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:

Dora Gicheva, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Session Chairs:

Dora Gicheva, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Papers:

"Risk Attitude, Gender and Promotion"
Orgul D. Ozturk, University of South Carolina
Melayne Morgan McInnes, University of South Carolina
Si Wang, University of South Carolina

"Careers of Married Women and the Nature of Husbands’ Work: Evidence from Japan"
Takao Kato, Colgate University
Yukiko Asai, University of Tokyo
Ryo Kambayashi, Hitotsubashi University

"Pre-Market Skills, Occupational Choice, and Career Progression"
Jamin Speer, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"Overtime Premiums, Labor Supply and the Social Value of Occupations"
Dora Gicheva, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Orgul D. Ozturk, University of South Carolina
Takao Kato, Colgate University
Jamin Speer, The University of Memphis
Dora Gicheva, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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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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