Saturday 1:15 - 3:00 p.m. |
Session 43C Earnings and Wage Subsidies |
Session Chairs: |
Reagan Anne Baughman, University of New Hampshire |
Papers: |
"The Effect of Minimum Wage Increases on Teenage Employment: Evidence on Retail and Small Businesses" "Living Earned Income Theory: Towards a Generalizable Explanation of Temporal Earned Income Behavior" "For Better or Worse? The Effect of Earnings Risk on Family Structure" "Discrepancies in Earnings Inequality in Two CPS Surveys" "Reducing Direct Care Work Turnover: Do Wage Subsidies Matter?" |
Discussants: |
Edward J. Timmons, Lehigh University |
Sunday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. |
Session 97G Graduate Student Award II - The Economics of the Family |
Session Chairs: |
Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University |
Papers: |
"Food Stamp Program Participation, Fast Food Consumption, and Excess Weight" "Who Should Care for Our Kids? The Effects of Early Childcare Arrangements on Child Development" "Impact of Number of Grandchildren on Care Received by Grandparents: An Empirical Study Using Chinese Data on Three Generations" "Fertility and Schooling Decisions Under Parental Sex Preference and Income Uncertainty" |
Discussants: |
Chad Cotti, University of South Carolina |
Sunday 2:15 - 4:00 p.m. |
Session 142K Topics in Demographic Economics |
Session Chairs: |
Elizabeth L. Rankin, Centenary College |
Papers: |
"Giving It Away For Free? Motivations of Open-Source Software Developers" "Ethnicity, Immigration and Entrepreneurial Behavior" "Labor Choice Decisions by College Students: An Analysis of the Impact of Merit Aid Programs" |
Discussants: |
Richard J. Stemple, Jr., Northwest Vista College |