equity-oriented frameworks showing neighborhood food and built environments as key structural determinants of diet-related health disparities (e.g., obesity) and intersectoral action as a key tenet of evidence-based strategies to alleviate health inequities. Conceptual frameworks highlighting the interconnectedness of neighborhood food environments and other key structural and social determinants of health (SDOH) at the neighborhood level (e.g., housing, transportation,...

Jishnu Das, PhD | HP X CHIBE Hybrid Research Seminar

Hybrid: 1104 Blockley Hall or https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95353951407

  Randomized Regulation: The Impact of Minimum Quality Standards on Health Markets with Jishnu Das, PhD, Professor, McCourt School of Public Policy and the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University HYBRID SEMINAR In Person: 1104 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Drive | Virtual: Attendees may attend via Zoom (https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95353951407) Jishnu Das is a professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Jishnu’s work focuses on health and education in low and middle-income countries, with an emphasis on social markets, or common, but complex, conflagrations of public and private education and...

Sharad Goel, PhD | HP X CHIBE Hybrid Research Seminar

Hybrid: 1104 Blockley Hall or https://upenn.zoom.us/j/95353951407

  Included-variable bias and everything but the kitchen sink with Sharad Goel, PhD, Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School When estimating the risk of an adverse outcome, common statistical guidance is to include all available factors to maximize predictive performance. Similarly, in observational studies of discrimination, general practice is to adjust for all potential confounds to isolate any impermissible effect of legally protected traits, like race or gender, on decisions. I’ll argue that this popular "kitchen-sink” approach can in fact worsen predictions in the first case and yield conservative estimates of discrimination in the second. Sharad Goel is a...

Jessica Cohen, PhD │ CHIBE X LDI Research Seminar

Colonial Penn Center Auditorium 3641 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA

"Impact of Medicaid Payment for Immediate Long-Acting Reversible Contraception on Postpartum Contraception, Birth Spacing and Infant Health" with Jessica Cohen, PhD, Bruce A. Beal, Robert L. Beal and Alexander S. Beal Associate Professor of Global Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health 12:00p.m. – 1:00p.m. ET | May 25, 2023  | In-Person Event Colonial Penn Center Auditorium, 3641 Locust Walk Contraceptive autonomy and the ability to choose if and when to get pregnant again is foundational to postpartum health and wellbeing. Ensuring that postpartum people have access to the full range of effective contraceptive methods can help prevent...