<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please help spread the word about this great educational opportunity. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">--</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The ICPSR Summer
Program would like to announce the following workshop, sponsored by the Panel
Study of Income Dynamics:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Panel Study of Income
Dynamics (PSID) Data User Workshop</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dates and Location: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">June 13-17, 2016 in Ann Arbor, Michigan</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Instructors:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Paula Fomby, Charles C. Brown, Vicki
Freedman, Steven Heeringa, Noura Insolera, David S. Johnson, Fabian Pfeffer,
Narayan Sastry, and Frank Stafford</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Description: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The <a href="http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/default.aspx" target="_blank">Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)</a>, begun
in 1968, is the world's longest-running multigenerational household panel
study. It is used widely in behavioral, social, and health sciences to
investigate scientific and policy questions about life course trajectories in
health and well-being, intergenerational social and economic mobility, income
and wealth inequality, family investments in children, neighborhood effects on
opportunity and achievement, and other topics.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This workshop will
orient participants to the content and structure of the core PSID interview,
special topics modules, and supplemental studies. Classroom demonstrations
using PSID data extracts will illustrate key concepts. In lab sessions,
participants will develop their own analytic data files under the guidance of
project staff. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Eligibility: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Faculty, research professionals, postdocs, and
graduate students. Diversity in terms of background and academic discipline is
encouraged. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Application: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Enrollment is limited to accepted
participants. Applicants must sign up for the course through the ICPSR Summer
Program portal and submit a CV and cover letter summarizing research interests
in PSID data and how this workshop will help fulfill research or educational
goals.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Workshop Fee and
Stipends: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">$100 (for accepted
participants only). A limited number of travel stipends are available (requires
additional application materials submitted by April 15, 2016).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Deadline:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Applications received before April 15
will receive highest priority; applications accepted after this date until
workshop has filled. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">For full information
and to apply, visit the <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/sumprog/courses/0217" target="_blank">course description page</a> on the ICPSR
Summer Program website. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Questions? </b>Visit <a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/sumprog/index.jsp?rcd=ORAN16" target="_blank">icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog</a> or c</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">ontact <a href="mailto:sumprog@icpsr.umich.edu" target="_blank">sumprog@icpsr.umich.edu</a> </span></p>
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