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