Organizers:

Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Are Women Better than Men at Multitasking Household Activities? New Experimental Evidence"
Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Texas Tech University
Gigi Foster, University of New South Wales

"Gender, Job Satisfaction, and Professional Labor Markets"
Joni Hersch, Vanderbilt University
Jean Y. Xiao, Vanderbilt University

"Who Cares—And Does It Matter? Measuring Wage Penalties for Caring Work"
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University
Julia Manzella, Georgia State University

"The Occupational Feminization of Promotion and Wages"
John T. Addison, University of South Carolina
Orgul D. Ozturk, University of South Carolina
Si Wang, University of South Carolina

Discussants:

Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University
Meghan Skira, The University of Georgia
David Macpherson, Trinity University
Sarah Jacobson, Williams College

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Organizers:

Jennifer Bennett Shinall, Vanderbilt University

Session Chairs:

Jennifer Bennett Shinall, Vanderbilt University

Papers:

"What Happens When the Definition of Disability Changes? The Case of Obesity"
Jennifer Bennett Shinall, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"Accounting for Changes in the Income of Working-Age People with Disabilities Since 1980: What You Measure Matters"
Richard Burkhauser, Cornell University
Jeff Larrimore, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Sean Lyons, Congressional Budget Office

"Occupational Sorting Among Workers with Disabilities: Does Age of Onset Matter?"
Marjorie Baldwin, Arizona State University
Chung Choe, Korea Information Society Development Institute

"Rejection from the Disability Insurance Program and Dependency on Social Support"
Susan E. Chen, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Joni Hersch, Vanderbilt University
Orgul D. Ozturk, University of South Carolina

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Organizers:

Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University
Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"Price Increasing Competition: Evidence from Higher Education"
Angela K. Dills, Providence College
Kurt W. Rotthoff, Seton Hall University

"The Effects of Targeted Recruitment Programs"
Rodney J. Andrews, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"Catching Up Is Hard to Do: Undergraduate Prestige, Elite Graduate Programs, and the Earnings Premium"
Joni Hersch, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"Walking Hand-in-Hand: Early Life Traumatic Victimization and Dropping Out"
Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University
Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University
Darrick Hamilton, The New School
William A. Darity, Jr., Duke University

Discussants:

Laura Crispin, Saint Joseph's University
John Winters, Oklahoma State University
Sara E. Helms, Samford University
M. Kathleen Thomas, Mississippi State University

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Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Donna Gilleskie, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Papers:

"The Impact of Import Competition on Health"
T. Clay McManus, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)
Georg Schaur, The University of Tennessee

"Investment-Specific Technology and the Labor’s Share of Income in the U.S."
Edouard Wemy, Emory University (Contact Author)

"Changing Trends in the Labor Force: A Replication and Extension"
Charlotte Otabor, Howard University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University
Donna Gilleskie, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joni Hersch, Vanderbilt University

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