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