Organizers:

Charles T. Clotfelter, Duke University

Session Chairs:

Charles T. Clotfelter, Duke University

Papers:

"Returns to Effort vs. Schooling Among Young Adults"
Angela K. Dills, Clemson University
Jeff S. DeSimone, University of South Florida and NBER

"The Impact of Education Histories on the Decision to Become Self-Employed: A Study of Young Minority Business Owners"
M. Kathleen Thomas, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)

"Teacher Training, Race, and Poverty in Urban Schools"
Eugenia F. Toma, Wendell H. Ford Professor of Public Policy, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Randall Reback, Barnard College
Charles M. Becker, Duke University
Douglas Harris, Florida State University

Organizers:

Kathryn H. Anderson, Vanderbilt University

Session Chairs:

Kathryn H. Anderson, Vanderbilt University

Papers:

"Poverty and Wealth in Post-Communist Economies: What Would Karl Marx Say?"
Alexei Izyumov, University of Louisville (Contact Author)

"Employment Obstacles: Evidence From Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Russia"
Susan J. Linz, Michigan State University (Contact Author)

"Computer Adoption and Returns in Transition"
Yemisi Kuku, Iowa State University
Rajesh Singh, Iowa State University
Peter F. Orazem, Iowa State University

"Demographic and Economic Change in the Kyrgyz Republic"
Kathryn H. Anderson, Vanderbilt University
Charles M. Becker, Duke University

Discussants:

Stephen P. Heyneman, Vanderbilt University
J. S. Butler, University of Kentucky
Kathryn H. Anderson, Vanderbilt University