Organizers:

Marie T. Mora, University of Texas - Pan American
Sue K. Stockly, Chair, Business Administration and Economics, Eastern New Mexico University

Session Chairs:

Marie T. Mora, University of Texas - Pan American

Papers:

"Childcare Labor Market Characteristics and Migrant Head Start in Michigan: Implications for the Quality of Childcare for Hispanic Children"
Rene Rosenbaum, Michigan State University

"Coming to Work: The Working Hours of Immigrants From Mexico and Central America"
Fernando Antonio Lozano, Pomona College (Contact Author)

"Life After High School: Transitions to Work and College for Hispanic Youth in the New Millennium"
Krista M. Perreira, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and Carolina Population Center (Contact Author)
Kathleen M. Harris, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Dohoon Lee, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

"Are Daughters More Generous? An Inquiry Into the Remitting Patterns of Hispanics in the U.S."
Susan Pozo, Western Michigan University
Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Vermont (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, University of South Florida
Sue K. Stockly, Chair, Business Administration and Economics, Eastern New Mexico University
Marie T. Mora, University of Texas - Pan American
Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Session Chairs:

Mohammed Mohsin, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Papers:

"Inflation Targeting Versus Traditional Monetary Regimes: Inflation Stabilization and Trade Deficits"
Christopher P. Ball, Quinnipiac University (Contact Author)
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville

"Output Costs and Inflation Targeting in Open Economies"
Christopher P. Ball, Quinnipiac University (Contact Author)
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville

"Inflation Targeting in Open Economies With Durable and Non-Durable Consumption"
Sushanta K. Mallick
Mohammed Mohsin, University of Tennessee - Knoxville (Contact Author)

"Measuring the Reaction of Monetary Policy to Remittances: The Case of Colombia"
Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Vermont (Contact Author)
Isabel Ruiz, Sam Houston State University

"Money and Worker's Remittances: Empirical Evidence"
Martha Cruz Zuniga, Catholic University of America (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gregory E. Givens, Middle Tennessee State University
Joseph P. McGarrity, University of Central Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Avik Chakraborty, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Papers:

"The Impact of the EMU on Channels of Risk Sharing Between Member Countries"
Faruk Balli, University of Houston (Contact Author)
Bent E. Sorensen, University of Houston

"Learning, the Forward Premium Puzzle and Market Efficiency"
Avik Chakraborty, University of Tennessee - Knoxville (Contact Author)

"On Forward Rate Unbiasedness and Uncovered Interest Rate Parity"
Daniel L. Thornton, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Contact Author)

"End of the Feldstein-Horioka Puzzle?"
Sudeshna Pal, West Virginia University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Carlos Vargas-Silva, University of Vermont
Rajeev Sooreea, Pennsylvania State University - Altoona