Organizers:

David Brasington, Louisiana State University
John Merrifield, University of Texas - San Antonio

Session Chairs:

Angela K. Dills, Clemson University

Papers:

"Conduct, Class Size, and Comprehension"
Angela K. Dills, Clemson University (Contact Author)
Sean E. Mulholland, Moravian College

"Staffing Classrooms: Do Teacher Hiring Practices Affect Teacher Quality?"
William D. Duncombe, Syracuse University (Contact Author)

"The Effects of Competition on the Provision of Education in Florida"
Dean Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University (Contact Author)

"Jockeying for Position: High School Student Mobility and Texas' Top-Ten Percent Rule"
Julie Berry Cullen, University Of California - San Diego
Mark C. Long, George Washington University
Randall Reback, Barnard College

Discussants:

Not yet assigned

Session Chairs:

Aparna Mitra, University of Oklahoma

Papers:

"Impact of Trade Liberalization on Discrimination in India"
Marilyn Jacob, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

"When the Weak Become Weaker: The Effect of Market Power on "Third Degree" Price Discrimination"
John A. List, University of Maryland
Jeffrey A. Livingston, Bentley College (Contact Author)

"The Status of Women Among the Scheduled Tribes in India"
Aparna Mitra, University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)

"Hate Fuel: Determinants of Fringe Group Formation"
Sean E. Mulholland, Moravian College (Contact Author)

"A Distributional Analysis of the Occupational Segregation of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market"
Dipanwita D. Sarkar, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Inhyuck "Steve" Ha, Western Carolina University
Lisa Dickson, Xavier University

Session Chairs:

Sean E. Mulholland, Moravian College

Papers:

"Parental Leave Schemes and Child Care in the Scandinavian Countries - A Model to Aspire To?"
Nabanita Datta Gupta, Aarhus School of Business - Denmark
Nina Smith, Aarhus School of Business - Denmark
Mette Verner, Aarhus School of Business - Denmark (Contact Author)

"Family Welfare and Child Domestic Labor: A Theoretical Model"
Pramod Singh Khadka, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

"How Expensive Are Children Who Live Somewhere Else?"
Ekaterina Stepanova, University of Washington (Contact Author)
Byron Tsang, University of Washington

"Why Have Maternal Labor Force Participation Rates Reached a Plateau?"
Wendy A. Stock, Montana State University
Christiana Stoddard, Montana State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Simona Bignami-Van Assche, University of Montreal