Session Chairs:

Elizabeth Weber Handwerker, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Papers:

"Demographic Contributions to Inequality: Decomposition Analyses by Income Source from 1969 to 2006"
Gulgun Bayaz, University of Connecticut
Richard V. Burkhauser, Cornell University
Kenneth A. Couch, University of Connecticut (Contact Author)

"Education and the Distribution of Wages: A Semiparametric Approach"
Judy Yang, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

"Measuring the Impact of College Cost Shocks on Parents' Labor Supply"
Elizabeth Weber Handwerker, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)
Emily Pas Isenberg, U.S. Census Bureau

"Wage Traps as Poverty and Distribution Traps in Neoclassical and Endogenous Growth Models"
Manfred Gaertner, University of St. Gallen (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Fenohasina Maret, The George Washington University
Robert M. Schmidt, University of Richmond
David S. Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau
Ekaterina Niman, University of Guelph

Session Chairs:

B. James Deaton, University of Guelph

Papers:

"Joint Regulation of Point and Nonpoint Polluters Using Ambient Taxes"
Luke Jones, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"FDI and Pollution Haven"
Bidisha Lahiri, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Environmental Performance on Financial Performance: Evidence from Climate Leaders Program"
Soma Ghosh, Bridgewater State College (Contact Author)

"Can Mining Explain Poverty? Empirical Evaluation of Mining Sector Contribution to the Persistence of Poverty in the U.S."
Ekaterina Niman, University of Guelph (Contact Author)
B. James Deaton, University of Guelph

Discussants:

Stratford M. Douglas, West Virginia University
Charles Griffiths, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Meryem Tekin, The University of Texas at Austin
Suchandra Basu, Rhode Island College