Organizers:

Eugenia F. Toma, University of Kentucky

Session Chairs:

Eugenia F. Toma, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"The Political Economy of School Choice: Support for Charter Schools Across States and School Districts"
Sean P. Corcoran, California State University - Sacramento
Christiana Stoddard, Montana State University

"Determining the Supply of Private Schools"
David D. Sjoquist, Georgia State University
Lakshimi Pandey, Georgia State University
Mary Beth Walker, Georgia State University

"School Finance Centralization, Private Schools and Support for Public Education"
Eugenia F. Toma, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Ron Zimmer, Rand Corporation
John Jones, Kentucky Legislative Research Committee

"Are Charter Schools More Efficient? Comparing the Technical, Allocative and Scale Efficiency of Texas Public Schools"
Lori L. Taylor, Texas A&M University
Shawna Grosskopf, Oregon State University
Kathy J. Hayes, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Not yet assigned

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