UC Riverside Department of Economics

Development/Applied Economics (DAE) Spring 2008

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

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

Apr 2	Fred Finan UC Los Angeles	Motivating Politicians: The Impacts of Monetary Incentives on Quality and Performance
Apr 9	Susan Carter UC Riverside	Celestial Suppers: The Political Economy of America's Chop Suey Craze, 1900-1930
Apr 16	Fernando Lozano Pomona College	The FIFA World Cup and the Hours of Work of American Males
Apr 23	Carmen Carrion-Flores University of Florida	Does Induced Innovation Create an Environmental Policy Multiplier? A Simultaneous Equation Model of Pollution Policy and Patenting
Apr 30	Shelly Lundberg University of Washington DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER	Time Allocation of Parents and Investments in Sons and Daughters
May 7	Ashok Kotwal University of British Columbia DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER	How Does Poverty Decline? Suggestive Evidence from India, 1983-1999
May 14	Steve Boucher UC Davis	CANCELLED
May 21	Daniel Millimet Southern Methodist University	School Nutrition Programs and The Incidence of Childhood Obesity
May 28	Aprajit Mahajan Stanford University	Malaria, ITN's and Information in Orissa (India)
Jun 4	Dileni Gunewardena University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka	Glass Cielings, Sticky Floors or Sticky Doors? A Quantile Regression Approach to Exploring Gender Wage Gaps in Sri Lanka
June 9	(1) Craig McLaren Doctoral Student, UCR Economics (2) Trini Beleche Doctoral Student, UCR Economics	(1) The Problem with Preferences (2) Changes in Divorce Laws on Divorce Rates in Mexico