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:

Martha Jane Bailey, University of Michigan

Session Chairs:

Martha Jane Bailey, University of Michigan

Papers:

"Starter Marriages"
Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame
Melanie Guldi, Mount Holyoke College
Discussant: Joanna N. Lahey, Texas A&M University

"Did Welfare Reform Improve the Academic Performance of Children in Low-Income Households?"
Amalia R. Miller, University of Virginia (Contact Author)
Discussant: Lisa Dickson, University of Maryland Baltimore County

"Abortion and Comstockery: Fertility Control and the 19th Century Demographic Transition"
Elizabeth O Ananat, Duke University
Joanna N. Lahey, Texas A&M University
Discussant: Martha Jane Bailey, University of Michigan

"Minimum Drinking Age Laws and Infant Health Outcomes"
Angela Fertig, University of Georgia (Contact Author)
Tara Watson, Williams College
Discussant: Melanie Guldi, Mount Holyoke College

Organizers:

Melanie Guldi, Mount Holyoke College
Orgul D Ozturk, University of South Carolina

Session Chairs:

Melanie Guldi, Mount Holyoke College

Papers:

"The Effect of Parental Medicaid Expansions on Job Mobility"
Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Matthew Kim, University of St. Thomas
Discussant: Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame

"Welfare and Work Participation of Single Mothers and Children’s Cognitive Development"
Orgul D Ozturk, University of South Carolina (Contact Author)
Hau Chyi, Wise Xiamen University
Discussant: Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College

"Welfare Reform and Its Impact on the Welfare Caseload, Marriage, Poverty, and Fertility"
Hal W. Snarr, North Carolina A&T State University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Lisa Dickson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

"Have States’ Welfare Policies Adopted Under TANF Incentivized Migration?"
Mark L. Burkey, North Carolina A&T State University
Melanie Guldi, Mount Holyoke College (Contact Author)
Discussant: Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame