The War on Poverty Project

2024 Conference: Lessons from the 1960s for Inequality

This conference, “Lessons from the 1960s for Inequality,” was organized by Professor Martha Bailey of UCLA’s California Center for Population Research and Steven Durlauf of University of Chicago’s Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility. 

The meeting took place from Friday, January 12th to Saturday, January 13th 2024 at UCLA, and so was timed to be close to the 60-year anniversary of Lyndon B. Johnson’s January 8,1964 announcement of the War on Poverty. The workshop represents the beginning of collaborative activity between the Stone Center and CCPR.

Friday, January 12

9:00-9:45am       Martha Bailey and Steven Durlauf: Overview of War and Poverty

9:45-10:30am     Luke Shaefer: History of Poverty

10:30-11:15am   Hilary Hoynes: Food Stamps

11:15-11:30am   Break

11:30-12:15pm  Andrew Goodman-Bacon: Medicaid

12:15-1:15pm    Lunch

1:15-2:00pm      Kathleen McGarry: Programs for the Elderly: Social Security, SSI, and Medicare

2:00-2:45pm      Chloe Gibbs: Head Start

2:45-3:30pm      Ann Owens: Integration Policies

3:30-3:45pm      Break

3:45-4:45pm      Harry Holzer: Job Training Programs

                          Alex Bartik: Local Labor Markets and Inequality

4:45-5:30pm      Jacob Bastian: Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

Saturday, January 13