Organizers:

M. Kathleen Thomas, Mississippi State University

Session Chairs:

M. Kathleen Thomas, Mississippi State University

Papers:

"The Effects of Indiana's Twenty-First Century Scholars Program on College Aspirations and Completion"
Robert Toutkoushian, The University of Georgia
Donald Hossler, Indiana University
Stephen L. DesJardins, University of Michigan
Brian McCall, University of Michigan
Manuel Canche, The University of Georgia

"Intra-Family Relations, Poverty, and High School Performance"
Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University
Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University
Darrick Hamilton, The New School
William A. Darity, Jr., Duke University

"Strategic Senioritis and the Impact of Texas's Top Ten Percent Law on High School Outcomes"
Daniel M. Leeds, Michigan Department of Education
Lindsay Daugherty, RAND
Isaac Martorell, Jr., RAND
Isaac McFarlin, Jr., University of Michigan

"Have the Returns to an Incomplete Education Changed Over Time?"
Rodney J. Andrews, The University of Texas at Dallas
Omari H. Swinton, Howard University

"Middle School Music Education and Its Impact on High School Persistence: An Examination of Little Kids Rock"
Priyanka Singh, The University of Texas at Dallas
M. Kathleen Thomas, Mississippi State University

Discussants:

John Winters, Oklahoma State University
David L. Sjoquist, Georgia State University
Courtney Collins, Rhodes College
Marigee Bacolod, Naval Postgraduate School

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Session Chairs:

Marigee Bacolod, Naval Postgraduate School

Papers:

"Immigrant Assimilation, Wages, and Skills"
Marigee Bacolod, Naval Postgraduate School (Contact Author)
Bernardo Blum, University of Toronto
Marcos Rangel, Princeton University

"Immigrant Assets in the United States"
Paula M. Kazi, Bucknell University (Contact Author)

"Private-Sector Work Training and the Earnings of High- and Low-Skill Immigrant Workers in the U.S."
Youngok Lim, University of California Merced (Contact Author)

"Self-Identification and Adult Wellbeing Outcomes of American Immigrant Children"
Deniz Gevrek, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (Contact Author)

"Pecuniary and Nonpecuniary Benefits of Education at the Intensive Margin: Academic Performance in Middle and High School and Adult Outcomes among American Immigrants"
Deniz Gevrek, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (Contact Author)
Z. Eylem Gevrek, University of Konstanz
Cahit Guven, Deakin University

Discussants:

Youngok Lim, University of California Merced
Deniz Gevrek, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Paula M. Kazi, Bucknell University
Kristen Broady, Fort Valley State University
Marigee Bacolod, Naval Postgraduate School

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