2006 MEETINGS & SESSIONS 

Thursday, Jan. 5, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

 

Review of Black Political Economy - Board Meeting

Location: Gardner B, Sheraton Boston

 

 

Thursday, Jan. 5, 7:30pm - 9:30pm

 

NEA Executive Board Meeting

Location: Gardner B, Sheraton Boston

 

Jan. 6, 8:00 am

NEA

 

Education II (I2)

 

Presiding: CHRISTINA PAXSON, Princeton University

 

      JISHNU DAS, World Bank, STEPHAN DEARCON, Oxford University, JAMES HABYARIMANA, Georgetown University, and PRAMILA KRISHNAN, Cambridge University--Teacher Shocks and Student Learning: Evidence from Zambia

 

      CRYSTAL G. MUHAMMAD, North Carolina State University--The Black-Black Educational Attainment Gap: Social-Cultural and Academic Identity at Crossroads

 

OLUGBENGA AJILORE, University of Toledo--Local Public Demand and Education Finance

 

RHONDA SHARPE, Duke University--Does Educational Attainment Reduce Labor Market Discrimination?

 

Discussants: ELIZABETH ASIEDU, University of Kansas

      PHILIP JEFFERSON, Swarthmore College

MARVA CORLEY, International Labor Organization

 

Jan. 6, 10:15 am

NEA

 

Perspectives of the Economics of Education (I2)

 

Presiding: CAROLINE M. HOXBY, Harvard University

 

      LISA BARROW, LISA MARKMAN, and CECILIA ROUSE, Princeton University--Can Computers Improve the Math Skills of Girls?

 

      SUSAN WILLIAMS MCELROY, University of Texas-Dallas, and SAMUEL L. MYERS, JR., University of Minnesota--Decomposing Racial Gaps in Test Scores: The Role of Suspensions

 

      ALICIA POWERS, Westat--Connecting the Dots: Linking Prior Student Expectations to High School Completion Outcomes

 

KRUTI DHOLAKIA, University of Texas-Dallas--Education: A Determinant of Birth Weights in Texas Counties in 2001

 

Discussants:  DAVID C. RIBAR, George Washington University

BRIDGET TERRY LONG, Harvard University

LAURA RAZZOLINI, Virginia Commonwealth University

January 6, 2006, 12:30-2:00 pm

WESTERFIELD LUNCHEON

Jan. 6, 2:30 pm

NEA

 

Sir Arthur Lewis in Retrospect (B3)

 

Presiding:  KAY HUSBANDS FEALING, National Science Foundation and Williams College

 

      CHARLES BECKER, Duke University and TERRY-ANN CRAIGIE, Michigan State University--W. Arthur Lewis in Retrospect

 

      ROMIE TRIBBLE, Spelman College--Terms of Trade, Inequality and Structural Transformation in Development

 

      HAYDAR KURBAN, Howard University--Lewis to Henderson: An Analysis of Suburban Growth Between 1990 and 2000

 

      KASAUNDRA TOMLIN, Oakland University--Assessing the Efficacy of Consumer Boycotts of the Unfavorable Treatment of Workers in Less-Developed Countries: A Shareholder Analysis of Their Impact on U.S. Target Firms

 

Discussants: WILLIAM DARITY, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

KAY HUSBANDS FEALING, National Science Foundation and Williams College

DARRICK HAMILTON, New School University

 

Jan. 7, 8:00 am

NEA

 

Skin Tone and Economic Outcomes: Historical Evidence (J7)

 

Presiding: SHELLEY WHITE-MEANS, University of Tennessee-Memphis

 

HOWARD BODENHORN and CHRISTOPHER RUEBECK, Lafayette College--Colorism and African-American Wealth: Evidence from Nineteenth Century South

 

      NINA BANKS, Bucknell University--Unpacking Sadie: Creating Her Own Pathways to Practicing Economics

 

      WILLIAM DARITY, Jr., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Sanford Institute, Duke University--Eric Williams and Color Stratification in the Caribbean

 

GREGORY N. PRICE, Jackson State University--Community Characteristics and Crime

 

