Now in its sixth year, the "Work, Families and Public Policy" series features one-hour presentations on current research interests of faculty from across the University and from other local and national universities. The presentations, which are held in Eliot Hall Room 300, run from noon-1 p.m. and are followed by a half-hour discussion period.

Robert A. Pollak, Ph.D., the Hernreich Distinguished Professor of Economics in Arts & Sciences and the Olin School of Business, has been the series' lead organizer for the last five years. Michael W. Sherraden, Ph.D., the Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development and director of the Center for Social Development at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work, is co-organizer.

Faculty members and graduate students from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and other area universities are also invited to participate in the series, designed to promote interdisciplinary research.

Upcoming seminars include:

Jan. 14: Pierre-André Chiappori, Ph.D., professor of economics and social sciences at the University of Chicago: "Marriage Contracts and Divorce: An Equilibrium Analysis";

Jan. 28: No workshop;

Feb. 11: Paula England, Ph.D., professor of sociology at Northwestern University: "Gender and Who Leaves Whom in Divorce";

Feb. 25: Amy L. Wax, J.D., M.D., the Class of 1948 Research Professor of Law at the University of Virginia: "Something for Nothing: The Liberal Case Against Welfare Work Requirements";

March 11: V. Joseph Hotz, Ph.D., department chair and professor of economics at the University of California, Los Angeles: "Games Children and Parents Play: Risky Behaviors and Parental Reputation";

March 25: Derek Neal, Ph.D., associate professor of economics at the University of Chicago: "An Examination of Black-White Wage Inequality Among Women: Things Were Never as Good as They Seemed";

April 8: Donna Ginther, Ph.D., research economist and associate policy adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, "Do Mothers Marry Lemons?"

April 22: Elaina Rose, Ph.D., associate professor of economics at the University of Washington: "Marriage and Assortative Mating."

The series is sponsored by the schools of business and social work; the Center for Social Development; the Business, Law and Economics Center; the Department of Economics; the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences; and the Committee on Social Thought and Analysis. The classroom is courtesy of the Murray Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy. Coffee and soft drinks will be provided.