UC Riverside Department of Economics

Political Economy & Development Spring 2006

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

Questions? Contact Mindy Marks (mindy.marks@ucr.edu).

When available, the papers may be downloaded as pdf files, which can be read or printed using the Acrobat Reader.

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