Organizers:

Donna K. Ginther, The University of Kansas

Session Chairs:

Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"The Labor Market Returns to a Private Two-Year College Education"
Stephanie Riegg Cellini, The George Washington University (Contact Author)
Latika Chaudhary, Scripps College

"Estimating the Returns to Schooling: Implications from a Structural Model"
Suqin Ge, Virginia Tech (Contact Author)

"Pension-Induced Rigidities in the Labor Market for School Principals"
Jason Grissom, University of Missouri (Contact Author)
Cory R. Koedel, University of Missouri
Shawn Ni, University of Missouri
Michael Podgursky, University of Missouri

"Labor-Market Returns to the GED Using Regression Discontinuity Analysis"
Christopher Jepsen, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Peter R. Mueser, University of Missouri
Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky

Discussants:

Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky
Philippe Belley, Kansas State University

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Session Chairs:

Alison Jacknowitz, American University

Papers:

"Family Structure and the Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Outcomes of Young Children"
Cory R. Koedel, University of Missouri
Teerachat Techapaisarnjaroenkit, University of Missouri (Contact Author)

"Exploring the Effects of Community College Attendance Cost on Community College Education and Labor Market Returns"
Edward C. See, University of Florida (Contact Author)

"Do Business Cycle Fluctuations Affect College Major Choices?"
Elizabeth S. Bradley, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Peer Effects Among Limited English Proficient (LEP) Students: Do LEP Students Affect Each Other?"
Sa An Bui, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Early Childhood Education Expenditures and the Distribution of Income"
William Blankenau, Kansas State University
Xiaoyan (Laura) Chen, Kansas State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Lisa Dickson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Lynn MacDonald, St. Cloud State University
Echu Liu, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Tin-Chun Lin, Indiana University Northwest
Xiaoyan (Laura) Chen, Kansas State University

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