Session Chairs:

Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Papers:

"The Roles of Public Higher Education Expenditure and the Privatization of the Higher Education on U.S. States Economic Growth"
Bornali Bhandari, Fitchburg State College
Bradley Curs, University of Missouri-Columbia (Contact Author)

"Changing Incentives and Course-Taking in Merit Scholarships: The Case of 2004 Revisions to Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship"
Samuel J Rauschenberg, Georgia College & State University (Contact Author)

"Does Reducing College Costs Improve Educational Outcomes for Undocumented Immigrants?"
Chinhui Juhn, University of Houston (Contact Author)
Aimee Chin, University of Houston

Discussants:

Bornali Bhandari, Fitchburg State College
Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Session Chairs:

Joshua Dennis Hall, Drexel University

Papers:

"Institutions and the Rural-Urban Gap in Developing Countries"
Bornali Bhandari, Fitchburg State College
Christina Steiger, University of Oregon (Contact Author)

"Heterogeneity in Ability and Inheritance, Disparities and Development"
Sherif Khalifa, California State University, Fullerton (Contact Author)

"Impact of Trade Liberalization on Within and Across Country Income Inequality"
Joshua Dennis Hall, Drexel University (Contact Author)

"Short Term Investments in Agriculture: Is there a Gender Bias?"
Priya Bhagowalia, Purdue University (Contact Author)
Susan Chen, Purdue University
Gerald E. Shively, Purdue University

Discussants:

Bornali Bhandari, Fitchburg State College
Michael Bonnal, University of Alabama