Session Chairs:

Shatanjaya Dasgupta, Bates College

Papers:

"Happy Mothers, Successful Children: Effects of Maternal Life Satisfaction on Child Outcomes"
Dimitrios Nikolaou, Illinois State University (Contact Author)

"Analysis of Maternal Employment and Child Care Arrangements on Early Childhood Health and Cognitive Development"
Didem Pekkurnaz, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Contact Author)

"Son Preference and Gender Gaps in Child Nutrition: Does the Level of Female Autonomy Matter?"
Shatanjaya Dasgupta, Bates College (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Plan B on Teen Abortions: Evidence from the 2006 FDA Ruling"
Inna Cintina, University of Hawaii, Manoa (Contact Author)
Morgen S. Johansen, University of Hawaii, Manoa

Discussants:

Dimitrios Nikolaou, Illinois State University
Didem Pekkurnaz, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John J. Perry, Centre College
Jason M. Hockenberry, Emory University
Julio Garin, The University of Georgia

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Session Chairs:

Lunan Jiang, SUNY at Stony Brook

Papers:

"Bank Size and Macroeconomic Shock Transmission"
Uluc Aysun, University of Central Florida (Contact Author)

"Household Credit and Monetary Policy Transmission"
Jingping Gu, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

"Firm Liquidity, Financial Shocks and the U.S. Great Depression"
Lunan Jiang, SUNY at Stony Brook (Contact Author)

"Banking Concentration and Optimal Monetary Policy"
Edgar A. Ghossoub, The University of Texas at San Antonio (Contact Author)

"Where da Cash At?: The Macroeconomics of Firm Level Cash Holdings"
Julio Garin, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)
Chadwick C. Curtis, University of Richmond
M. Saif Mehkari, University of Richmond

Discussants:

Julio Garin, The University of Georgia
Jingping Gu, University of Arkansas
Uluc Aysun, University of Central Florida
Vipin P. Veetil, George Mason University
Edgar A. Ghossoub, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Organizers:

Michael Dalton, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Session Chairs:

Patrick Coate, University of Michigan

Papers:

"Household Structure and Domestic Migration"
Patrick Coate, University of Michigan
Kyle Mangum, Georgia State University

"Mitigating the Consequences of a Health Condition: The Family in the PSID"
Michael Dalton, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dan Lafave, Colby College

"Variations on a Theme: The Cyclicality of Unemployment and the Relevance of Endogenous Home Production"
Julio Garin, The University of Georgia
Robert Lester, University of Notre Dame

"Unraveling the Truth About Self-Employed Women"
Carlianne Patrick, Georgia State University
Heather Stevens, California State University, Long Beach
Amanda Weinstein, Ohio State University

Discussants:

Patrick Coate, University of Michigan
Dan Lafave, Colby College
Kyle Mangum, Georgia State University
Michael Dalton, Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Organizers:

Emily Marshall, University of Kentucky

Session Chairs:

Emily Marshall, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"Housing and Monetary Policy"
Robert R. Reed, III, The University of Alabama
Ejindu Ume, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"Real Effects of Monetary Policy through Security Repurchase Agreements"
Robert R. Reed, III, The University of Alabama
David C. Mills, Federal Reserve Bank Board of Governors
Daniel L. Otto, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"Optimal Monetary Policy and Mortgage Structure"
Emily Marshall, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Julio Garin, The University of Georgia
Uluc Aysun, University of Central Florida
Ejindu Ume, The University of Alabama

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