Session Chairs:

Sally Wallace, Georgia State University

Papers:

"A Dynamic Analysis of Career , Family and Fertility Choices of Women."
Rachna Maheshwari, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"Childbearing, Marriage and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from Age-Cohort Data for the United States"
Joe A. Stone, Department of Economics, University of Oregon (Contact Author)
Jo Anna Gray, Department of Economics, University of Oregon
Jean Stockard, Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon

"Employment of Married Women and Economic Development: Evidence From Latin American Countries"
Chinhui Juhn, University of Houston
Manuelita Ureta, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Testing the Behavioral Responses of the Elderly to the Wealth and Generosity of their Adult Children"
Luis Gonzalez, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Khusrav Gaibulloev, University of Texas at Dallas
Vera Brencic, University of Alberta

Session Chairs:

Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Papers:

"The Roles of Public Higher Education Expenditure and the Privatization of the Higher Education on U.S. States Economic Growth"
Bornali Bhandari, Fitchburg State College
Bradley Curs, University of Missouri-Columbia (Contact Author)

"Changing Incentives and Course-Taking in Merit Scholarships: The Case of 2004 Revisions to Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship"
Samuel J Rauschenberg, Georgia College & State University (Contact Author)

"Does Reducing College Costs Improve Educational Outcomes for Undocumented Immigrants?"
Chinhui Juhn, University of Houston (Contact Author)
Aimee Chin, University of Houston

Discussants:

Bornali Bhandari, Fitchburg State College
Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

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