Organizers:

Leslie Stratton, Virginia Commonwealth University

Session Chairs:

Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Ohio University

Papers:

"Time Allocation of Parents and Investments in Sons and Daughters"
Shelly Lundberg, University of Washington
Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Jennifer Ward-Batts, Claremont McKenna College

"Secondary Childcare in the ATUS: What Does It Measure?"
Mary Dorinda Allard, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Suzanne M. Bianchi, University of Maryland
Jay Stewart, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)

"Family Structure and Adolescents' Time Use"
Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Ohio University
David C. Ribar, University of North Carolina - Greensboro
Leslie Stratton, Virginia Commonwealth University

"The Long Term Effect of Parental Time Use on Children's Development"
Astrid Wurtz, Aarhus School of Business - Denmark (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Harley Frazis, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
McKinley L. Blackburn, University of South Carolina
Gerald S. Oettinger, University of Texas - Austin
Daniel Hamermesh, Hale Centennial Professor, University of Texas - Austin and National Bureau of Economic Research

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