Organizers:

Sarah M. Estelle, Hope College

Session Chairs:

Sarah M. Estelle, Hope College

Papers:

"Does It Pay to Be a Big Fish in a Small Pond? Evidence from Chinese Schooling Data"
Courtney Collins, Rhodes College (Contact Author)
Yaojing Wang, Texas A&M University

"'Lock the House, Here Comes the Train’: The Short-Run Effect of the Public Transit on Crime"
David C. Phillips, Hope College (Contact Author)
Danielle Sandler, University of California, Davis

"The Effect of Institutional Expenditures on Employment Outcomes and Wages"
Amanda L. Griffith, Wake Forest University (Contact Author)
Kevin Rask, Colorado College
Cassandra Benson, Colorado College

"The Distributional Effects of the Federal Empowerment Zone Program"
Curtis L. Reynolds, Kent State University
Shawn Rohlin, Kent State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Amanda L. Griffith, Wake Forest University
David C. Phillips, Hope College
Shawn Rohlin, Kent State University
Sarah M. Estelle, Hope College

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Organizers:

David L. Sjoquist, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

David L. Sjoquist, Georgia State University

Papers:

"State Merit-Aid Programs and College Major: A Focus on STEM"
David L. Sjoquist, Georgia State University
John Winters, Oklahoma State University

"The Specificity of General Human Capital: Evidence from College Major Choice"
Josh Kinsler, University of Rochester
Ronni Pavan, University of Rochester

"Was that SMART? Institutional Financial Incentives and Field of Study"
Jeffrey T. Denning, The University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)
Patrick Turley, Harvard University

"College Major Competitiveness and Attrition from the Sciences"
Marc Luppino, Federal Trade Commission
Richard H. Sander, University of California, Los Angeles

Discussants:

Christopher M. Cornwell, The University of Georgia
Celeste K. Carruthers, The University of Tennessee
M. Kathleen Thomas, Mississippi State University
Amanda L. Griffith, Wake Forest University

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