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"
Joseph J. Sabia, University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Living Earned Income Theory: Towards a Generalizable Explanation of Temporal Earned Income Behavior"
Richard J. Stemple, Jr., Northwest Vista College (Contact Author)

"For Better or Worse? The Effect of Earnings Risk on Family Structure"
Scott D. Drewianka, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (Contact Author)

"Discrepancies in Earnings Inequality in Two CPS Surveys"
Robin Anderson, University of Washington (Contact Author)
Martina Morris, University of Washington

"Reducing Direct Care Work Turnover: Do Wage Subsidies Matter?"
Reagan Anne Baughman, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)
Kristin Smith, University of New Hampshire

Discussants:

Edward J. Timmons, Lehigh University
Kalpana Pai, Texas Wesleyan University

Session Chairs:

Nazmi Sari, University of Saskatchewan

Papers:

"Initiation and Addiction: An Analysis of Adolescent Smoking Behavior"
Mir M. Ali, State University of New York - Stony Brook (Contact Author)

"Reading, Writing, and Sex: Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Academic Achievement"
Joseph J. Sabia, University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Emergency Contraception and Risky Behavior"
Christine A. Piette, University of Florida (Contact Author)

"Impacts of Institutional Structure on Smoking Prevention Policies"
Nazmi Sari, University of Saskatchewan (Contact Author)

"Adolescent Depression: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Educational Attainment"
Jason M. Fletcher, Yale University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Monica Cain, Winston-Salem State University

Session Chairs:

Matthew Christopher Pearson, University of California - Davis

Papers:

"Who Buys What? Racial Differences in Expenditures, 1996-2002"
Matthew Christopher Pearson, University of California - Davis (Contact Author)

"Women Don't Play Dice: Risk Attitudes, Job Search and the Wage/Unemployment Gamble"
Albert Pasaoa, University of California - Riverside (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Lori Stuntz, University of Texas - Austin
Joseph J. Sabia, University of Georgia