Development/Applied Economics – UCR | Department of Economics

Development/Applied Economics Spring 2008

Christina Gnuschke — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:23:34 +0000

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.

DATE	NAME	TITLE OF PRESENTATION
4/2/2008	Fred Finan UC Los Angeles	Motivating Politicians: The Impacts of Monetary Incentives on Quality and Performance
4/9/2008	Susan Carter UC Riverside	Celestial Suppers: The Political Economy of America’s Chop Suey Craze, 1900-1930
4/16/2008	Fernando Lozano Pomona College	The FIFA World Cup and the Hours of Work of American Males
4/23/2008	Carmen Carrion-Flores University of Florida	Does Induced Innovation Create an Environmental Policy Multiplier? A Simultaneous Equation Model of Pollution Policy and Patenting
4/30/2008	Shelly Lundberg University of Washington DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER	Time Allocation of Parents and Investments in Sons and Daughters
5/7/2008	Ashok Kotwal University of British Columbia DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER	How Does Poverty Decline? Suggestive Evidence from India, 1983-1999
5/14/2008	Steve Boucher UC Davis	TBA
5/21/2008	TBA	TBA
5/28/2008	Aprajit Mahajan Stanford University	TBA
6/4/2008	Dileni Gunewardena	TBA

Christina Gnuschke — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:58:36 +0000

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

Questions? Contact Richard Arnott

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
1/9/2008	Arakdipta Ghosh, UCR Associate	The Effect of Land Reforms on Long Term Health and Well-being in India
1/16/2008	TBA	TBA
1/23/2008	TBA	TBA
1/30/2008	Mason Gaffney Department of Economics UCR	New Life in Old Cities
2/6/2008	Daniel McMillen University of Illinois	Changes in the Distribution of House Prices Over Time: Structural Characteristics, Neighborhood, or Coefficients
2/13/2008	Dan Bogart University of Irvine	Developmental States?: Explaining Cross-Country Differences in Private vs. State Ownership of New Railroad Miles, 1860-1912
2/20/2008	Santiago Pinto West Virginia University	The Politics of Investment: Partisan Governments, Wages and Employment
2/27/2008	Alex Anas University of Buffalo	Efficient Urban Sprawl and Alternative Public Finance Policies in a System of Replicable Cities
3/5/2008	Donald Cox Boston College	The Biology and Economics of Sexual Infidelity
5/12/2008	Can Erbil Brandeis University	TBA

Christina Gnuschke — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:26:29 +0000

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.

DATE	NAME	TITLE OF PRESENTATION
10/3/2007	Todd Sorensen UCR	Do You Receive a Lighter Prison Sentence Because You Are A Woman? An Economic Analysis of Federal Criminal Sentencing Guidelines.
10/10/2007	Anita Alves Pena Colorado State Univ.	Locational Choices of Legal and Illegal Mexican Agricultural Workers in the U.S.
10/17/2007	Christopher Carpenter UC Irvine	How Do Workplace Smoking Laws Work? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Local Laws in Ontario, Canada
10/24/2007	Doug Miller UC Davis	The South African pension program and the health of the elderly and their families
10/31/2007	David Vazquez-Guzman Univ. of Stirling, Scotland	Inequality in Mexico: Methodological and Empirical Issues
11/7/2007	Maurizio Mazzocco UCLA	Testing for efficient risk sharing in rural India
11/14/2007	Vijaya Ramachandran Georgetown University	What matters to Firms in Africa? Relevance of Data on Perceptions
11/21/2007	THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY	NO SEMINAR
11/28/2007	Jae Hee Son UCR	The Effects of Job Training on the Wages of Korean Women
12/5/2007	Jorge Aguero & Mindy Marks UCR	Disentangling the Relationship Between Motherhood and Wages: Evidence from Latin America