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PRELIMINARY SESSIONS
*NEA Review of Black Political Economy Board Meeting
*NEA General Membership Meeting
*Presidential Address, National Economic Association
Africa Development Issues (O1)
Advances in Public Policy Analysis and Race/Ethnicity (J1)
Economics of Race, Health, and Energy: Implications for African American Economic Welfare (I1)
The Economics of Race, Educational, and Financial Outcomes (I2)
Issues in African Economies: China and the Global Financial Crisis (O2)
International Economic Issues: Africa and Latin America (F4)
The Economics of Black American Institutions (J1)
Note: click here for the American Economic Association preliminary program.
*NEA Special Event
Thursday, January 6, 2011, 5:00 pm
NEA Review of Black Political Economy Board Meeting
Room: Hyatt Regency, Marble Room
Invitation Only
Thursday, January 6, 2011, 7:30 pm
Executive Board Meeting
Room: Hyatt Regency, Marble Room
Invitation Only
Saturday, January 8, 2011, 5:00 pm
NEA General Membership Meeting
Room: Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall B
Saturday, January 8, 2011, 6:00 pm
Presidential Address, National Economic Association
Room: Hyatt Regency, Mineral Hall B
Friday, January 7, 2011, 8:00 am
Room: Hyatt Regency, Granite A
Association: National Economic Association / African Finance & Economics Association
Session Title: "Africa Development Issues" (O1)
Papers:
1.) Edward Kutsoati, Tufts University, “Crop Price Indemnified Loan: A Pilot Experiment in Rural Ghana.”
2.) John A. Karikari, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington D.C. “Governance Financial Development, and Successful States Africa.”
3.) Mwangi wa Githinji, University of Massachusetts “Growing Unequally: the Case of Development Planning in Kenya.”
4.) Adeleke Salami, Abdul B. Kamara, and Zuzana Brixiova – Research Economists, African Development Bank, Tunis, Tunisia. ”Smallholder Agriculture in East Africa: Trends, Constraits and Opportunities.”
5.) John C. Anyanwu – Lead Research Economist, African Development Bank, Tunis, Tunisia “Why Does Foreign Direct Investment Go Where it Goes? New Evidence from African Countries.”
6.) Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, University of South Florida, Tampa “Education, Income Stability and Poverty Reduction in Africa.”
Discussants:
Gregory Price, Department of Economics, Morehouse University, Atlanta, GA
Willene A Johnson, Komaza, Inc. McKenney, VA
Leonce Ndikumana, African Development Bank
Fekru Debebe, Educational Testing Service, Princeton NJ
Edward E. Ghartey, UWI-Mona, Jamaica
Expected Attendance: 15
Presiding:
Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong
Department of Economics,
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620
Email: kgyimah@coba.usf.edu
Changes and corrections to the program should be sent to Jenna Kensey, American Economic Association, 2014 Broadway, Suite 305, Nashville, TN 37203
Friday, January 7, 2011, 10:15 am
Room: Hyatt Regency, Granite A
Association: National Economic Association (NEA)
Session Title: “Advances in Public Policy Analysis and Race/Ethnicity" (J1)
Papers:
1.) Bosu Seo, University of Manitoba. Benjamin Senauer, University of Minnesota. “The Effect of English Usage on the Health of U.S. Hispanics: Using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).”
2.) Lan Pham, University of Minnesota, “Ethnic Disparities in Access to Credit and Remittances and Household Welfare: The Case of Viet Nam.”
3.) Frédéric N. Wandey, University of Minnesota, “Understanding the Economics of Mobile Homeowners Defaults: Does Race, Housing Type, or Census Ttract Make a Difference?”
4.) Irma Arteaga and Rodrigo Lovaton, University of Minnesota, “Why Indigenous Children Perform Worse than Non-Indigenous children in school: Evidence from the Quechua Population in Peru.”
5.) Samuel L. Myers, Jr., and Rodrigo Lovaton, University of Minnesota, and Inhyuck "Steve" Ha, Western Carolina University. “Testing for Discrimination in Public Procurement and Contracting: Comparing Alternative Methods of Specification and Estimation.”
6.) Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, University of South Florida, and Juliet Elu, Morehouse College, “Does Affirmation Action in Police Departments Increase Crime?”
Discussants:
Rucker Johnson, University of California, Berkeley
Inhyuck "Steve" Ha , Western Carolina University
Jan Christopher, Delaware State University
Linda Loubert, Morgan State University
William Darity, Duke University
Expected Attendance: 20
Presiding:
Samuel Myers, Jr.
University of Minnesota
Changes and corrections to the program should be sent to Jenna Kensey, American Economic Association, 2014 Broadway, Suite 305, Nashville, TN 37203
Friday, January 7, 2011, 12:30 pm
Room: Hyatt Regency, Granite A
Association: National Economic Association (NEA)
Session Title: "Labor Market Information Channels, Matching, and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Unemployment and Employment" (J7)
Presiding: William Spriggs, Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor Department, Washington, D.C.
