Organizers:

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

Session Chairs:

Gerald S. Oettinger, University of Texas - Austin

Papers:

"A Cohort-Based Model of the Labor Force Participation Rate"
Bruce Fallick, Federal Reserve Board
Jonathan F. Pingle, Federal Reserve Board

"Family Labor Supply and Economic Downturns: Does Consumption Smoothing Explain the Lessened Severity of Recessions?"
Donna K. Ginther, University of Kansas
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"Asymmetrical Labor Force Participation Decisions Over the Business Cycle"
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University
John C. Robertson, Vice President and Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Discussants:

Mark Schweitzer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Christopher R. Bollinger, University of Kentucky
Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Organizers:

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

Session Chairs:

Barry Hirsch, E.M. Stevens Distinguished Professor, Trinity University

Papers:

"The Role of Labor Market Intermittency in Explaining Gender Wage Differentials"
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"Is There a 'Marriage Premium' for Gay Men?"
Madeline Zavodny, Agnes Scott College (Contact Author)

"Is a Walk Down the Aisle Worth It? Cohabitation and Marriage Wage Premia and Penalties"
Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado - Denver
Joanna Sikora, Cornell University (Contact Author)

"Are Union Wage Differentials in the United States Falling?"
McKinley L. Blackburn, University of South Carolina (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Angela K. Dills, Clemson University
Lisa K. Jepsen, University of Northern Iowa
Joni Hersch, Vanderbilt University
Joseph Tracy, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Organizers:

Naci Mocan, University of Colorado - Denver

Session Chairs:

Naci Mocan, University of Colorado - Denver

Papers:

"More Time, Less Crime? Disentangling Deterrence and Incapacitation"
Emily G Owens, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

"The Effects of Government Transfers on Monthly Cycles in Drug Abuse, Crime and Mortality"
Steven L Puller, Texas A&M University
Carlos Dobkin, University of California - Santa Cruz

"Crime and Circumstance: The Effect of Child Health Shocks on Parents' Criminal Behavior"
Kelly Noonan, Rider University
Nancy E. Reichman, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Hope Corman, Rider University and NBER

Discussants:

Hope Corman, Rider University and NBER
Naci Mocan, University of Colorado - Denver
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta