Organizers:

Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University
Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky

Session Chairs:

Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"Entry Barriers, Financial Frictions, and Cross-Country Differences in Income and TFP"
Lei Fang, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)

"Productivity Growth in Manufacturing and Services Across U.S. States: What Can We Learn from Factor Prices?"
Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)
Bibhudutta Panda, Louisiana State University

"Measuring and Accounting for Cross Country Differences in Education Quality"
Todd Schoellman, Arizona State University (Contact Author)

"Does Education Matter for Economic Growth?"
Daniel J. Henderson, Binghamton University (Contact Author)
Michael S. Delgado, Binghamton University
Christopher Parmeter, Virginia Tech

Discussants:

Bulent Unel, Louisiana State University
Michal Jerzmanowski, Clemson University
Stelios Michalopoulos, Tufts University
William R. Hauk, Jr., University of South Carolina

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Organizers:

Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University
Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky

Session Chairs:

Areendam Chanda, Louisiana State University

Papers:

"Borders in Africa: A Natural Experiment?"
Stelios Michalopoulos, Tufts University (Contact Author)
Elias Papaioannou, Dartmouth College

"Divergence"
Michal Jerzmanowski, Clemson University (Contact Author)

"Growth Regressions and the Problem of Endogeneity"
William R. Hauk, Jr., University of South Carolina (Contact Author)

"On Persistent Poverty in a Rich Country"
Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
T.M. Tonmoy Islam, University of Kentucky
James P. Ziliak, University of Kentucky

Discussants:

Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky
Vadym Volosovych, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Daniel J. Henderson, Binghamton University
Todd Schoellman, Arizona State University

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Organizers:

John T. Addison, University of South Carolina
Pedro Portugal, Bank of Portugal

Session Chairs:

John T. Addison, University of South Carolina

Papers:

"Where the Girls Are: Trade and Labor Market Segregation in Columbia"
Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Josh Ederington, University of Kentucky
Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky

"Wage Insurance Within German Firms – Do Institutions Matter?"
Nicole Guertzgen, Center for European Economic Research/ZEW (Contact Author)

"Firm and Individual Heterogeneity in Wage Determination"
Sónia Torres, Faculdade de Economia – Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Contact Author)
Pedro Portugal, Bank of Portugal
John T. Addison, University of South Carolina

"Allowing for Contract Fixed Effects in Modeling Wage Determination"
Pedro Portugal, Bank of Portugal (Contact Author)
Paulo Guimaraes, University of South Carolina
John T. Addison, University of South Carolina

Discussants:

Chad Cotti, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
John T. Addison, University of South Carolina
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University

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