Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Papers:

"Tax Progressivity and Income Inequality"
Denvil Duncan, Georgia State University
Klara Sabirianova Peter, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Access to Education Under a Welfare Program and the Return to Schooling"
Hui-chen Wang, University of Mississippi (Contact Author)

"The Phillips Curve and US Monetary Policy: What the FOMC Transcripts Tell Us"
Ellen Meade, American University
Daniel L. Thornton, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Discussants:

Lisa Barrow, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University
Ellis W. Tallman, Oberlin College

Session Chairs:

John Robst, University of South Florida

Papers:

"Gender Differences in the Effect of Sexual Abstinence on Human Capital Accumulation"
Joseph J. Sabia, American University (Contact Author)
Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado Denver

"Mothers, Fathers, and Grandmothers: Education Choices in Tajikistan"
Susan Reilly, American University (Contact Author)

"Dynamics in the Evolution of the Black-White Test Score Gap"
Kitae Sohn, University at Albany (Contact Author)

"Sibling Behavior and Human Capital Accumulation"
John Robst, University of South Florida (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Hui-chen Wang, University of Mississippi
Ronald Caldwell, Jr., University of Kansas
Cynthia A. Bansak, St. Lawrence University
Suqin Ge, Virginia Tech University