Organizers:

James P. Ziliak, University of Kentucky

Session Chairs:

James P. Ziliak, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"African American Self Employment and Family Structure in the American South"
Stephen Bronars, University of Texas - Austin (Contact Author)

"Fifty Million Voters Can't Be Wrong: Economic Self-Interest and Electoral Politics"
Jacob L. Vigdor, Duke University (Contact Author)

"Public Housing and Health: Is There a Connection?"
Angela Fertig, University of Georgia (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky
William H. Hoyt, University of Kentucky
James P. Ziliak, University of Kentucky

Organizers:

Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky

Session Chairs:

Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"The Impact of a Temporary Help Job: An Analysis of Outcomes for Participants in Three Missouri Programs"
Carolyn J. Heinrich, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Peter R. Mueser, University of Missouri - Columbia
Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky

"Taxes, Transfers, and the Labor Supply of Single Mothers"
James P. Ziliak, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Welfare Recipiency, Job Separation Outcomes, and Post-Separation Earnings"
Jill Gunderson, ERS Group
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University

"Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Dependency: The Effects of Length and Timing of Exposure"
Oscar A. Mitnik, University of Miami and IZA, Institute for the Study of Labor (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Christopher Jepsen, University of Kentucky
Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky
John Garen, University of Kentucky