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