Organizers:

M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Mary Beth Walker, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Determinants of Physical Activity"
Melayne Morgan McInnes, University of South Carolina (Contact Author)
Judy A. Shinogle, University of Maryland

"Work, Weathering, and Preterm Birth"
Brian S. Armour, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)
Mary Beth Walker, Georgia State University

"New Mother, Employment, and Compensating Wage Differentials"
Pinka Chatterji, Harvard Medical School
Sara Markowitz, Emory University (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Welfare Reform on Human Capital Acquisition"
Dhaval Dave, Bentley College
Nancy E. Reichman, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Hope Corman, Rider University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David E. Frisvold, Emory University
Dhaval Dave, Bentley College
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College

Organizers:

Mary Beth Walker, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Mary G. McGarvey, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Papers:

"Job Lock and the Role of Public Health Insurance During Employment Transitions"
Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Matthew Kim, University of St. Thomas

"Does Marriage Really Matter? Investments in Prenatal Care and Birth Outcomes"
Alison Jacknowitz, American University (Contact Author)
Lucie Schmidt, Williams College

"Neighborhood Crime and Teacher Turnover"
Mary G. McGarvey, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mary Beth Walker, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"The Poverty Reduction Success of Public Transfers for Working Age Immigrants and Refugees in the United States"
Christopher R. Bollinger, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Paul Hagstrom, Hamilton College

Discussants:

Sam Allgood, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Klara Sabirianova Peter, Georgia State University
Duncan Chaplin, Mathematica Policy Research
Alison Jacknowitz, American University