Papers:
1.) Ronald Bird and Regina Powers, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington D.C. “Factors Contributing to the Persistence of Minority Unemployment Disparities: Weighing Human Capital versus Institutional Effects.”
2.) William Rodgers, Rutgers University, “Labor Market Information and Unemployment Disparities: Analysis of American Community Survey.”
3.) Marie Mora and Alberto Davila, University of Texas-Pan American, “Unemployment and Job Information: Analysis of NLSY79 Data.”
4.) Roger Williams, Morehouse College, “Taylor Rule Shocks and Demographic Unemployment Rate Differentials.”
5.) Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont, and James Heintz, University of Massachusetts, “Contractionary Monetary Policy and the Dynamics of US Race and Gender Stratification.”
6.) Jan E. Christopher, Delaware State University, "Earnings Capacity of the Long-Term Unemployed: A Wage-Comparison Approach Across Industry."
Discussants:
William Spriggs, Howard University
Cecilia Conrad, Pomona College
Greg Price, Morehouse College
Rucker Johnson, University of California-Berkeley
Robin Cox, Spelman College
Linwood Tauheed, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Expected Attendance: 20
Presiding:
William E. Spriggs
U.S. Department of Labor
Changes and corrections to the program should be sent to Jenna Kensey, American Economic Association, 2014 Broadway, Suite 305, Nashville, TN 37203
Friday, January 7, 2011, 2:30 pm
Room: Hyatt Regency, Granite A
Association: National Economic Association (NEA)
Session Title: "Economics of Race, Health, and Energy: Implications for African American Economic Welfare" (I1)
Papers:
1.) David Poyer, Department of Economics, Morehouse College, “Decomposition of Real Household Energy Expenditures for Black and White Households between the 2001 and 2005 Residential Energy Consumption Surveys (RECS)”
2.) John Handy, Department of Economics, Morehouse College, “A Modified Predictor-Prey and VAR Model of Energy Prices and Auto Expenditures.”
3.) Andrea L. Rice and Tiana Rae Penney, Spelman College, and Cristopher Turner, Department of Economics, Morehouse College, “Space Heating: A Comparative Analysis Across Demographic Groups Using the Department of Energy/Energy Information Administration’s 2005 Residential Energy Consumption Survey.”
4.) Darrell Gaskin, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, “Residential Segregation and the Use of Primary Care Services.”
5.) Alvin Headen, North Carolina State University, “The Implications of The Patient and Affordable Care Act on Minority Health Disparity."
6.) Richard McGregory, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, “An Analysis of Black-White Wages Differences in Nursing: Wage Gap or Wage Premium”
Discussant:
Romie Tribble, Spelman College
Roger Williams, Morehouse College
Mona Ray, Morehouse College
Rodney Green, Howard University
Alvin Headen, North Carolina State University
Expected Attendance: 18
Presiding:
Greg Price, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Economics
Morehouse College
830 Westview Drive, S.W. Atlanta, GA 30314
Tel: (404) 653 7870, email: gprice@morehouse.edu
Saturday, January 8, 2011, 8:00 am
Room: Hyatt Regency, Granite A
Association: National Economic Association (NEA)
Session Title: "The Economics of Race, Educational, and Financial Outcomes" (I2)
Papers:
1.) Patrick Mason, Florida State University. "Does Teacher Preparation Matter? Pupil Academic Achievement and Teacher’s College Preparation."
2.) Rhonda Sharpe, Bennett College for Woman. " Is the Diversity of STEM Disciplines an Anomaly?"
3.) Omari H. Swinton, Howard University and Andrew Hussey, University of Memphis, "Estimating the Expected Net Returns to College"
4.) Rodney J. Andrews, University of Texas-Dallas. "High School Quality, Race, and College Achievement."
5.) Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere and Willie Belton, Georgia Institute of Technology, “Black-White Disparities in Bank Savings and Investment Income: Evidence of Within and Between Racial Differences.”
6.) Sharri Byron, Auburn University-Montgomery, “Deconstructing Child Performance: How Do Socioeconomic Factors in Africa-American Single Parent Families Influence Child Outcomes?”
Discussants:
Patrick Mason, Florida State University
Rodney J. Andrews, University of Texas-Dallas
Rhonda Sharpe, Bennett College for Women
Omari H. Swinton, Howard University
Umoh Udo Umoh, Benedict College
Expected Attendance 18
Presiding:
Omari H. Swinton, Ph.D.
Department of Economics
Howard University
2400 Sixth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20059
Tel: (202) 806-9894, email: oswinton@howard.edu
Changes and corrections to the program should be sent to Jenna Kensey, American Economic Association, 2014 Broadway, Suite 305, Nashville, TN 37203
Saturday, January 8, 2011, 10:15 am
Room: Hyatt Regency, Granite A
Association: National Economic Association (NEA)
Session Title: "Issues in African Economies: China and the Global Financial Crisis" (O2)
Papers:
1.) Gernot Kohler , Sheridan College, “Estimating Unequal Exchange: Africa to China.”
