2011 Federal Reserve Community Affairs Research Conference
April 28-29, 2011, Arlington, Virginia
Thursday, April 28 |
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| 7:30 - 8:30 | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 9:15 | Welcoming RemarksPresident John Williams, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
| 9:15 - 10:45 | The Landscape of Consumer Finance
Chair: Alfreda B. Norman, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Determinants of the Incidence of Loan Modifications Credit Scores after the Crisis: Understanding the Long-term Impact of Foreclosures on Lower-Income Households Coping with Adversity: Personal Bankruptcy Decisions of Lower-Income Homeowners Before and After Bankruptcy Reform |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Alternative Financial Services: Access and Impact on Household Financial Well-Being
Chair: Signe-Mary McKernan, Urban Institute The Impact of Access to Payday Loans on Household Balance Sheets Payday Loans vs. Pawn Shops: The Effect of Loan Fee Limits on Household Use Regulating on the Fringe: Re-Examining the Link Between Fringe Banking and Financial Distress |
| 12:30 - 2:00 | Luncheon KeynoteIntroduction: Sandy Braunstein, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute, Columbia University Author of the New York Times bestsellers Common Wealth and The End of Poverty, Professor Sachs is also Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. From 2002 to 2006, he was Director of the UN Millennium Project and Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals, the internationally agreed goals to reduce extreme poverty, disease, and hunger by the year 2015. |
| Concurrent Sessions 2:00 - 3:30 |
Session AUnderstanding the Impacts of Foreclosure on Lower-Income Households and Communities
Chair: Marsha Courchane, Charles River Associates Do Foreclosures Cause Crime? Do Children Lose More than a Home? The Effects of Foreclosure on Children's Educational Outcomes The Post-Foreclosure Experience of US Households in the Current Housing Market Downturn |
Session BLooking Ahead: Food Markets and Sustainable Communities
Chair: Jacqueline King, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis A Social, Economic, and Human Capital Evaluation of Farmers Markets A Comprehensive Method for Identifying Optimal Areas for Supermarket Development Waiting for Change: Employment Dynamics for Tipped Workers in the Restaurant Industry |
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| 3:30 - 4:00 | Break |
4:00 - 5:30 | Researchers Roundtable
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| 5:30 – 5:45 | Closing RemarksJoseph Firschein, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
| 5:45 – 7:00 | Networking Reception |
Friday, April 29 |
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| 7:30 – 8:30 | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Welcoming RemarksAnna Alvarez Boyd, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Neighborhoods and Opportunity: Re-Examining the Links between People and Place
Chair: Kimberly Zeuli, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Does Community Building Matter, or Are Schools Enough? Lessons from the Harlem Children’s Zone Mixed-Income Development: Emerging Challenges and Implications for Policy and Practice The Social Determinants of Health: How Neighborhoods Matter |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Break |
| Concurrent Sessions 11:00 - 12:30 |
Session A
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Session B
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| 12:30 - 1:50 | Luncheon KeynoteChairman Ben Bernanke |
| 1:50 - 2:00 | Closing RemarksAnna Alvarez Boyd, Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
| 2:00 | Conference Adjourns |
