Session Chairs:

Hsin-Ling Hsieh, Northern Michigan University

Papers:

"I’ll Marry You If You Get Me a Job: Cross-Nativity Marriages and Immigrant Employment Rates"
Delia Furtado, University of Connecticut (Contact Author)
Nikolaos Theodoropoulos, University of Cyprus

"Does Marriage Delay Really Pay Off? Exploiting Marriage Market Shocks as a Natural Experiment"
Le Wang, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

"Can Marriage Destroy Marriage? Lessons from the Netherlands"
Mircea Trandafir, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

"After School Special: The Wage Effect of Adjusting Work Schedules for After School Childcare"
Daniel Matthew Custance Lawson, Drew University (Contact Author)

"The Effects of National Health Insurance on Elderly Living Arrangements"
Hsin-Ling Hsieh, Northern Michigan University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Elizabeth Weber Handwerker, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Sumanta Mukherjee, University of Kansas
Amelie Constant, DIW DC
Stephen Rubb, Sacred Heart University
Hsin-Ling Hsieh, Northern Michigan University

Session Chairs:

Brian E. Chezum, St. Lawrence University

Papers:

"Does Attending a More Prestigious College Improve Health?"
David E. Frisvold, Emory University (Contact Author)
Jason M. Fletcher, Yale University

"The Impact of Maternal Employment on Child’s Mental Health: Evidence from NLSY-Child"
Sumanta Mukherjee, University of Kansas (Contact Author)
Guenther Fink, Harvard School of Public Health

"Unemployment and Mental Distress"
Attila Cseh, Valdosta State University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Health on Intergenerational Transfers of Wealth"
Brian E. Chezum, St. Lawrence University
Jodi Messer Pelkowski, Wichita State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Betty T. Tao, CNA Corporation
Asia Sikora, Cornell University
Maria Floro, American University
Hitomi Komatsu, American University