Political Economy & Development Seminars Spring 2006

Mondays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified) Sproul Hall 2206

Questions? Contact Mindy Marks.

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
4/10/2006 Kate Antonovics (UCSD) A New Look at Racial Profiling: Evidence from the Boston Police Department
4/17/2006 Marigee Bacolod (UCI) The Effects of Wal-Mart on Local Labor Markets
4/24/2006 Marigee Bacolod (UCI) Cross-Cohort Changes in the Returns to Schooling and Early Work Experiences: Consequences on the Gender Wage Differential
5/1/2006 Heather Antecol (Claremont McKenna) Racial and Ethnic Harassment in Local Communities
5/8/2006 Hyeok Jeong (USC) Complementarity and Transition to Modern Economic Growth
5/15/2006 Noel Johnson (Cal State Long Beach) TBA
5/22/2006 Noel Johnson (Cal State Long Beach) Fiscal Crisis and Institutional Change in the Ottoman Empire and France
6/5/2006 Arin Dube (UC Berkeley) Impact of Wal-Mart Growth on Earnings throughout the Retail Sector in Urban and Rural Counties