Session Chairs:

Elizabeth Weber Handwerker, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Papers:

"Demographic Contributions to Inequality: Decomposition Analyses by Income Source from 1969 to 2006"
Gulgun Bayaz, University of Connecticut
Richard V. Burkhauser, Cornell University
Kenneth A. Couch, University of Connecticut (Contact Author)

"Education and the Distribution of Wages: A Semiparametric Approach"
Judy Yang, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

"Measuring the Impact of College Cost Shocks on Parents' Labor Supply"
Elizabeth Weber Handwerker, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)
Emily Pas Isenberg, U.S. Census Bureau

"Wage Traps as Poverty and Distribution Traps in Neoclassical and Endogenous Growth Models"
Manfred Gaertner, University of St. Gallen (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Fenohasina Maret, The George Washington University
Robert M. Schmidt, University of Richmond
David S. Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau
Ekaterina Niman, University of Guelph

Session Chairs:

Anjali Srivastava, Rutgers University

Papers:

"Education and Empowerment: Evidence from the Choice of Spouse in Vietnam"
Fenohasina Maret, The George Washington University (Contact Author)
M. Shahe Emran, The George Washington University
Stephen C. Smith, The George Washington University

"The Aging Population in India"
Aparna Mitra, University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)

"The Motherhood Wage Gap for First Generation Immigrant and Native Women: Do Motherhood Wage Gaps Vary By United States Nativity?"
Anjali Srivastava, Rutgers University (Contact Author)
William M. Rodgers, III, Rutgers University

Discussants:

Justin May, The College of William and Mary
Paula M. Kazi, Bucknell University
Fenohasina Maret, The George Washington University