Session A) 8:30 – 10:15
Low Income in Canada and Abroad: Patterns and Measurement
Chair: Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie)
Marc Frenette (Statistics Canada), John Myles (University of Toronto), and Garnett Picot “Canadian Low-Income and Income Inequality: An International
Perspective" Discussant: Bill Warburton (SFU)
Bob Gregory (Australian National University) “Lone Parent Poverty Dynamics and Policy – What Have We Learnt From Australian Longitudinal Administrative Data?” Discussant: Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta)
Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) “Assessing ‘Success’ in Anti-Poverty Policy: Some Measurement Choices that Matter - and some that do not.” Discussant: Charles Beach (Queen’s University)
Break 10:15-10:30
Session B) 10:30 – 12:30
Policy Directions and Implications
Chair: David Green (UBC)
(no discussants)
Jeff Grogger (UCLA) “US Welfare Reform: Effects of a Decade of Change”
Peter Hicks (Policy Research Initiative) “New Approaches to Addressing Poverty and Exclusion: Findings from the PRI Poverty Research Project”
Cynthia Williams (SDC) “Social Development in Canada – Past Challenges, Future Opportunities”
12:30 – 2:00 Lunch
Session C) 2:00 – 3:20
Evaluating Policy Impacts on Welfare
Chair: Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada)
Thomas Lemieux (University of British Columbia) and Kevin Milligan (University of British Columbia) “Incentive Effects of Social Assistance: A Regression Discontinuity Approach” Discussant: Michael Baker (University of Toronto)
Jeremy Lise (Queen’s University), Shannon Seitz (Queen’s University) and Jeffery Smith (University of Maryland) “Equilibrium Policy Experiments and the Evaluation of Social Programs” Discussant: Emi Nakamura
3:20 – 3:35 Break
Session D) 3:35 – 4:55
Impacts of Family Background
Chair: Michael Hatfield
Pamela Morris (MDRC), Greg Duncan (Northwestern University), and Christopher Rodrigues (MDRC), “Does Money Really Matter? Estimating Impacts of Family Income on Children’s Achievement with Data from Random-Assignment Experiments” Discussant: Craig Riddell (UBC)
Todd Stinebrickner (University of Western Ontario) and Ralph Stinebrickner (Berea College) “Credit Constraints and College Attrition” Discussant: Tom Crossley (McMaster)
Friday, June 4
Session E) 8:30 – 10:00
Wage and Earnings Subsidies as a Response to Low Income
Chair: Louis Grignon
Helen Connolly and Peter Gottschalk (Boston College) “Do Earnings Subsidies Affect Job Choice? The Impact of SSP Subsidies on Wage Growth” Discussant: David Green (UBC)
Martin Dooley (McMaster University), Ross Finnie (Queen’s University), and Mike Veall (McMaster University) “The Impact of the National Child Benefit on Low Income Households” Discussant: David Gray (University of Ottawa)
Session F) 10:15-11:45
Chair: Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada)
Ross Finnie (Queen’s University) and Andre Bernard (Statistics Canada) “The Intergenerational Transmission of Lone Parent and Low Income Status” Discussant: Rene Morissette (Statistics Canada)
Myriam Fortin (SDC) and Dominique Fleury (SDC) “A Profile of the Working Poor in Canada” Discussant: Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie)
Xiaodong Gong (Australian National University) “Transition Patterns for the Welfare Reliance of Low Income Mothers in Australia” Discussant: David Green (UBC)