Center for International Policy Studies

Fordham University Economics, GSB and Law

A Nation of immigrants? Celebrating 50 years of the New Immigration

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Friday Oct 26th at Lincoln Center

A Nation of Immigrants?

Celebrating Fifty Years of the Hart Cellar Act

Conference Program and Bios 

8-9AM Breakfast and Registration

Welcome: Elaine Congress,  Rafael Zapata,  Father Massaro SJ

Speaker Introduction Clara Rodriguez, Fordham FCLC

Keynote:

Immigration and the Transformation of American Society

Dr. Van Tran, Sociology, Columbia University

Panel Discussion:

Moderator: Greg Acevedo, Fordham GSS

Panelist #1: Shirley Leyro, Borough of Manhattan Community College

Panelist #2: Dora Galacatos, Feerick Center for Social Justice

Panelist #3: Maria Lizardo, Upper Manhattan Improvement Corporation

Q&A from the Audience

Closing Remarks : Summary and the Next 50 Years?
Norma Fuentes, LALS and City College of New York 

Conference Program and Bios

Special Thanks to the Conference Planning Committee 

Elaine Congress, Associate Dean and Professor for Continuing Education and Extra Mural Programs,

Erika Marte, Administrative Program Assistant at the Office of the Chief Diversity Officer

Darryl McLeod, Associate Professor of Economics,

Rafael Zapata, Chief Diversity Officer,Special Assistant to the President for Diversity & Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Photo: Migration Policy Institute 

 

First Fordham Economics Development Conference September 16, 2016

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Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus
South Lounge, Leon Lowenstein Center
113 West 60th Street, New York

8.45-9.30
Breakfast and Registration

9.30-9.45
Welcome remarks by Darryl McLeod Chair of the Economics Department

9.45-10.20
Session I Chair: Prakarsh Singh
Wellbeing Evidence for the Assessment of Progress
Author: Paul Anand, Open University
Discussant: Sophie Mitra, Economics Department Fordham University

10.20-10.55
Session I Chair: Prakarsh Singh
Agricultural Fires and Child Health: Evidence from Brazil
Extended abstract draft
Author: Tom Vogl, Princeton University
Discussant: Jorge Aguero, University of Connecticut

10.55-11.10
Coffee Break

11.10-11.45
Session II Chair: Andrew Simons
Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health:
Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi workers in India
Author: Prakarsh Singh, Amherst College
Discussant: Tom Vogl, Princeton University

11.45-12.20
Session II Chair: Andrew Simons
Cognitive, Socio-emotional and Behavioral Returns to College Quality:
Evidence from India
Author: Subha Mani, Fordham University
Discussant: Resul Cesur, University of Connecticut

12.20-1.00
Lunch

1.00-2.00
Keynote Lecture:
Early-Life Undernourishment in Developing Countries:
Prevalence, Associations/Impacts over the Life Cycle and Determinants
Jere Behrman, University of Pennsylvania

2.00-2.35
Session III Chair: Resul Cesur
The Importance of Educational Credentials:
Schooling Decisions and Returns in Modern China
Author: Alex Eble, Teacher’s College, Columbia University
Discussant: Maulik Jagnani, Cornell University

2.35-3.10
Session III Chair: Resul Cesur
Identifying Critical Periods in Human Capital Development Beyond Early Childhood:
Evidence from Rwanda
Author: Jorge Aguero, University of Connecticut
Discussant: Catalina Herrera Almanza, Northeastern University

3.10-3.25
Coffee Break

3.25-4.00
Session IV Chair: Subha Mani
Temperature and Human Capital:
Short and Long-run Evidence from India
Author: Maulik Jagnani, Cornell University
Discussant: Alex Eble, Teacher’s College, Columbia University

Session IV Chair: Subha Mani
Early Childbearing, School Attainment and Cognitive Skills:
Evidence from Madagascar
Author: Catalina Herrera Almanza, Northeastern University
Discussant: Andrew Simons, Fordham University

5.10-5.25
Concluding remarks

NOTE: Within each 35-minute session, the speaker presents for 20 minutes, the discussant for up to 10 minutes, and the audience asks questions for 5 minutes.