IPR Distinguished Lecture: Child Health as Human Capital

The Institute for Policy Research (IPR) is an interdisciplinary public policy research institute founded in 1968 at Northwestern University. Our mission is to stimulate and support excellent social science research on significant public policy issues and to disseminate the findings widely—to students, scholars, policymakers, and the public.

Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University

For IPR's Fall 2019 Distinguished Public Policy Lecture, Princeton's Janet Currie will speak about "Child Health as Human Capital."

Hardin Hall, Rebecca Crown Center

Fall 2019 Distinguished Public Policy Lecture:&quot;<a href="https://www.ipr.northwestern.edu/events/public-policy-lectures/janet-currie.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Child Health as Human Capita</a>l&quot;by <a href="https://scholar.princeton.edu/jcurrie/home" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Janet Currie</a>, Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and Co-Director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing, Princeton UniversityChild health is increasingly understood to be a critical form of human capital, but only recently have we begun to understand how valuable it is and how better to support its development. This lecture by Janet Currie, the Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, provides an overview of recent work demonstrating the key role of public insurance in supporting longer-term human capital development, as well as pointing to improvements in child mental health as an especially important mechanism. Currie is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Medicine, and American Academy of Art and Sciences. She has written about early intervention programs, programs to expand health insurance and improve healthcare, public housing, and food and nutrition programs. Her current research focuses on socioeconomic differences in child health and environmental threats to children’s health.RSVP is required by Monday, November 18.For more information, contact Ellen Dunleavy at <a href="http://mailto:ipr@northwestern.edu" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ipr@northwestern.edu </a>or 847-491-3395.

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