Session Chairs:

Hina Sahni, Northern Illinois University

Papers:

"Social Capital and Gender Wage Gap in CEO Labor Market"
Hina Sahni, Northern Illinois University (Contact Author)

"The Money and Beauty of University Presidents"
John J. Perry, Centre College (Contact Author)
Marie Petkus, Centre College
Bruce K. Johnson, Centre College

"The Effect of Net Income Shocks on Firm Behavior: A Variance Decomposition Approach to Firm Level Data"
Edward Hoang, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (Contact Author)
Indrit Hoxha, Penn State University Harrisburg

"Good Little Debts Gone Bad: An Empirical Study of Decisions in the Small Claims Court of 18th-Century Augusta County, Virginia"
Tinni Sen, Virginia Military Institute (Contact Author)
Atin Basuchoudhary, Virginia Military Institute
Turk McCleskey, Virginia Military Institute

Discussants:

Edward Hoang, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
Tinni Sen, Virginia Military Institute
Giulia La Mattina, University of South Florida
Christopher J. Boudreaux, Florida State University

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Session Chairs:

John M. McAdams, Federal Trade Commission

Papers:

"The Effect of the Minimum Wage on School Attendance and Truancy"
John M. McAdams, Federal Trade Commission (Contact Author)

"High Today Versus Lows Tomorrow: How Substance Use Affects Education and Career Paths"
Catherine Alford, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"Effects of Extracurricular Participation on the Educational Outcomes of Students by 'At-Risk' Status"
Laura Crispin, Saint Joseph's University (Contact Author)

"Assisted Reproductive Technology and Women’s Choice to Pursue Professional Degrees"
Giulia La Mattina, University of South Florida
Sarah Kroeger, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sarah Kroeger, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Michaela Patton, The University of Alabama
Giulia La Mattina, University of South Florida
Catherine Alford, University of Virginia

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Organizers:

Prakarsh Singh, Amherst College
Olga Shemyakina, Georgia Institute of Technology

Session Chairs:

Prakarsh Singh, Amherst College

Papers:

"Gender-Differential Effects of Conflict on Education: The Case of the 1981-1993 Punjab Insurgency"
Prakarsh Singh, Amherst College (Contact Author)
Olga Shemyakina, Georgia Institute of Technology

"Terrorism and the Labor Force: Evidence of an Effect on Female Labor Force Participation and the Labor Gender Gap"
Claude Berrebi, RAND (Contact Author)
Jordan Ostwald, RAND

"Armed Conflict and Domestic Violence: Evidence from Rwanda"
Giulia La Mattina, University of South Florida (Contact Author)

"For Better or for Worse: The Long-Term Effects of Postwar Reconstruction on Family Formation"
Melanie Khamis, Wesleyan University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Naci Mocan, Louisiana State University
Subha Mani, Fordham University
Jorge Aguero, University of Connecticut
Sarah Pearlman, Vassar College

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