2.) Augustin K. Fosu, United Nations University-WIDER, "The Regional Impact of the Global Economic Crisis: Whither Africa"
3.) Zuzana Brixiova, Abdul B. Kamara, and Léonce Ndikumana, African Development Bank. "Africa: Lessons from Monetary and Financial Policies During the Crisis"
4.) Hassan Y. Aly, African Development Bank, and Mark Strazicich, Appalachian State University, “Global Financial Crisis and Africa: Is the Impact Permanent or Transitory? Time Series Evidence from North Africa.”
5.) Richard F. America , Georgetown University, “Measuring Unequal Exchange-Africa to China.”
6.) Akpan Hogan Ekpo, West African Institute For Financial And Economic Management, “Global Economic Crisis: Impact on the Labor Market.”
Discussants:
Willene A Johnson, Komaza, Inc.
Diery Seck, CREPOL, Senegal
Akpan Hogan Ekpo, WAIFEM
Romie Tribble, Spelman College
Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, University of South Florida
Expected Attendance 20
Presiding:
Richard F. America
Professor of the Practice & Director of the Africa Initiative
Director of Community Reinvestment
School of Business
Georgetown University
Washington DC 20057
Tel:(202) 687 2658 email: americar@georgetown.edu
Changes and corrections to the program should be sent to Jenna Kensey, American Economic Association, 2014 Broadway, Suite 305, Nashville, TN 37203
Saturday, January 8, 2011, 2:30 pm
Room: Hyatt Regency, Granite A
Association: National Economics Association (NEA) / American Society of Hispanic Economics (ASHE)
Session Title: "International Economic Issues: Africa and Latin America" (F4)
Papers:
1.) Jose E. Signoret, U.S. International Trade Commission, “On Cargo Security Measures and Trade Costs.”
2.) Sandra Rivera, U.S. International Trade Commission and Ashley Winston, Monash University, “The Impact of NAFTA on Population Subgroups: An Economy wide Analysis.”
3.) Rene Cabral, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey and Andre Mollick, University of Texas – Pan American, “Mexico’s Regional Convergence after NAFTA: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis.”
4.) Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University and Susan Pozo, Western Michigan University, “Remittances and Income Smoothing in Mexico.”
5.) Akpan Ekpo and Udoma Afanghide, West African Institute For Financial And Economic Management (WAIFEM), “Fiscal Dominance and Economic Management in the ECOWAS Sub-region.”
6.) Warren Whatley, University of Michigan, “The Transatlantic Slave Trade and Ethnicity in Africa.”
Discussants:
Carlos Seiglie, Rutgers University
Alberto Davila, University of Texas - Pan American
David J. Molina, University of North Texas
Sue Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University
Edward E. Ghartey, University of West Indies
Mwangi Wa Githinji, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Expected Attendance: 25
Presiding:
Sandra A. Rivera
U.S. International Trade Commission
Room: Hyatt Regency, Granite A
Association: National Economic Association (NEA)
Session Title: “The Economics of Black American Institutions” (J1)
Papers:
1.) Warren Whatley, University of Michigan: “University of Michigan: 'Affirmative Action and Institutional Change in Graduate Education: The University of Michigan'"
2.) Patrick Mason, Florida State University (Visiting Scholar at Florida A&M University): "Florida A & M University’s Supply of Teachers: A Value-Added Analysis of the Effect of Academic Institutions on Pupil Academic Achievement"
3.) Brooks Robinson, BlackEconomics.org, “Why Do Productively Inefficient Black Churches Survive?”
4.) Rodney D. Green and Aisha Thompson, Howard University, “Howard University Economics: Three Periods of Progress”
5.) Michelle Holder, New School University, “Racial Variation in 'Prior Imprisonment Wage Penalty' and Rising Incarceration Rates among African American Men.”
6.) Robynn Cox, Spelman College, "The Effect of Private Sector Work Opportunities on the Recidivism of Prison Releases."
Discussants:
Omari H. Swinton, Howard University
Linda Loubert, Morgan State University
Rhonda Sharpe, Bennett College for Women
Umoh Udo Umoh, Benedict College
Bernard Anderson, University of Pennsylvania-Wharton
Expected Attendance: 18
Presiding:
Brooks B. Robinson, Ph.D.
BlackEconomcis.org
P.O. Box 8848, Honolulu, HI 96830; www.BlackEconomics.org;
808.232.7363. Blackeconomics@Blackeconomics.org;
Changes and corrections to the program should be sent to Jenna Kensey, American Economic Association, 2014 Broadway, Suite 305, Nashville, TN 37203