Economics Faculty Research, Publications and Presentations: Recent submissions

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  • Demand or Supply for Schooling in Rural India? 

    Motiram, Sripad, and Lars Osberg. 2012. "Demand or Supply for Schooling in Rural India?." electronic International Journal of Time Use Research 9(1): 1-27.
    Is the poor human capital investment by rural Indian families primarily a supply side or a demand side issue? We examine school attendance and total human capital investment time (time in school plus travel time plus in-home ...

  • "Fair" inequality? Attitudes toward pay differentials: The United States in comparative perspective 

    Osberg, Lars, and Timothy Smeeding. 2006. ""Fair" inequality? Attitudes toward pay differentials: The United States in comparative perspective." American Sociological Review 71(3): 450-473.
    Are American attitudes toward economic inequality different from those in other countries? One tradition in sociology suggests American "exceptionalism," while another argues for convergence across nations in social norms, ...

  • Economic Segmentation and Politics 

    APOSTLE, R., D. CLAIRMONT, and L. OSBERG. 1986. "Economic Segmentation and Politics." American Journal of Sociology 91(4): 905-931.
    No abstract available.