Political Economy & Development Seminars Fall 2005
Mondays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified) Sproul Hall 2206
Questions? Contact Susan Carter .
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 10/3/2005 | Jang-Ting Guo, Richard Sutch and Susan Carter, UCR, Kerry Odell, Scripps College | Katrina-nomics: What Disasters Can Teach Us About the Way the Economy Works |
| 10/10/2005* | Alan L. Olmstead UC Davis
*NOTE: with Paul Rhode |
Wait a Cotton Pickin’ Minute!: A New View of Slave Productivity |
| 10/17/2005 | Roberto Pedace Univ. of Redlands | Earnings, Performance, and Nationality Discrimination in a Highly Competitive Labor Market: An Analysis of the English Professional Soccer League |
| 10/24/2005* | Elizabeth Cascio UC Davis
*NOTE: with Nora Gordon, Ethan Lewis, and Sarah Reber |
Financial Incentives and the Desegregation of Southern Public Schools |
| 10/31/2005 | Alexander J. Field Santa Clara Univ. | The Impact of World War II on U.S. Productivity Growth |
| 11/7/2005* | Joseph Hotz UCLA
*NOTE: with Guido W. Imbern and Jacob A. Klerman |
Evaluating the Differential Effects of Alternative Welfare-to-Work Training Components: A Re-Analysis of the California GAIN Program
The Economics of the Civil Rights Revolution |
| 11/14/2005 | Gavin Wright Stanford | Figures |
| 11/18/2005* | Nancy Birdsall Center for Global Development
*NOTE: Friday |
From Social Policy to an Open-Economy Social Contract in Latin America |
| 11/21/2005* | Steven Topik UC Irvine
*NOTE: with Mario Samper |
The Latin American Coffee Commodity Chain: Brazil and Costa Rica |
| 11/28/2005 | David Fairris, and Leon Fernandez-Bujanda UCR | The Dissipation of Minimum Wage Gains for Workers through Labor-Labor Substitution |
| 12/5/2005 | Lopamudra Banerjee UCR | Effects of Flood on Agricultural Wages in Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis |