Summary of NEA Sessions


Session 1: The Cooperative Economic Development: Theory and Practice
Session 2: Financial Services in the Black Community
Session 3: Economics Education at Historically Black College and Universities: Teaching, Learning, and Research
Session 4: Health Policy: Exploring Unintended Consequences of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
Session 5: Dissertations
Session 6: Cross-National Comparisons of Inter-Group (Racial and Ethnic) Economic Disparity
Session 7: Reparations and Public Policy
Session 8: Cutting-Edge Methodologies in Examining Economics and Race

NEA Session 1
The Cooperative Economic Development: Theory and Practice
Hilton, Room 551
8:00a.m., Sunday, January 3, 1999
Presiding: Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Morgan State University

  • "Cooperative Economics: A Community Revitalization Strategy" by Curtis Haynes, Jr. (Buffalo State College) and Jessica Gordon Nembhard (Morgan State University)
  • "Theory and Praxis: Cooperative Enterprise Development in Buffalo, New York" by Curtis Haynes, Jr. (Buffalo State College)
  • "Social Capital, Cultural Capital, and Collective Economic Enterprises in Inner City Neighborhoods" by Sigmund C. Shipp (Hunter College)
  • "The Calculus of Pan-Africanism" by Augustin Fosu (African Economic Research Consortium)
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    Discussants: James Stewart (Pennsylvania State University) and Willene Johnson (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

    NEA Session 2
    Financial Services in the Black Community
    Hilton, Room 520
    10:15a.m., Sunday, January 3, 1999
    Presiding: Ngina Chiteji (University of Michigan) and William Darity, Jr. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • "Formal and Informal Banking in Multi-Ethnic Los Angeles: Implications for African-American Community Development" by Gary Dymski (University of California at Riverside)
  • "What Can Cities Expect from Community-Based Financial Institutions" by Gwendolyn Flowers (U.S. Small Business Administration)
  • "Black-Owed Banks and Attitudes Toward Risk" by Christopher Henderson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
  • "Bank Account Ownership and Asset Accumulation Among African-American Households: Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics" by Frank Stafford (University of Michigan) and Ngina Chiteji (University of Michigan)

    • Discussants: Elijah Brewer (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago), Darryl Getter (U.S. Naval Academy), and Sonya Williams Stanton (Ohio State University)

    NEA Session 3
    Economics Education at Historically Black College and Universities: Teaching, Learning, and Research
    Hilton, Room 551
    2:30p.m., Sunday, January 3, 1999
    Presiding: Gregory Price (North Carolina A&T State University

  • "Economics Research at Black Colleges and Universities: Determinants, Rankings, and Differences with White Colleges and Universities" by Jacqueline Agesa and Maury Granger (North Carolina A&T State University)
  • "Cognitive Learning in Principles of Economics at Historically Black and Traditionally White Colleges and Universities: Differences in Value-Added" by Scott Simkins (North Carolina A&T State University) and Stuart Allen (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
  • "Increasing the Supply of Black Economists: The Link Between HBCU Research Productivity and Earned Doctorates" by Gregory Price (North Carolina A&T State University)
  • "Does Student Exposure to Experimental Auction Markets Improve Performance in Economics Principles at HBCU's?" by Donald Andrews, Ashagre Yigletu, Ross Daniels, and Krishna Agnihotri (Southern University)

    • Discussants: Willis Sheftall (Morehouse College) and Alvin Headen (North Carolina State University)

    NEA Session 4
    Health Policy: Exploring Unintended Consequences of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997
    Hilton, Room 551
    8:00a.m., Monday, January 4, 1999
    Presiding: Alvin Headen (North Carolina State University) and Shelly White-Means (University of Memphis)

  • "Grandma Versus Medicare and Medicare Home Health Agencies: How Much Will the Older Working Woman Lose in the Competition for Long-term Care Services?" by Alvin Headen (North Carolina State University)
  • "The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and Minority Health: The Case of WIC" by Geoffrey Warner (Harvard School of Public Health)
  • "Managed Home Health Care and Family Caregivers" by Shelly White-Means (University of Memphis)

    • Discussants: William Dickens (Florida A&M University) and Darrell Gaskin (Georgetown University Medical Center)

    NEA Session 5
    Dissertations
    Hilton, Room 551
    10:15a.m., Monday, January 4, 1999
    Presiding: William M. Rodgers III (College of William and Mary)

  • "Essays in Monetary Economics" by Seth Carpenter (College of William and Mary)
  • "Spillover Effects of R&D on Manufacturing Productivity Growth in the United States, Japan, and South Korea: A Multi-Country Approach" by Marva Corley (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
  • "Ten Millionaires and Ten MIllion Beggars: A Study of Dualism, Income Inequality, Households, Class, and Development in Kenya" by Mwangi wa Githinji (Gettysburg College)
  • "Essays on International Finance and Macroeconmics: The Effects of Liberalization and Reform on LDC Stock Prices and Investment" by Peter Henry (Stanford University)
  • "The Effects of Part-Time Work and the Minimum Wage on Educational Outcomes" by Mark Turner (Urban Institute and Johns Hopkins University)

    • Discussants: Samuel Myers (University of Minnesota), William Rodgers III (College of William and Mary), and William Spriggs (National Urban League)

    NEA Session 6
    Cross-National Comparisons of Inter-Group (Racial and Ethnic) Economic Disparity
    Hilton, Room 520
    2:30p.m., Monday, January 4, 1999
    Presiding: William Darity, Jr. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Jessica Gordon Nembhard (Morgan State University)

  • "Australia" by Samuel Myers, Jr. (University of Minnesota)
  • "Brazil" by Nelson Lim and Edward Telles (University of California at Los Angeles)
  • "Canada" by Morton Stelcner (Concordia University)
  • "India" by Ashwini Deshpande (Delhi School of Economics)

    "South Africa" by George Sherer (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • "United States of America" by Patrick Mason (University of Notre Dame)

    • Discussants: William Darity, Jr. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Jessica Gordon Nembhard (Morgan State University)

    NEA Session 7
    Reparations and Public Policy
    Hilton, Room 551
    8:00a.m., Tuesday, January 5, 1999
    Presiding: Richard America (Georgetown University


  • "A New Model for Historical Auditing" by Patrick Mason (Notre Dame)
  • "An Historical Audit of Residential Mortgage Discrimination" by Gary Dymski (University of California at Riverside)
  • "A Reparations Concept as Policy Framework" by Marcus Alexis (Northwestern University)

    • Discussants: Richard America (Georgetown University)

    NEA Session 8
    Cutting-Edge Methodologies in Examining Economics and Race
    Hilton, Room 551
    10:15a.m., Tuesday, January 5, 1999
    Presiding: William E. Spriggs, National Urban League

  • "More on the Role of Pre-Market Factors in Black-White Wage Differences: Are the Differences Really due to Skill?" by William M. Rodgers III (College of William and Mary), William E. Spriggs (National Urban League), and Elizabeth Waaler (College of William and Mary)
  • "Economic Status of Japanese Immigrants and African-Americans in 1940" by Masao Suzuki (Mills College)
  • "Labor Market Outcomes and Racial Differences in Human Capital Formation" by Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong (University of South Florida) and Rudy Fichtenbaum (Wright State University)
  • "The Neural Network Analysis of Racial Disparities, with An Application to Mortgage Lending" by J. Vincent Eagan (Morehouse College)
  • "Ethnic Spatial Concentration, Investment in Language and Rates of Return to Migration" by Maude Toussaint (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

    • Discussants: Patrick Mason (University of Notre Dame) and Rhonda Williams (University of Maryland at College Park)