AEAweb: AEA Sessions in 2008 ASSA Conference

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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Ashley Lester (Brown University)

Sunday, January 6, 8:00 AM

Sunday, January 6, 8:00 AM

Session: Social Capital, Risk Sharing, and Development (AEA)

Presiding: Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan (University of Houston and NBER)

Social Capital and Risk Sharing: Evidence from the U.S.
Aimee Chen (University of Houston and NBER)
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan (University of Houston and NBER)
Bent Sorensen (University of Houston and NBER)

Testing Putnam
Luigi Guiso (European University Institute and CEPR)
Paola Sapienza (Northwestern University and CEPR)
Luigi Zingales (University of Chicago and NBER and CEPR)

Social Capital and the Viability of Nonprofit Firms: Evidence from Norwegian Savings Banks
Charlotte Ostergaard (Norwegian School of Management)
Ibolya Schindele (Norwegian School of Management)
Bent Vale (Norwegian Central Bank)
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Identity, Interest and Commitment: Voting in Indian Panchayat Elections
Ashley Lester (Brown University)
Kaivan Munshi (Brown University)
Mark Rosenzweig (Yale University and NBER)

Sunday, January 6, 12:30 PM

Sunday, January 6, 12:30 PM

Session: People and Growth: Demography, Human Capital, and Economic Growth (AEA)

Presiding: John Seater (North Carolina State University)

When and Why Did Technical Change Become Skill Biased?
Ashley Lester (Brown University)

Time Allocation between Innovation and Education
Maurizio Iacopetta (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Women's Liberation: What's in It for Men?
Michele Tertilt (Stanford University)
Matthias Doepke (University of California-Los Angeles)

The Role of Adult Mortality in the Transmission of Knowledge
Michael Bar (San Francisco State University)
Oksana Leukhina (University of North Carolina)

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