UC Riverside Department of Economics

Political Economy & Development Fall 2006

Fridayss, 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.

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