Saturday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. SEA* |
Session 01F* Issues in Public Sector Economics I |
Organizers: |
J.R. Clark, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
Session Chairs: |
J.R. Clark, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
Papers: |
"Preference Formation, Choice Sets, and the Creative Destruction of Preferences" "Differential Increases in Longevity and Progressivity of Social Security in the U.S." "The 17th Amendment, Senator Ideology, and the Growth of Government" "Institutional Quality and the Tenure of Dictators" |
Discussants: |
Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University |
Sunday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. SEA |
Session 05J Labor Market Outcomes II |
Session Chairs: |
Christian Brown, Middle Tennessee State University |
Papers: |
"English Proficiency and Earnings of Foreign-Born Immigrants in the U.S. from 1980 to 2000 and the Role of Minority-Language Enclaves" "High School Employment and the Economic Assimilation of the Children of Immigrants" "The Effect of Alcohol Use on the Wage Returns to Education" "Comparing the Effects of Legal and Illegal Drug Use on Work Absenteeism" "On the Evolution of Incarceration-Induced Labor Frictions" |
Discussants: |
Wesley Austin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette |