DEMOGRAPHY SPRING 2002 BROWN BAG SERIES

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Brown Bag seminars are ordinarily held in the seminar room at 2232 Piedmont Avenue, usually on Wednesdays, from 12:10 to 1:00, although the discussion often continues for ten or fifteen minutes past 1:00. Please try to arrive before 12:10 so that we can start promptly at the scheduled time. Papers are not generally circulated in advance. Regular and decaffeinated coffee will be available, as well as cookies and hot water for tea. Administrative inquiries may be addressed to the Demography Office at 642-9800, or office@demog.berkeley.edu. If you would like to inquire about presenting a seminar yourself, or have suggestions for other potential speakers, please contact Ronald Lee at 642-4535, or rlee@demog.berkeley.edu.

SPRING 2002 BROWN BAG SCHEDULE:

Chuan-Kang Shih
January 30, 2002: Chuan-Kang Shih, Dept. of Anthropology at University of Illinois, UC Berkeley Dept. of Demography Visiting Scholar. A Cultural-Historical Perspective on the Depressed Fertility among the Matrilineal Moso in Southwest China. (with Mark Jenike).

Susan Greenhalgh
Susan Greenhalgh, Department of Anthropology, U.C. Irvine. Science, Modernity, and the Making of China's One-Child Policy. Co-sponsored with Department of Anthropology.

Ralph Catalano
February 13, 2002: Ralph Catalano, School of Public Health, UCB. Economic Antecedents of Mortality Among the Very Old.

Jean-Marie Robine and John Wilmoth
February 20, 2002: Jean-Marie Robine, INSERM, Montpellier, France. Increasing Longevity: What do we Know About the Relationship Between the Fall of Mortality and Changes in the Health Status of the Oldest Old?

David Levine
February 27, 2002: David Levine, Haas School of Business, UCB. Does Physical Capital Erode Human Capital? Industrialization and Educational Enrollment in Indonesia, (with Maya Federman).

Belinda Reyes
Belinda Reyes, Public Policy Institute of California. Border Policy and Unauthorized Immigration.

Martina Morris and James Jones
March 13, 2002: Martina Morris, Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Washington. AIDS orphans and "grandorphans" in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Impact of Correlated Mortality on Households and Kinship Structure. (with James Holland Jones).

Jie Huang
March 20, 2002: Jie Huang, Dept. of Demography, UCB. Live Longer and Healthier? -- A Comparison of Functional Status of the Elderly in China and U.S.

March 27, 2002: SPRING BREAK, no Brown Bag

Gretchen Stockmayer
April 3, 2002: Gretchen Stockmayer, Dept. of Demography, UCB. Choice and Chance in U.S. Households Through the Twentieth Century.

Aaron Gullickson
April 10, 2002: Aaron Gullickson, Dept. of Demography, UCB. Between Race and Class: The Educational Outcomes of Biracial Individuals.

John Wilmoth
April 17, 2002: John Wilmoth, Department of Demography, UCB. The Demography of Alternate Reality: Adjusting Period Fertility for "Tempo Distortions."

April 24 and May 1 have been reserved for Pre-PAA presentations: Oral presentations will last 15 minutes per talk, followed by 5 minutes of questions. Posters will be set up for viewing before and after the Brown Bags, at which times the presenters will be available for questioning. Since the April 24 Pre-PAA talks will have three speakers, as well as posters, please plan on showing up earlier than our usual 12:10 starting time to view the posters and plan on staying a bit past our usual ending time if possible.

Jennifer, Gretchen, Andrew and Dominic
April 24, 2002:

Presenter: Andrew Noymer, How Many Parameters are Necessary -- or Sufficient? A Comparison of the Lee-Carter and Brass Mortality Models.
Presenter: Jennifer Johnson-Hanks, Units of Analysis in the Study of African Fertility.
Presenter: Dominic Montagu, Dept. of Public Health (Maternal and Child Health), UCB, Franchising Reproductive Health Services and Client Decision Making
Two Posters: Gretchen Stockmayer, Demographic Constraints in US Households Through the Twentieth Century and Exposure, Behavior and Preference: A Framework for Analyzing Fertility Change.

