2007 Sessions for Christian Dreger

 
Tuesday
4:00 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 18L
Family Differences in Earnings and Human Capital

Session Chairs:

Christian Dreger, DIW Berlin

Papers:

"Lucky in Life, Unlucky in Love? The Effects of Random Income Shocks on Divorce"
Scott Hankins, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Mark L. Hoekstra, University of Pittsburgh

"Is There a Role of Cultural Factors in Explaining the Male Marriage Premium?"
Dipanwita D. Sarkar, University of Louisiana at Monroe (Contact Author)

"Market Structure and Wage Discrimination"
Sonam Gupta, University of Arizona (Contact Author)
Ronald L. Oaxaca, University of Arizona

"Human Capital Attainment and Gender Empowerment: The Kerala Paradox"
Aparna Mitra, University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)
Ms. Pooja Singh, Independent Researcher

Discussants:

Dipanwita D. Sarkar, University of Louisiana at Monroe
Aparna Mitra, University of Oklahoma
Sonam Gupta, University of Arizona


 
Wednesday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 19N
Technological Change and Growth

Session Chairs:

Shrawantee Saha, University of New Hampshire

Papers:

"A Constrained Nonlinear Solow Model for the Use of Technologies in a Food Industry Firm"
Lauro Jaime Martinez, Cortés, Universidad Anáhuac / Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores S. C. (Contact Author)
Gaston Vertiz Camaron, Universidad Anahuac
Gilberto Anzaldo-San-Vicente, Banco de México

"European Regional Convergence in a Human Capital Augmented Solow Model"
Christian Dreger, DIW Berlin (Contact Author)
Matthias Tuerck, University of Kassel
Hans-Friedrich Eckey, University of Kassel

"Growth and Interregional Convergence in Transition Economies"
Kiril Tochkov, Texas Christian University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Christian Dreger, DIW Berlin
Shrawantee Saha, University of New Hampshire


<