Sunday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. |
Session 180N Economic Impact of Remittances |
Organizers: |
J. Ulyses Balderas, Sam Houston State University |
Session Chairs: |
J. Ulyses Balderas, Sam Houston State University |
Papers: |
"Household Migration, Remittance Receipt and Its Impact on Male and Female Employment Patterns" "Migrant Remittances, the Transfer Problem and Export Competitiveness" "How Cost-Elastic Are Remittances? Evidence From Tongan Migrants to New Zealand" "Remittances and Relative Prices in Mexico" |
Discussants: |
David J. McKenzie, Stanford University |
Sunday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. |
Session 206P Income Inequality and Development |
Session Chairs: |
Michael Parker, University of Louisiana - Monroe |
Papers: |
"Endogenous Mortality and Persistence of Income Inequality" "Market Access and Poverty in China" "Sociopolitical Instability, Income Shocks and Savings of Households in Peru" "Traffic Fatalities, the Kuznets Curve, and Public Sector Corruption" "Fractionalization, Political Support, and Provision of Public Goods" |
Discussants: |
Michal Jerzmanowski, Clemson University |
Sunday 2:30 - 4:15 p.m. |
Session 240R Labor and Development |
Organizers: |
Khawaja A. Mamun, Southern Methodist University |
Session Chairs: |
Khawaja A. Mamun, Southern Methodist University |
Papers: |
"A Comparison of Alternative Specifications of the Household's Child Activity Decision Equation: An Application to Schooling and Child Labor Decisions in Rural Bangladesh" "Household Division and Child Outcomes in Rural Bangladesh" "Trade Liberalization, Growth and Inequality in Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis" "Mother's Education and Child Health: Is There Any Threshold?" "Elderly Migration Expectations: Institutionalization Versus Moving to Adult Children" |
Discussants: |
M. Shahe Emran, George Washington University |