Session 169
Flash Session: New Directions in Economy, Labor Force, Education, and Inequality
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Chair: Molly S. Rosenberg, Indiana University, Bloomington
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Can MOOC Programs Improve Student Employment Prospects? •
Aboozar Hadavand , Johns Hopkins University; Ira Gooding, Johns Hopkins University; Jeffrey Leek, Johns Hopkins University.
2.
Trends in Female Schooling in 92 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Coherence Across Data Sources •
Kristen Jeffers , University of Minnesota; Albert Esteve-Palos, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED), Universitat de Barcelona; Joan García-Román, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED), UAB.
3.
Making Cents: The Impact of for-Profit College Graduation on Labor Market and Occupational Outcomes •
David Kirui , University of Pennsylvania.
4.
Changes in the Skill Content of American Jobs •
Rakesh Kochhar , Pew Research Center; Onyi Lam, Pew Research Center.
5.
War and Schooling in South Sudan, 2013–2016 •
Augustino Mayai , University of Wisconsin.
6.
A Development Dud: Is Microcredit in Bangladesh Actually Improving Women’s Lives? A Case Study in Matlab •
Mary Robbins , University of California, Los Angeles.
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Gender Disparity in Credit Access: A Case Study of Entrepreneurs in China •
H. Xu , University of Maryland; Shengwei Sun, Washington University in St. Louis; Feinian Chen, University of Maryland.
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