Discussants: GREGORY N. PRICE, Mississippi Urban Research Center

PATRICK MASON, Florida State University

SHELLEY WHITE-MEANS, University of Tennessee, Memphis

 

Jan. 7, 10:15 am

AEA/NEA

 

Skin Tone Discrimination and Economic Outcomes (J1)

 

Presiding: SHELLEY WHITE-MEANS, University of Tennessee-Memphis

 

      ARTHUR GOLDSMITH, Washington and Lee University, DARRICK HAMILTON, New School University, and WILLIAM DARITY, JR., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill—From Dark to Light: Skin Color and Wages among African-Americans

 

      KWABENA GYIMAH-BREMPONG, University of South Florida, and GREGORY N. PRICE, Jackson State University—Crime and Punishment: And Skin Hue Too?

 

      JONI HERSCH, Harvard University Law School—When Does Skin Tone Affect Treatment of African Americans

 

      HOWARD BODENHORN, Lafayette College—The Economic Consequences of Colorism and Complexion Homogamy in the Black Community: Some Historical Evidence

 

Discussants: ORLEY ASHENFELTER, Princeton University

      SHELLEY WHITE-MEANS, University of Tennessee-Memphis

      LEONCE NDIKUMANA, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

      MARGARET SIMMS, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

 

Jan. 7, 2:30 pm

NEA

 

African-American Economic Outcomes (J1)

 

Presiding:  LEONCE NDIKUMANA, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

 

      WILLIAM BRADFORD, University of Washington, and Timothy Bates, Wayne State University--Minority Focused Private Equity Funds: Performance and Prospects

 

      BROOKS ROBINSON, McLean, VA--African Americans, Television, and Unemployment

 

      JAMES MOORE, U.S. Department of Labor, and CHARLES BETSEY, Howard University--Savings Behavior After Lump-Sum Distribution: Implications for Private Accounts Within Social Security

 

      EBONYA WASHINGTON, Yale University--How Black Candidates Affect Voter Turnout and Candidate Positioning

 

Discussants:  LEONCE NDIKUMANA, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

      BERNARD ANDERSON, University of Pennsylvania

      CECILIA CONRAD, Pomona College

      MARVA CORLEY, International Labor Organization

January 7, 2006, 5:00 - 7:00 pm

NEA GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Location: Back Bay C, Sheraton Boston

January 7, 2006, 7:00 - 8:00 pm
NEA PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AND RECEPTION

 

Jan. 8, 8:00 am

NEA

 

Education, Health and Welfare from Diverse Perspectives (I0)

 

Presiding: LINDA LOUBERT, Morgan State University

 

      MICHAEL ASH and DEAN ROBINSON, University of Massachusetts-Amherst--Inequality, Race, and Mortality: A Critical Replication

 

      LEE BADGETT and LISA SAUNDERS, University of Massachusetts-Amherst--Double Disadvantage? African American Same-Sex Couples: Evidence from the 2000 Census

 

      MARY KING, Portland State University--Occupational Segregation by Race and Sex in Brazil, 1989-2001

 

      CATHERINE WEINBERGER, University of California-Santa Barbara--Racial Gaps in High School Leadership Opportunities

 

Discussants:  MARLENE KIM, University of Massachusetts-Boston

LINDA LOUBERT, Morgan State University

MARTHA OLNEY, University of California-Berkeley

 

Jan. 8, 10:15 am

NEA

 

The Political Economy of Race, Crime and Imprisonment (K4)

 

Presiding:  SAMUEL MYERS, JR., University of Minnesota

 

      PATRICK MASON, Florida State University--Racial Bias Policing

 

      SAMUEL MYERS, JR., University of Minnesota--The Deterrent Effects of HUD Enforcement Efforts on Racial Differences in Loan Denial Rates

 

SHEILA ARDS, University of Minnesota--Modeling Racialized Perceptions:  The Case of Child Maltreatment.

 

      ROLAND FRYER, Harvard University--On the Measurement of Gerrymandering

 

Discussants: WILLIAM SABOL, U.S. Government Accountability Office

LINDA LOURY, Tufts University

      ALBERT OKUNADE, University of Memphis

      SENDHIL MULLAINATHAN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

 

 

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