Emiko, Piedad, Wenlan, Yumiko, Peter, Russell
May 1, 2002:

Presenter: Yumiko Kamiya, Transformation of Teenage Fertility in Latin America. Co-authored with Beatriz Piedad Urdinola.
Presenter: Russell Green, Dept. of Economics, Empty Pockets: Estimating Ability to Pay for Family Planning.
Poster: Peter Brownell, U.S. Immigration Policy and the Wages of Undocumented Mexican Workers.
Poster: Emiko Masaki, Cost Effectiveness of HIV Prevention Versus Treatment Strategies for Resource Scarce Countries: Setting Priorities on AIDS.
Poster: Wenlan Qian, The Irreversibility of the Reduction in Desired Fertility in China.

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Chuan-Kang Shih	January 30, 2002: Chuan-Kang Shih, Dept. of Anthropology at University of Illinois, UC Berkeley Dept. of Demography Visiting Scholar. A Cultural-Historical Perspective on the Depressed Fertility among the Matrilineal Moso in Southwest China. (with Mark Jenike).
Susan Greenhalgh	*Susan Greenhalgh, Department of Anthropology, U.C. Irvine. Science, Modernity, and the Making of China's One-Child Policy.* Co-sponsored with Department of Anthropology.**
Ralph Catalano	February 13, 2002: Ralph Catalano, School of Public Health, UCB. Economic Antecedents of Mortality Among the Very Old.
Jean-Marie Robine and John Wilmoth	February 20, 2002: Jean-Marie Robine, INSERM, Montpellier, France. Increasing Longevity: What do we Know About the Relationship Between the Fall of Mortality and Changes in the Health Status of the Oldest Old?
David Levine	*February 27, 2002: David Levine, Haas School of Business, UCB. Does Physical Capital Erode Human Capital? Industrialization and Educational Enrollment in Indonesia,* (with Maya Federman).**
Belinda Reyes	Belinda Reyes, Public Policy Institute of California. Border Policy and Unauthorized Immigration.
Martina Morris and James Jones	March 13, 2002: Martina Morris, Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Washington. AIDS orphans and "grandorphans" in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Impact of Correlated Mortality on Households and Kinship Structure. (with James Holland Jones).
Jie Huang	March 20, 2002: Jie Huang, Dept. of Demography, UCB. Live Longer and Healthier? -- A Comparison of Functional Status of the Elderly in China and U.S.
March 27, 2002: SPRING BREAK, no Brown Bag
Gretchen Stockmayer	April 3, 2002: Gretchen Stockmayer, Dept. of Demography, UCB. Choice and Chance in U.S. Households Through the Twentieth Century.
Aaron Gullickson	April 10, 2002: Aaron Gullickson, Dept. of Demography, UCB. Between Race and Class: The Educational Outcomes of Biracial Individuals.
John Wilmoth	April 17, 2002: John Wilmoth, Department of Demography, UCB. The Demography of Alternate Reality: Adjusting Period Fertility for "Tempo Distortions."
April 24 and May 1 have been reserved for Pre-PAA presentations: Oral presentations will last 15 minutes per talk, followed by 5 minutes of questions. Posters will be set up for viewing before and after the Brown Bags, at which times the presenters will be available for questioning. Since the April 24 Pre-PAA talks will have three speakers, as well as posters, please plan on showing up earlier than our usual 12:10 starting time to view the posters and plan on staying a bit past our usual ending time if possible.
Jennifer, Gretchen, Andrew and Dominic	April 24, 2002: Presenter: Andrew Noymer, How Many Parameters are Necessary -- or Sufficient? A Comparison of the Lee-Carter and Brass Mortality Models. Presenter: Jennifer Johnson-Hanks, Units of Analysis in the Study of African Fertility. Presenter: Dominic Montagu, Dept. of Public Health (Maternal and Child Health), UCB, Franchising Reproductive Health Services and Client Decision Making Two Posters: Gretchen Stockmayer, Demographic Constraints in US Households Through the Twentieth Century and Exposure, Behavior and Preference: A Framework for Analyzing Fertility Change.
Emiko, Piedad, Wenlan, Yumiko, Peter, Russell	May 1, 2002: Presenter: Yumiko Kamiya, Transformation of Teenage Fertility in Latin America. Co-authored with Beatriz Piedad Urdinola. Presenter: Russell Green, Dept. of Economics, Empty Pockets: Estimating Ability to Pay for Family Planning. Poster: Peter Brownell, U.S. Immigration Policy and the Wages of Undocumented Mexican Workers. Poster: Emiko Masaki, Cost Effectiveness of HIV Prevention Versus Treatment Strategies for Resource Scarce Countries: Setting Priorities on AIDS. Poster: Wenlan Qian, The Irreversibility of the Reduction in Desired Fertility in China.