Abstract: Public employment programs play a major role in the anti-poverty strategy of many developing countries, but their impact on poverty reduction could be attenuated or amplified by changes they induce in private labor market wages and employment. We estimate these general equilibrium effects using a large-scale…
Description of Talk:This is an early discussion of an ongoing book project on the politics and law of the Tokyo war crimes tribunal and the lingering impact of Japan’s World War II atrocities on modern Asia. I am early in the project and welcome suggestions. A legal landmark and an important but understudied case of…
http://lapa.princeton.edu/content/how-we-have-allowed-our-universities-betray-free-speech-free-thought-intellectual-diversityOrganized by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, cosponsored with LAPA
The skyrocketing numbers of refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe, estimated by the United Nations at 65 million worldwide, have shaken the European Union, roiled American politics and fueled calls for external military intervention in certain conflicts.The causes of this refugee crisis, as well as the…
http://lapa.princeton.edu/content/what%E2%80%99s-stake-environment-2016-electionPrinceton students/faculty/staff encouraged to attend.Members of the public with approved RSVP - please contact Charles Crosby at ccrosby@princeton.edu to respond.Lunch will be available at 11:45 a.m.
RSVP REQUIRED.Professor Prest will be discussing 'Blackstone's View of the Common Law' - this is based on [his] multiple re-readings of the Commentaries in the course of the editorial process. It emphasizes the extent to which Blackstone was presenting a critical, reformist slant on the legal and political institutions of his…
Security and privacy for the Internet of Things (IoT) will be addressed at a conference to be held on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, at the Friend Center Convocation Room on the Princeton University campus. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.The discussion, “The Internet of Things,” will convene experts…
