Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Papers:

"Screening for Commitment: The Effect of Maternity Leave Use on Wages"
Colleen Manchester, University of Minnesota
Lisa M. Leslie, University of Minnesota
Tae-Youn Park, University of Minnesota

"To Switch or Not to Switch?"
Jill Kearns, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Earning Gap Across Gender in the U.S."
Kusum Mundra, Rutgers University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jill Janocha, American University
Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida
Phanindra V. Wunnava, Middlebury College

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Session Chairs:

Ahlam Fakhar, Al Akhawayn University

Papers:

"Alcohol and Liver Cirrhosis Mortality: New Evidence from a Panel Data Analysis for Sixteen European Countries"
Jan Bentzen, University of Aarhus (Contact Author)
Valdemar Smith, University of Aarhus

"What Will the Neighbors Think? Welfare Stigma Due to Public Disapproval"
Colleen Manchester, University of Minnesota (Contact Author)
Kevin J. Mumford, Purdue University

"Health Status and the Distribution of Risk Within the Household: The Case of Morocco"
Ahlam Fakhar, Al Akhawayn University (Contact Author)

"Sorting and Statistical Discrimination in Schools"
Anil Nathan, College of the Holy Cross (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Anil Nathan, College of the Holy Cross
Colleen Manchester, University of Minnesota
Rocio Garcia-Diaz, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Jay Walker, The University of Memphis

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