Organizers:

David C. Ribar, George Washington University

Session Chairs:

Leslie Stratton, Virginia Commonwealth University

Papers:

"Is Time Spent on Child Care Home Production or Leisure? Implications for Policy Makers"
Jean Kimmel, Western Michigan University (Contact Author)
Rachel E. Connelly, Bowdoin College

"Who Has Time for Dinner? The Full Price of Preparing Nutritious Meals at a Minimal Cost"
Lisa Mancino, USDA-ERS
Constance Newman, USDA-ERS (Contact Author)

"Women's and Men's Work Commitments to Scientific Careers"
David C. Ribar, George Washington University (Contact Author)
Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Ohio University

Discussants:

Erdal Tekin, Georgia State University
James P. Ziliak, University of Kentucky
Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Organizers:

Ragan Petrie, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Ragan Petrie, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Discrimination in the Warplace: Shining Path in Peru"
Marco Castillo, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ragan Petrie, Georgia State University

"Ugly Criminal"
Naci Mocan, University of Colorado - Denver
Erdal Tekin, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Asymmetric Crime Cycles"
Naci Mocan, University of Colorado - Denver (Contact Author)
Turan Bali, Baruch College, CUNY

Discussants:

Maros Servatka, University of Arizona
Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Harvard Business School

Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University

Papers:

"Smoking, Labor Force Attachment, and the Wages of Older Female Workers"
Brian S. Armour, Centers for Disease Control
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect"
Erdal Tekin, Georgia State University
Janet Currie, University of California - Los Angeles

"Searching for Peer Group Effects: A Test of the Contagion Hypothesis"
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado - Denver
Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado - Denver

"The Taste for Vengeance"
Naci Mocan, University of Colorado - Denver (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Pinka Chatterji, Harvard Medical School
Christopher J. Ruhm, University of North Carolina - Greensboro
Angela K. Dills, Clemson University
Sara Markowitz, Rutgers University