Session Chairs:

Huan Ni, State University of New York - Stony Brook

Papers:

"Alcohol Consumption and Retirement Outcomes: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Survey"
Eric Sarpong, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Aging Housing Flows: The Importance of Housing Consumption"
Jonathan D. Fisher, Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)
Barbara B. Torrey, Population Reference Bureau
Timothy Smeeding, Syracuse University
David S. Johnson, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Joseph Marchand, Syracuse University

"Preferences and Concerns About Retirement Plans Among American Workers and Retirees"
Linda S. Ghent, Eastern Illinois University (Contact Author)
Robert L. Clark, North Carolina State University

"Testing the Life Cycle Model of Consumption Using Information on Households Without Children"
Ekaterina Stepanova, University of Washington (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Luis Garcia, Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru
Younghwan Song, Union College

Session Chairs:

Sean E. Mulholland, Moravian College

Papers:

"Parental Leave Schemes and Child Care in the Scandinavian Countries - A Model to Aspire To?"
Nabanita Datta Gupta, Aarhus School of Business - Denmark
Nina Smith, Aarhus School of Business - Denmark
Mette Verner, Aarhus School of Business - Denmark (Contact Author)

"Family Welfare and Child Domestic Labor: A Theoretical Model"
Pramod Singh Khadka, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

"How Expensive Are Children Who Live Somewhere Else?"
Ekaterina Stepanova, University of Washington (Contact Author)
Byron Tsang, University of Washington

"Why Have Maternal Labor Force Participation Rates Reached a Plateau?"
Wendy A. Stock, Montana State University
Christiana Stoddard, Montana State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Simona Bignami-Van Assche, University of Montreal