Sociology Colloquia
Bruce Western, Harvard University - "Trends in the Economic Insecurity of American Households"
Event Details
Date
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Time
12:15 p.m.
Location
Description
Bruce Western is professor of sociology at Harvard University and Director of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. His current research focuses on trends in U.S. economic inequality, in the labor market and among households. Western has published widely on inequality, low wage labor markets, and the relationship between incarceration and inequality, as well as on sociological methods. Co-sponsored by Race and Ethnicity.
Cost
Free