1998 ECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

POPULATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
1998 ANNUAL MEETING

Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, IL
Wednesday, April 1, 1998


INTRODUCTION: Jacob A. Klerman, RAND


SESSION I: 1:05-2 p.m.

Chair: Elizabeth Peters, Cornell University

Michael Brien - University of Virginia
Lee Lillard - RAND
Steven Stern - University of Virginia
"Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce in a Model of Match Quality"

Discussant: John Cawley, NORC and University of Chicago


SESSION II: 2:05-2:55 p.m.

Chair: Elizabeth Peters, Cornell University

Dan Black - University of Kentucky
Terra McKinnish - Carnegie Mellon University
Seth Sanders - Carnegie Mellon University
"Smoothing the Fixed Effects Estimator: Distinguishing Permanent and Transitory Changes"

Discussant: Warren Sanderson, State University of New York at Stony Brook


SESSION III: 3:10-4:05 p.m.

Chair: Robert Schoeni, RAND

Claus Ch. Pörtner - University of Copenhagen
"Children as Insurance"

Discussant: Andrew D. Foster, Brown University


SESSION IV: 4:05-5 p.m.

Chair: Robert Schoeni, RAND

John W. Phillips - Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
"Intrafamily Allocation: Joint Determination of Multiple Transfer Outcomes"

Discussant: Kathleen Beegle, RAND