2008 Herb Kay Lecture Co-founder and former COO of MySpace.com will speak to UCSB undergraduate students. updated May 15, 2008

PhD Research Papers Candidate Name Dissertation/Title Co-Author Advisor Nellie Lew The Effects of Parental Involvement on Student Achievements: A Fixed Effects Approach   Peter Kuhn (805) 893-3666 Hani Mansour The E¤ects of Labor Supply Shocks on Labor Market Outcomes: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict   Peter Kuhn (805) 893-3666 Benjamin Hansen School Year Length and Student Performance: Quasi-Experimental Evidence   Peter Kuhn (805) 893-3666 Doug Steigerwald (805) 893-3151 Grace Hu On Welfare Analysis of a Noisy REE Model of Financial Markets   Cheng-Zhong Qin (805) 893-2753 Brianna Briggs Compassionate Conservatism: The Effectiveness of Faith-Based Organizations in Job Training Programs   Peter Kuhn (805) 893-3666 Nicholas E. Burger & Daniel T. Kaffine Gas Prices, Traffc, and Freeway Speeds in Los Angeles   Robert T. Deacon (805) 893-3679 Takuya Kawanishi The Supply and Demand for Academic Journals in University Libraries   Ted Bergstrom (805) 893-3744 Damien Sheehan-Connor Traveler Experience as an Instrument to Assess Medical Care Effectiveness   Ted Frech (805) 893-2124 Douglas Herman The Impact of the Business Cycle on Kindergarten Enrollment     Douglas Herman Who Goes to Graduate/Professional School? The Importance of Economic Fluctuations, Undergraduate Field, and Ability Kelly Bedard (805) 893-5571 Kelly Bedard (805) 893-5571 Elizabeth Dhuey & Steve Lipscomb What Makes a Leader? Relative Age and High School Leadership   Peter Kuhn (805) 893-3666 John Hartman Demographics and the Political Sustainability of Pay-as-you-go Social Security Ted Bergstrom (805) 893-3744 Ted Bergstrom (805) 893-3744 Byung-Dong Seo Forecasting Realized Volatility with Durations   Doug Steigerwald (805) 893-3151 Elizabeth Dhuey The Persistence of Early Childhood Maturity: International Evidence of Long-Run Age Effects Kelly Bedard (805) 893-5571 Peter Kuhn (805) 893-3666 Steve Lipscomb Secondary School Extracurricular Involvement and Academic Achievement: A Fixed Effects Approach   Peter Kuhn (805) 893-3666