These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Rebecca M. Blank (University of Michigan)

Friday, January 4, 10:15 AM

Friday, January 4, 10:15 AM
Session: Macroeconomic Factors Impacting Poverty and Income Distribution among African Americans (AEA/NEA)
Presiding: Gary A. Hoover (University of Alabama)

The Impact of Monetary Policy on the Duration and Type of Unemployment by Race and Sex
William M. Rodgers III (Rutgers University)

Income, Family Structure, and Poverty Among African Americans
Rebecca M. Blank (University of Michigan)
David Card (University of California, Berkeley)

Poverty Volatility and Macroeconomic Quiescence
Philip N. Jefferson (Swarthmore College)

Non-White Poverty and the Macroeconomy: The Impact of Growth
Gary A. Hoover (University of Alabama)
Walter Enders (University of Alabama)
Donald G. Freeman (Sam Houston State University)

Saturday, January 5, 10:15 AM

Saturday, January 5, 10:15 AM
Session: Better Living Through Economics: IV (AEA)
Presiding: John Siegfried (Vanderbilt University)

Tradable Emissions Rights
Tom Tietenberg (Colby College)
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The Earned Income Tax Credit
Robert Moffitt (Johns Hopkins University)

Welfare to Work Reform
Rebecca M. Blank (University of Michigan)


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