The Second Wave - A Research Conference

The Blackwell Inn at The Ohio State University

Friday June 1, 2012
Room 202 of Pfahl Hall

11:30am     Lunch

12:45pm     Opening Remarks and Introductions

1:00pm     “Do Significant Immigrant Inflows Create Negative Education Impacts? Lessons from the North Carolina Public School System”
    Ruth Uwaifo, Georgia Institute of Technology
    Discussant: Jacob Vigdor, Duke University and NBER

2:00pm     “Quantile Treatment Effects of College Quality on Earnings: Evidence from Administrative Data in Texas”
    Rodney Andrews, University of Texas at Dallas and NBER
    Discussant: Jesse Rothstein, UC-Berkeley and NBER

3:00pm     Break

3:30pm     “What Happened to God’s Time? The Evolution in Flexibility Hours in America”
    Fernando Lozano, Pomona College
    Discussant: James Ziliak, University of Kentucky

5:00pm     Reception – Ballroom A of the Blackwell

6:00pm     Dinner – Ballroom A of the Blackwell
    Brief Remarks by:
    Gifford Weary, Divisional Dean, Social and Behavioral Sciences
    Donald Haurin, Chair, Department of Economics
    Trevon Logan, Organizer, Second Wave Conference

Saturday June 2, 2012
Room 202 of Pfahl Hall

7:00am     Breakfast

8:30am     “Where Are You? The Role of Parental Inputs and Ethnicity in the Production of Infant Health”
    Tiffany Green, Virginia Commonwealth University
    Discussant: Darren Lubotsky, University of Illinois

9:30am     “Mental Health and Retirement Savings: Confounding Issues with Compounding Interest”
    Vicki Bogan, Cornell University
    Discussant: David Blau, The Ohio State University

10:30am     Break

11:00am     “Peer Effects and Risky Sexual Behavior Among African American Adolescents”
    Olugbenga Ajilore, University of Toledo
    Discussant: Bruce Weinberg, The Ohio State University and NBER

12:00pm     Lunch – Professional Development Plenary
    Marie Mora, University of Texas, Pan American

1:00pm     “The Long Term Consequences of Distinctively African American Names: New Historical Evidence”
    Lisa Cook, Michigan State University
    Discussant: Stanley Engerman, University of Rochester and NBER

2:00pm     “Beyond Bigotry: The Function of Discrimination in US Labor Markets”
    Darrick Hamilton, New School University
    Discussant: Patrick Mason, Florida State University

3:00pm    Break

3:30pm     “Doubling Up: Instructional Time, Tracking, and Educational Attainment”
    Kalena Cortes, Texas A&M University
    Discussant: Randall Olsen, The Ohio State University

6:00pm    Dinner – Professional Development Plenary
    Cecilia Conrad, Pomona College

Sunday June 3, 2012
Room 202 of Pfahl Hall

7:00am     Breakfast

8:30am     “Institutions, External Financing, and Growth Around the World: A New Lease on Life?”
    Larry Chavis, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    Discussant: Eric Hilt, Wellesley College and NBER

9:30am     “The Returns to Education in the Presence of Uncertainty”
    Omari Swinton, Howard University
    Discussant: Art Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

10:30am Break

11:00am     “Skin Shade Stratification and the Psychological Cost of Unemployment”
    Timothy Diette, Washington and Lee University
    Discussant: Patrick Mason, Florida State University

12:00pm Lunch