Sunday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. * |
Session 91G* Time Use |
Organizers: |
Leslie Stratton, Virginia Commonwealth University |
Session Chairs: |
Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Ohio University |
Papers: |
"Time Allocation of Parents and Investments in Sons and Daughters" "Secondary Childcare in the ATUS: What Does It Measure?" "Family Structure and Adolescents' Time Use" "The Long Term Effect of Parental Time Use on Children's Development" |
Discussants: |
Harley Frazis, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
Monday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. * |
Session 189P* Behavioral Foundations of Changing Labor Market Measures |
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" "Family Labor Supply and Economic Downturns: Does Consumption Smoothing Explain the Lessened Severity of Recessions?" "Asymmetrical Labor Force Participation Decisions Over the Business Cycle" |
Discussants: |
Mark Schweitzer, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland |
Monday 2:15 - 4:00 p.m. |
Session 203R Merit Programs and Higher Education |
Session Chairs: |
Joydeep Roy, Economic Policy Institute and Georgetown University |
Papers: |
"Test Scores, High School Achievement, and Academic Performance in College" "Can State Merit Aid Programs Have Unintended Consequences? A Closer Look" "Involuntary Volunteering: The Impact of Mandated Service in Public Schools" "Social Interactions and College Enrollment" |
Discussants: |
Spencer Banzhaf, Georgia State University |