Organizers:

Aparna Mitra, The University of Oklahoma

Session Chairs:

Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont

Papers:

"Government Help to the Lone Mother"
Barbara Bergmann, American University (Contact Author)

"How Single Mothers Have Fared During the Recession"
Heidi Hartmann, Institute for Women's Policy Research (Contact Author)

"Increasing Male Support for Child Raising"
Aparna Mitra, The University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Joni Hersch, Vanderbilt University
Mary Eschelbach Hansen, American University

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Session Chairs:

Mieke Meurs, American University

Papers:

"Macroeconomics, Distribution and Human Development"
Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont (Contact Author)

"Gender, Empowerment and Mobility of the Poor in Uganda"
Emcet Tas, American University (Contact Author)

"Women's Employment and Asset Ownership in Afghanistan, 2007-08"
Hazel Malapit, The World Bank (Contact Author)
Elena Bardasi, The World Bank

"Modeling Household Asset Allocation as Determined by Ownership, Risk Preferences, and Bargaining Power of Members Within the Household"
Marya Hillesland, American University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Cheryl Doss, Yale University
Caren Grown, USAID

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Session Chairs:

Dennis Pearson, Austin Peay State University

Papers:

"Financial Development and Economic Growth: Evidence from 12 OECD Countries"
Ariuna Taivan, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

"Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents and Nonlinear Taxation"
Yulei Peng, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Structural Breaks in Fiscal Performance: Did Fiscal Responsibility Laws Have Anything to Do with Them?"
Leandro Medina, The George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Credit Market Activity and Central Bank Provision of Liquidity: The Case of Security Repurchase Agreements"
Karl David Boulware, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Jun Ma, The University of Alabama
Robert R. Reed, III, The University of Alabama

Discussants:

Nurlan Turdaliev, University of Windsor
Jan Marc Berk, De Nederlandsche Bank
Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont
Andrea Civelli, University of Arkansas

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