Organizers:

Gail M. Hoyt, University of Kentucky

Session Chairs:

Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"Do Children Keep Mothers from Developing their Career? Evidence Using State Kindergarten Entrance Age Laws"
Rashmi Barua, Boston University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame

"Does Physician Quality Affect Hospital Length-of-Stay and Discharge Destination?"
Lara Gardner, Southeastern Louisiana University
Sharmila Vishwasrao, Florida Atlantic University
Discussant: Aparna Lhila, University Of Georgia

"Earned Income Tax Credit and the Educational Progress of Single Mothers"
Linda Carter, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky

"Do Public Goods Explain the Relationship Between Income Inequality and Birth Weight?"
Aparna Lhila, University Of Georgia (Contact Author)
Discussant: John Garen, University of Kentucky

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:

Lea Kosnik, University of Missouri - St. Louis

Session Chairs:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Papers:

"Balancing Environmental Protection and Energy Production in the Federal Hydropower Licensing Process"
Lea Kosnik, University of Missouri - St. Louis (Contact Author)
Discussant: John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

"An Economic Framework for Coordinating Climate Policy with the Montreal Protocol"
Stephen J DeCanio, University of California, Santa Barbara
Catherine S. Norman, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: Jonathan H. Hamilton, University of Florida

"Dams, Dam Removal and River Restoration: A Hedonic Property Value Analysis"
Lynne Lewis, Bates College
Curtis Bohlen, Colby College
Sarah Wilson, Bates College
Bevin Ashenmiller, Occidental College
Discussant: Brandon Koford, University of Kentucky

"The Distributional Impacts of Climate Change"
Jennifer Brown, Eastern Connecticut State University
Fred Loxsom, Eastern Connecticut State University
Mary Curran, Eastern Connecticut State University
Discussant: John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Organizers:

Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida

Session Chairs:

Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida

Papers:

"Smoking and Pregnancy Outcomes Among Young Adults"
Angela Fertig, University of Georgia
Monica Gaughan, University of Georgia
Discussant: Scott Hankins, University of Kentucky

"The Effect of Minimum Wage Increases on Less-Educated Single Mothers"
Joseph J. Sabia, University of Georgia (Contact Author)
Discussant: Amalia R. Miller, University of Virginia

"The Consequences of Welfare Reform for Prenatal WIC Participation and Birth Outcomes"
Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Discussant: Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky

"The Earned Income Tax Credit and Poverty Among Single Mothers and Their Children"
Molly Dahl, Congressional Budget Office (Contact Author)
Thomas C DeLeire, Michigan State University
Discussant: Sally Wallace, Georgia State University

Organizers:

Kanda Naknoi, Purdue University

Session Chairs:

Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"Solving the Country Risk-Business Cycles Disconnect: Endogenous Output Collapse in a Model of Sovereign Default"
Enrique G Mendoza, University of Maryland
Vivan Z Yue, New York University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Douglas G Waldo, University of Florida

"Marginal Product of Capital, Capital Flows and Convergence"
Kanda Naknoi, Purdue University (Contact Author)
Sirsha Chatterjee, Purdue University
Discussant: Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky

"The Dynamics of Valuation and Trade Adjustments in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from South Korea"
Huiran Pan, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Georg Schaur, The University of Tennessee

"Asset Price Dynamics and the Composition of Capital Inflows in Emerging Market Economies"
Katherine Smith, United States Naval Academy (Contact Author)
Diego Valderrama, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Discussant: Robert R Reed, III, University of Alabama