Political Economy & Development Seminars Spring 2007
Fridays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified) Sproul 2206
Questions? Contact Mindy Marks , Susan Carter , and Richard Sutch
When available, the papers may be downloaded as pdf files, which can be read or printed using the Acrobat Reader.
| DATE | NAME | TITLE OF PRESENTATION |
|---|---|---|
| 4/2/2007* | David Swanson University of Mississippi Dir. Center of Population Studies
|
Assessing Katrina’s Demographic and Social Impacts on the Mississippi Gulf Coast: Preliminary Results |
| 4/20/2007 | Erica Field Harvard University | Iodine deficiency and schooling attainment in Tanzania |
| 4/27/2007 | Jorge Aguero UC Riverside | Stereotypes and Willingness to Change Them: Testing Theories of Discrimination in South Africa |
| 5/4/2007 | Latika Chaudhary (W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellow, Hoover Institution) | An Economic Analysis of Education in Colonial India |
| 5/11/2007 | Jae-Hee Son UC Riverside | Reappraising the Job-Training Effect on Labor Market Outputs of Korean Women |
| 5/18/2007 | Subhrendu Pattanayak RTI/North Carolina State | Nature’s Call: Can social mobilization promote toilet use and improve welfare? Results from a field experiment in Orissa, India |
| 5/25/2007 | Michael Steinberger Pomona College | Sexual Orientation, Earnings, and Occupational Choice |
| 6/1/2007* | Kurt Schwabe UC Riverside
*NOTE: (joint w/ Political Economy & Development) CANCELLED |
Determinants of Non-timber Forest Product Collection by Indigenous Smallholder Communities of Malaysia |
| 6/8/2007 | Prasanta Pattanaik UC Riverside | John Stuart Mill on welfare and public action |