at the Population Association of America Annual Meetings
San Gabriel A, Lobby Level
Western Bonaventure Hotel
404 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90071
Wednesday, March 29, 2006, 1:00-6:00 pm
SESSION I: 1:00-3:25 — Child Outcomes
Chair: Lisa Gennetian (MDRC)
The Economic Determinants and Cognitive Effects of Child Malnutrition in the United States
Susan Averett (Lafayette College) and David Stifel (Lafayette College)
Time Allocation of Parents and Investments in Sons and Daughters
Shelly Lundberg (University of Washington), Sabrina Pabilonia (US BLS), and Jennifer Ward-Batts (Claremont-McKenna College)
Fathers' Education and Children's Human Capital: Evidence from the World War II G.I. Bill
Marianne E. Page (UC Davis)
Discussants: Marianne Bitler (PPIC) and Laura Argys (University of Colorado, Denver)
SESSION II: 3:35-6:00 — Family Formation
Chair: Seth Sanders (University of Maryland)
A Joint Econometric Model of Marriage and Partner Choice
Elaina Rose (University of Washington)
Is Love Colorblind? Anti-discrimination Policy, Assortative Matting and Intrahousehold Allocation.
Marcos Rangel (University of Chicago)
The Effects of Male Incarceration Dynamics on AIDS Infection Rates Among African American Men and Women
Rucker Johnson (UC Berkeley) and Steven Raphael (UC Berkeley)
Discussants: Chris McKelvey (Maryland), Joe Hotz (UCLA), and Terra McKinnish (University of Colorado)