Friday 1:15 - 3:00 p.m. |
Session 64C Topics in Post-Secondary Education |
Session Chairs: |
Lisa Dickson, Xavier University |
Papers: |
"Affirmative Action in College Admission Decisions and the Distribution of Human Capital" "The Returns on Higher Education: Gender Evidence" "Welfare (to School?) to Work: How Welfare Reform Affects Collegiate Attainment" "A Closer Look at Early Admissions: Is There an Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off?" "Labor Choice Decisions by College Students: An Analysis of the Impact of Merit Aid Programs" |
Discussants: |
John Kane, State University of New York - Oswego |
Saturday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. |
Session 104G The Economics of Elementary and Secondary Education |
Session Chairs: |
Sarah M. Simmons, University of Virginia |
Papers: |
"The Importance of State-Level Analysis of Educational Production Functions" "Reading, Math, Social Studies: Who Loses? Who Gains? A Study of the Consequences of NCLB" "School Resources and Test Scores: A Mother-Natural Experiment" |
Discussants: |
Lisa Dickson, Xavier University |
Sunday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. |
Session 181N Discrimination and Segmentation |
Session Chairs: |
Aparna Mitra, University of Oklahoma |
Papers: |
"Impact of Trade Liberalization on Discrimination in India" "When the Weak Become Weaker: The Effect of Market Power on "Third Degree" Price Discrimination" "The Status of Women Among the Scheduled Tribes in India" "Hate Fuel: Determinants of Fringe Group Formation" "A Distributional Analysis of the Occupational Segregation of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market" |
Discussants: |
Inhyuck "Steve" Ha, Western Carolina University |
Sunday 2:30 - 4:15 p.m. |
Session 235R Wages, Compensation and Fringe Benefits |
Session Chairs: |
Linda S. Ghent, Eastern Illinois University |
Papers: |
"'Atypical Work' and Compensation" "What is the Value of a Second Language?" "The Job Lock Effect of Employment Based Health Insurance: A Simultaneous Equations Model" "Getting More Than You're Paid: Working Sorting and the Non-Pecuniary Value of Managerial Status" "Factors Influencing Governors' Salaries, 1971-2002" |
Discussants: |
Lisa Dickson, Xavier University |