Race and Inequality Seminar

Tuesdays, 4:00-5:30 p.m., Robinson Hall 301. Organized by Glenn Loury.

September 22, 2009
Evaluating Teachers
John Tyler (Brown University)

September 29, 2009
Affirmative Action
Debipriya Chatterjee (Brown University)

October 6, 2009
Medicare, Hospital Utilization and Morality: Evidence from the Program`s Origins
Kenneth Chay (Brown University)

October 13, 2009
Voter Turnout and Labor Market Performance
Kerwin Charles (University of Chicago)

October 20, 2009
Parents` Incomes and Children`s Outcomes: A Quasi-Experiment using Transfer Payments from Casino Profits
Randall Akee (Tufts University)

October 27, 2009
Global Neighborhoods: New Pathways to Diversity and Separation
John Logan (Brown University)

November 3, 2009
Human Capital Inequality
Lance Lochner (Western Ontario)

November 10, 2009
Prospective Mobility, Fairness, and the Demand for Redistribution
Christina Fong (Carnegie Mellon University)

November 17, 2009
THE BUSINESS ETHICS OF PLANTATION PROVISIONING IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA
Seth Rockman (Brown University)

December 1, 2009
TBA
Roland Fryer (Harvard University)

December 8, 2009
TBA
Bruce Western (Harvard University)