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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Organizers:

Martha A. Starr, American University

Session Chairs:

Aparna Mitra, The University of Oklahoma

Papers:

"Are We There Yet? Women's to Men's Earnings Gap in the 21st Century"
Jennifer Cheeseman Day, U.S. Census Bureau (Contact Author)

"The Intersection of Labor Economics and EEO Law"
Robert M. LaJeunesse, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Contact Author)
Elvira Sisolak, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

"Gender and the 2007-09 Recession: Looking Within the Household"
Martha A. Starr, American University (Contact Author)

"Business Cycles and Gender Diversification: An Analysis of Staffing Patterns by Industry and Firm Size"
Cynthia A. Bansak, St. Lawrence University (Contact Author)
Mary Graham, Clarkson University
Allan Zebedee, Clarkson University

Discussants:

Heidi Hartmann, Institute for Women's Policy Research
Emcet Tas, American University
Edward N. Gamber, Lafayette College
Phanindra V. Wunnava, Middlebury College

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