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SESSIONS
Racial Dynamics in the Labor Market: Exogenous or Endogenous?
Wealth Inequality in the U.S.A.
New Directions: African Americans in a Diversifying Workplace
Reparations, Discrimination and Public Policy
Business Ownership by Minorities and Women
Access and Barriers to Care for Vulnerable Medicare Populations
Friday, January 5, 8:00 AM—Hilton/Grand Salon 12, Joint AEA/NEA Session
Session Title: Racial Dynamics in the Labor Market: Exogenous or Endogenous? (JEL CODE, J71, J31, J78, L92)
Presiding: James Peoples, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
James Peoples, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Wayne Talley, Old Dominion University—Privatization and Black-White Wage Differentials: Evidence from the Public Transit Sector
Jacqueline Agesa and Richard U. Agesa, Marshall University—Market Structure and Racial Earnings: Evidence from Displaced Workers
Samuel L. Myers, Jr., University of Minnesota, and Lisa Saunders, University of Massachusetts-Amherst—Transportation, Efficiency and Equity
Patrick L. Mason, Florida State University—Is Race Endogenous? Some Preliminary Evidence on Latinos
Discussants:
Abera Gelan, Alverno College
Michael Stoll, University of California-Los Angeles
Gary Hoover, University of Alabama
Friday, January 5, 10:15 AM—Hilton/Grand Salon 12, NEA Session
Session Title: Wealth Inequality in the U.S.A. (JEL CODE, E2, R2, N8)
Presiding: Jessica Gordon Nembhard—Preamble Center
Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Preamble Center—Dimensions of Persistent Economic Inequality: The Literature on Racial/Ethnic Wealth Gaps in the U.S.A
Ngina Chiteji, Skidmore College and Darrick Hamilton, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan—Race Differences in Financial Behavior: Financial Asset Holding, Inequality and Wealth Accumulation among Black and Non-black Households
Arturo Gonzalez, University of Arizona—Income Distribution, Poverty, Wealth and Asset Accumulation in Mexican American Populations across Generations
William D. Bradford, School of Business Administration, University of Washington—Wealth Bankruptcy and the Implied Financial Acumen of Black and White Families
Discussants:
Gary Dymski, University of California-Riverside
Rhonda Williams, University of Maryland
Samuel L. Myers, Jr., University of Minnesota
Friday, January 5, 2:30 PM—Fairmont/Gold Room, Join IRRA/NEA Session
Session Title: New Directions: African Americans in a Diversifying Workplace (JEL CODE, J68)
Presiding: James Auerbach—National Policy Association
James Jackson, University of Michigan—Workplace Strategies and Public Policy Options for African Americans in the 21st Century
Jennifer Hochscild, Princeton University—Race Relations in a Diversifying Workplace
Margaret Simms, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies—Recommendations for Change
Discussants:
Rudolph Oswald, George Meany Center for Labor Studies
Norman Hill, Phillip Randolph Institute
Saturday, January 6, 8:00 AM—Hilton/Grand Salon 16, NEA Session
Session Title: African Economic Development (JEL CODE, O16, O55)
Presiding: Willene Johnson, African Development Bank
Willene Johnson, African Development Bank—From Debt Relieve to Poverty Reduction
Catherine Patillo, International Monetary Fund—Growth: Non-Linearities, Debt and Institutions
Discussants:
Gwendolyn Flowers, U.S. Department of Commerce
Rommie Tribble, Spelman College
Saturday, January 6, 10:15 AM—Hilton/Grand Salon 16, NEA Session
Session Title: Reparations, Discrimination and Public Policy
Presiding: Richard America, Georgetown University
Darrell Gaskin, Georgetown University Medical Center, Alvin Headen, North Carolina State University, and Shelly White-Means, University of Memphis—Income and Wealth Transfer Effects of Discrimination in Health Care
Andrew F. Brimmer, Brimmer & Company and University of Massachusetts-Amherst—Cost of Discrimination
Matthew Forstater, University of Missouri-Kansas City—Income and Wealth Transfer Effects of Discrimination
Charles Betsey, Howard University—Income and Wealth Transfer Effects of Discrimination in Prison Sentencing
William Darity, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill—Occupational Distributional Effects
Richard Wolf, University of Massachusetts-Amherst—The Economic History of Colonialism in Africa
Discussants: None
Saturday, January 6, 2:30 PM—Hilton/Grand Salon 16, NEA Session
Session Title: Business Ownership by Minorities and Women (JEL CODE, M13)
Presiding: Andrew F. Brimmer, Brimmer & Company and University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Margaret C. Simms, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies—Trends in Women-Owned Business
Raul Moncarz, Florida International University—Trends in Hispanic Business Ownership
Andrew Brimmer, Brimmer & Company and University of Massachusetts-Amherst—Trends in Business Ownership by African Americans
Discussants:
Lisa Saunders, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Richard Santos, University of New Mexico
Marcus Alexis, Northwestern University
Sunday, January 7, 8:00 AM—Hilton/Grand Salon 16, NEA Session
Session Title: Access and Barriers to Care for Vulnerable Medicare Populations (JEL CODE, I18)
Presiding: Darrell Gaskin—Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, Georgetown University Medical Center
Darrell Gaskin, Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, Georgetown University Medical Center, and Catherine Hoffman, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured—Race and Ethnic Differences in Preventable Hospitalizations Among Medicare Patients
Ellen O’Brien, Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, Georgetown University Medical Center—High-Cost Beneficiaries and Medicare Reform: Opportunities for Cost Containment?
Shelley I. White-Means, University of Memphis, and Rose M. Rubin, Fogelman College of Business—Impacts of Chronic Conditions on the Use of Formal and Informal In-home Services by Black and White Older Persons
Discussants: None
Sunday, January 7, 10:15 AM—Hilton/Grand Salon 16, NEA Session
Session Title: Dissertations
Presiding: Cecilia A. Conrad, Pomona College
Darrick Hamilton, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan—A Decomposition and Comparison of Ethnic/Racial Inequality in Wages and Infant Mortality in the United States and Trinidad and Tobago
Tonia Kandiero, Howard University—The Impact of Institutional Quality on Returns to Capital
Andrew A. Washington, Southern University—The Derived Demand for Imported Dairy Products in Selected International Markets
Discussants: William Rogers, U.S. Department of Labor
Williams Spriggs, National Urban League
Gwendolyn Flowers, U.S. Department of Commerce