Organizers:

Susan Williams McElroy, University of Texas - Dallas

Session Chairs:

Samuel Myers, Jr., University of Minnesota

Papers:

"Disparities Between Census and Survey Data and School System Data on Black High School Drop-Out Rates: What Makes Sense?"
William E. Spriggs, Economic Policy Institute
Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute
Joydeep Roy, Economic Policy Institute

"Non-Random Sorting Around Breaks in the Regression-Discontinuity Design: Evidence From Class Size Reduction"
Patrick McEwan, Wellesley College
Miguel Urquiola, Columbia University

"Separate and Unequal: Georgia School Finance in 1910"
Susan Williams McElroy, University of Texas - Dallas
Kruti Dholakia, University of Texas - Dallas

Discussants:

Daniel M. O'Brien, University of Texas - Dallas
Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe, Duke University

Session Chairs:

Lisa Dickson, Xavier University

Papers:

"Affirmative Action in College Admission Decisions and the Distribution of Human Capital"
David Welsch, Idaho State University (Contact Author)

"The Returns on Higher Education: Gender Evidence"
Scott L. Tori, Valdosta State University (Contact Author)
Cynthia Royal Tori, Valdosta State University

"Welfare (to School?) to Work: How Welfare Reform Affects Collegiate Attainment"
Sarah M. Simmons, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"A Closer Look at Early Admissions: Is There an Equity-Efficiency Trade-Off?"
Rajashri Chakrabarti, Harvard University
Joydeep Roy, Economic Policy Institute (Contact Author)

"Labor Choice Decisions by College Students: An Analysis of the Impact of Merit Aid Programs"
L. Wayne Plumly, Valdosta State University (Contact Author)
Ralph C. Allen, Valdosta State University
Jack H. Stone, Spelman College
Nicholas G. Rupp, East Carolina State University

Discussants:

John Kane, State University of New York - Oswego
James H. Ullmer, Western Carolina University
Michelle Vachris, Christopher Newport University