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

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

Session Chairs:

Asia Sikora, Cornell University

Papers:

"Medicaid and Medicare Costs: Effects of Rising Obesity Rates, Hospital Ownership Structure, Aging Population and Government Policy"
Anusua Datta, Philadelphia University (Contact Author)
Donald Vandegrift, The College of New Jersey

"Measuring the Effect of Body Weight on Occupational Attainment"
Xiaoshu Han, Mount Union College (Contact Author)

"A Head Above the Rest: Height and Adolescent Psychological Wellbeing"
Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado Denver
Joseph J. Sabia, American University (Contact Author)
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado Denver

"Brains Versus Brawn: Occupational Determinants of Cognitive Ability Among Older Americans"
Asia Sikora, Cornell University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Barry R. Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago
Kristine Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jonathan D. Fisher, Litigation Analytics, Inc.
Zeynep Isgor, University of Illinois at Chicago