IPED Event: Health and Development—A Functional Approach

Sophie Mitra is a professor of economics, founding director of the Research Consortium on Disability at Fordham University, and principal investigator of the Disability Data Initiative. Her research agenda has documented economic insecurity and evaluated policies that try to reduce it. Her work seeks to produce evidence to document disability inequalities through disaggregated statistics and to understand the factors that drive them, such as discrimination or extra costs of living for families (e.g. medical or transportation costs).

The lecture will consist of a 30-minute presentation followed by a 20-minute Q&A, as well as introductions and/or closing remarks, informal networking, and refreshments.