Political Economy & Development Seminars Fall 2006

Fridays, 4:10-5:30 pm (unless otherwise specified) HMNSS 1500 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
9/29/2006	Greg Clark (Department of Economics, UC Davis)	Capitalism in our Genes? The Malthusian Era and the Formation of Modern Preferences
10/6/2006	Mindy Marks (Department of Economics, UCR)	Effects of Occupational Licensing Laws on Minorities: Evidence from the Progressive Era
10/13/2006	Susan Carter & Richard Sutch (Economics Department, UCR)	The Economic Consequences of Immigration for Resident Workers: Perspectives from America’s Age of Mass Migration
10/20/2006	Victor Lippit (Economics Department, UCR)	Social Structures of Accumulation Theory
10/27/2006	Leah P. Boustan (Department of Economics,UCLA)	Was Postwar Suburbanization White Flight? Evidence from the Black Migration
11/3/2006	Maryianne Bitler (Public Policy Inst of CA and UC Irvine)	Distribution Impacts of the Self-Sufficiency Project in Canada
11/11/2006	Ron Jarmin (US Census Bureau)	Volatility and Dispersion in Business Growth Rates: Publicly Traded verses Private Firms
12/1/2006	Eric Helland (Claremont-McKenna)	Crash and Learn: Consumption Externalities and the Reduction of Aircraft Accidents
12/8/2006	Lopamudra Banerjee (Economics Department, UCR)	Effects of Floods on Agricultural Wages in Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis