Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Marjorie Baldwin, Arizona State University

Papers:

"Coasian Complications: How the Interactions of Waiting Times, No-Fault, and Unilateral Divorce Laws Affect Divorce Rates"
Tongyai Iyavarakul, Duke University
Marjorie B. McElroy, Duke University

"The Long Term Effects of the Divorce Revolution: Health, Wealth, and Labor Supply"
Kristin Mammen, Barnard College, Columbia University (Contact Author)

"Child Support Enforcement and Gender Disparity in Retirement Wealth"
Yunhee Chang, University of Mississippi (Contact Author)

"Valuing Substitute Families: Financial Support for Foster and Adoptive Families"
Mary Eschelbach Hansen, American University
Paul Jacobs, American University

Discussants:

Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky
Angela Fertig, University of Georgia
David Macpherson, Florida State University
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado Denver

Session Chairs:

William E. Even, Miami University

Papers:

"Changes in Wage Structure in Urban India 1983-2004: A Quantile Regression Decomposition"
Mehtabul Azam, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

"Human Capital Risk and the Firmsize Wage Premium"
Danny Leung, Bank of Canada
Alexander Ueberfeldt, Bank of Canada (Contact Author)

"Occupational Composition and Wage Inequality"
Carol Scotese Lehr, Virginia Commonwealth University (Contact Author)

"Is Bigger Still Better?: Evolution of the Firm Size Wage Premium"
William E. Even, Miami University
David Macpherson, Florida State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

William M. Rodgers, III, Rutgers University
Anjali Srivastava, Rutgers University
Elizabeth L. Rankin, Centenary College of Louisiana
Dan Becker, University of Virginia