Organizers:

Charles T. Clotfelter, Duke University

Session Chairs:

Charles T. Clotfelter, Duke University

Papers:

"Not Whether, but Where? How Pell Grants Shape College Choices"
Jilleah Welch, The University of Tennessee
Celeste K. Carruthers, The University of Tennessee

"Explaining Racial Differences in College Major Choice and Post-College Aspirations"
Amanda L. Griffith, Wake Forest University
Gary Cohen, Cornell University
Ronald Ehrenberg, Cornell University

"Science and Engineering PhDs and Postdocs: Career Preferences Versus Realized Outcomes"
Henry Sauermann, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

"The Market for College Since the 1970s: Bumps on the Road to Meritocracy"
Charles T. Clotfelter, Duke University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David L. Sjoquist, Georgia State University
John Winters, Oklahoma State University

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Organizers:

Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University

Session Chairs:

Jessica Hennessey, Furman University

Papers:

"What Caused the Skyscraper Building Boom of the 1920s? Evidence from New York City"
Jason Barr, Rutgers University (Contact Author)

"Controlling TB in a World Without Antibiotics: Isolation and Education in North Carolina, 1932-1940"
Alex Hollingsworth, University of Arizona (Contact Author)

"Deconstructing the Returns to School Quality in the Jim Crow South"
Marianne H. Wanamaker, The University of Tennessee
Celeste K. Carruthers, The University of Tennessee

"The Federal Reserve Bank of Cincinnati? Voting on the Establishment of Federal Reserve Bank Cities"
Jac C. Heckelman, Wake Forest University
John H. Wood, Wake Forest University

Discussants:

Fred Smith, Davidson College
Werner Troesken, University of Pittsburgh
Leonard A. Carlson, Emory University
Jason Barr, Rutgers University

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Organizers:

Celeste K. Carruthers, The University of Tennessee

Session Chairs:

Gary Hoover, The University of Alabama

Papers:

"The Impact of Competitive Food Bans in Schools on BMI and Nutrition"
Rachana Bhatt, University System of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Do Pell Grants Affect Student Labor Supply?: Evidence from a Regression Kink Design"
Michael S. Kofoed, United States Military Academy (Contact Author)

"High School and Peer Influences on College Application"
Sandra Black, The University of Texas
Kalena E. Cortes, Texas A&M University
Jane Lincove, The University of Texas (Contact Author)

"Aid for All: College Coaching, Financial Aid, and Postsecondary Persistence in Tennessee"
Celeste K. Carruthers, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)
William Fox, The University of Tennessee

Discussants:

David L. Sjoquist, Georgia State University
John Winters, Oklahoma State University

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