Session Chairs:

Tin-Chun Lin, Indiana University - Northwest

Papers:

"Can Too Much TV Ground You for Life? TV Viewing and Child Outcomes"
Samrat Bhattacharya, FTAM
Abdul Munasib, Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

"Mixture Model Interpretation of Early Childhood Development Programs"
Paul V. Hamilton, Marshall University and Center for Business and Economic Research (Contact Author)

"The Effects of Spanish-Language Background on Schooling and Achievement Test Scores"
Luis Locay, University of Miami
Tracy L. Regan, University of Miami (Contact Author)
Arthur Diamond, University of Nebraska - Omaha

"The Impact of Teacher Quality on Public School Performance: Evidence from Pennsylvania"
Tin-Chun Lin, Indiana University - Northwest (Contact Author)

"The Intended and Unintended Consequences of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act: Evidence From Wisconsin"
Rajashri Chakrabarti, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Albert A. Okunade, University of Memphis
Scott L. Tori, Valdosta State University

Session Chairs:

John M. Krieg, Western Washington University

Papers:

"Do Households Value Competition Among Public Schools? A Natural Experiment"
Spencer Banzhaf, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Garima Bhalla, Georgetown University

"The Distributional Effects of the No Child Left Behind Act"
John M. Krieg, Western Washington University (Contact Author)

"Retention of High School Economics Knowledge and the Effect of the California State Mandate"
Chiara Gratton-Lavoie, California State University - Fullerton (Contact Author)
Andrew M. Gill, California State University - Fullerton

Discussants:

Todd Sorensen, University of Arizona
Tin-Chun Lin, Indiana University - Northwest