Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College

Papers:

"Child Support Policies and Information about Fathers on Birth Certificates"
H. Elizabeth Peters, Cornell University
Asia Sikora, Cornell University (Contact Author)
Kara Joyner, Bowling Green State University

"The Racial Saving Gap Enigma: Unraveling the Role of Institutions"
Willie Belton, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere, Georgia Institute of Technology

"Ethnic Persistence, Assimilation and Risk Proclivity"
Holger Bonin, ZEW (Centre for European Economic Research)
Amelie Constant, DIW DC (Contact Author)
Konstantinos Tatsiramos, IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor)
Klaus F. Zimmermann, Bonn University

"Information, Advertising, and Consumer Choice: An Application to the Ready-to-Eat Cereal Market"
Yan Chen, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado Denver
Lina Walker, Brookings Institution and Georgetown University
Pia M. Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Debra Holt, Federal Trade Commission - Bureau of Economics

Organizers:

Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Papers:

"Do Remittances Boost Economic Development? Evidence from Mexican States"
Jesus Canas, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Roberto Coronado, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Pia M. Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Contact Author)
Madeline Zavodny, Agnes Scott College

"The Labor Market Experience and Impact of Undocumented Workers"
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"Remittances, Exchange Rate Regimes and the Dutch Disease: A Panel Data Analysis"
Federico S. Mandelman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)
Pablo Acosta, Corporación Andina de Fomento

"The Impact of Remittance Income Volatility on Labor Supply: Evidence from Mexico"
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University (Contact Author)
Susan Pozo, Western Michigan University

Discussants:

Federico S. Mandelman, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Antonio Spilimbergo, International Monetary Fund
Olga Shemyakina, Georgia Institute of Technology
Kirsten K. Madden, Millersville University