| Events by Marvin H. Kosters |
| Resident Scholar Emeritus |
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Three Cheers for Globalization
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004
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| Jagdish Bhagwati presents his new book In Defense of Globalization. |
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The Advantages of High Productivity Growth
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Wednesday, February 25, 2004
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| A number of economic experts discuss recent developments in U.S. productivity growth and its effects on the U.S. economy. |
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Closing the Education Achievement Gap
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Monday, July 21, 2003
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| Closing the Education Achievement Gap presents new evidence that the gap in test scores has not been reduced and also suggests new directions for education policy. |
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The U.S. Organ Procurement System
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Monday, June 24, 2002
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| At this book forum, the authors discuss their analysis of the U.S. organ procurement system and outline their prescription for reform. |
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Income Inequality in the United States
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Friday, March 15, 2002
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| New data reveals that top incomes were lower--in relative dollars--at the end of the twentieth century than at the beginning. |
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Earnings Variability
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Tuesday, April 18, 2000
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| This seminar explores the connections among increased earnings inequality, year-to-year changes in earnings, and changes in economic status from one generation to the next. |
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Income, Leisure, and Economic Well-Being
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Thursday, March 23, 2000
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| Dora Costa discusses her examination of how people are spending their time and their money, and what we can learn from it about changes in economic well-being. |
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Wealth in America
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Wednesday, February 9, 2000
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| To what extent have the gains in stocks and in the value of other assets been unequally shared? |
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How Does Family Income Affect Children's Success?
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Friday, January 14, 2000
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| In her recent book, What Money Can’t Buy, Susan Mayer finds that parental income is less important to children’s well-being than scholars have thought in the past. |
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The Minimum Wage and Employment
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Thursday, June 1, 1995
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| How do increases in the minimum wage affect job creation? Leading scholars present their analysis, critique research approaches, and exame how disparate results should be interpreted. |
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| Income inequality |
| Labor issues |
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| Contact Information |
Marvin H. Kosters
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-5846
Assistant: 202-862-5853
Fax: 202-862-7177
E-mail: mkosters@aei.org
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Closing the Education Achievement Gap
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| This book examines the effects on achievement of the largest federal program of financial aid to schools, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. [Read More] |
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