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

Session Chairs:

Scott Carter, The University of Tulsa

Papers:

"Inefficiency and Inequality in Local Public Services: School Consolidation In the First Half of the Twentieth Century"
Jeremy Richard Meiners, Washington University in St. Louis (Contact Author)

"Accounting for English Skill Premia"
Ahmed S. Rahman, U.S. Naval Academy (Contact Author)

"In Search of Productivity Shocks as a Cause of the Great Depression"
Sonam Gupta, University of Arizona (Contact Author)
Price Fishback, University of Arizona

"The Shaping of the Political-Economic Thought of a Future President:"
Gary M. Pecquet, Central Michigan University (Contact Author)
Clifford F. Thies, Shenandoah University

Discussants:

Scott Carter, The University of Tulsa
Gary M. Pecquet, Central Michigan University