Streaming Audio of Featured Speaker Presentations
Barry Chiswick - Part 1 18:00 minutes
Barry Chiswick - Part 2 18:45 minutes
Richard Freeman - Part 1 20:50 minutes
Richard Freeman - Part 2 22:36 minutes
Events for Thursday, February 22, 2007
8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Glacier Room, Atwood Memorial Center
St. Cloud State University
"Globalization" Workshop for K-12 Teachers of Economics
Conducted by Vernon Dobis, Professor of Economics, Minnesota State University - Moorhead
5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Economic Outlook 2007
Grand Ballroom, Kelly Inn
Speakers:
- Dan Laufenberg, Chief Economist, Ameriprise Financial
- Arthur J. Rolnick, Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Tom Stinson, Minnesota State Economist
- King Banaian, Chair, SCSU Economics Department, Coauthor of St. Cloud Quarterly Business Report
6:30 to 9:00 p.m.
Winter Institute 2007 Food and Cocktail Reception
Pool Side, Kelly Inn ($20)
Events for Friday, February 23, 2007
8:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
Ritsche Auditorium
St. Cloud State University
Speakers program
Featured Speakers:
Richard Freeman
Richard Freeman, Professor of Economics at Harvard University and Director of the Labor Studies Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research
Dr. Freeman is an internationally acclaimed labor economist who has published in a wide range of areas including the growth and decline of unions; self-organizing non-unions in the labor market; restructuring European welfare states; international labor standards; transitional economies; Chinese labor markets; crime; employee involvement programs; income distribution and equity in the marketplace; the effects of immigration on trade and inequality; and the job market for scientists and engineers. At this year's Winter Institute, Dr. Freeman will speak about the effects of immigration on the receiving economy.
Barry R. Chiswick
Barry R. Chiswick, UIC Distinguished Professor, Research Professor and Head of the Department of Economics at University of Illinois-Chicago.
Dr. Chiswick has an international reputation for his research in Labor Economics, Human Resources, the Economics of Immigration, the Economics of Minorities, the Economics of Religion and Income Distribution. He is recognized as having done the seminal research on the Economics of Immigration and continues to be a leader in the field. At this year's Winter Institute, Dr. Chiswick will speak about immigrant skills.
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Cascade Room, Atwood Memorial Center
St. Cloud State University
Winter Institute Luncheon ($10)
12:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Herberger College of Business Building 221
"Virtual Economics" Workshop for K-12 Teachers of Economics
Conducted by Vernon Dobis, Professor of Economics, Minnesota State University - Moorhead
Registration
Please use form Winter Institute Registration (PDF) if you are NOT a K-12 teacher
Please use form Winter Institute Registration Form for K-12 Teachers (PDF) if you ARE a K-12 teacher
Directions
Driving and parking information for St. Cloud State University
For more information, please contact Dr. Örn Bodvarsson, Interim Director of the Center for Economic Education at 320-308-2225 or e-mail obbodvarsson@stcloudstate.edu. You can also contact the Center for Economic Education at 320-308-2157.
