Organizers:

Orgul D Ozturk, University of South Carolina

Session Chairs:

Hope Corman, Rider University and NBER

Papers:

"Young Fathers' Access to Health Insurance"
Hope Corman, Rider University and NBER (Contact Author)
Kelly Noonan, Rider University and NBER
Anne Carroll, Rider University
Nancy E. Reichman, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

"Evaluation of Job Coaching Programs and Employment of Mentally Disabled Individuals"
Orgul D Ozturk, University of South Carolina (Contact Author)
Melayne Morgan McInnes, University of South Carolina
Suzanne McDermott, University of South Carolina

"State Unemployment Rates and High School Student Drinking"
Jeffrey S. DeSimone, University of Texas at Arlington & NBER (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Workplace Smoking Regulations on the Smoking Behavior of Canadian Workers"
Lynda Gagne, University of Victoria (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University
Melanie Guldi, Mount Holyoke College
Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College

Organizers:

Naci Mocan, Louisiana State University

Session Chairs:

Naci Mocan, Louisiana State University

Papers:

"Computing Crime: Information Technology, Police Effectiveness, and the Organization of Policing"
Luis Garicano, University of Chicago and CEPR (Contact Author)
Paul Heaton, RAND
Discussant: Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado at Denver

"Guidelines, Judges, and Incarceration: Have Sentencing Guidelines Eliminated Judicial Discretion? Does it Matter?"
Shawn D Bushway, University at Albany, SUNY (Contact Author)
Emily Owens, Cornell University
Anne Morrison Piehl, The State University of New Jersey
Discussant: Hope Corman, Rider University and NBER

"Strategic Bidding and Investment in Final Offer Arbitration"
Amy Farmer, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)
Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas
Discussant: Sudipta Sarangi, Louisiana State University

Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Hope Corman, Rider University and NBER

Papers:

"Do Medicaid/SCHIP Expansions Improve Family Labor Market Outcomes?"
Kosali Ilayperuma Simon, Cornell University (Contact Author)
Jamie Caroline Rubenstein, Cornell University
Discussant: Chinhui Juhn, University of Houston

"Family Well-Being and Labor Supply: Implications for the 2001 Tax Reform"
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Robert E. Moore, Georgia State University
Discussant: Marcus A. Winters, University of Arkansas

"Is Early Maternal Labor Supply Harmful for Child Cognitive Development?"
Frank W. Heiland, Florida State University (Contact Author)
Discussant: David C. Ribar, University of North Carolina at Greensboro