Session E: Family Economics
Saturday, May 4, 2002
8:45-11:45

Chair: Julie Hotchkiss

Papers:

8:45 Tom Hertz, “Intergenerational Economic Mobility of Black and White Families in the U.S.”
9:10 Discussant’s Comments -- Kathy Terrell
9:20 General Discussion

9:35 Russell D. Murphy: “Dynastic Altruism in the United States? Barro and Becker (1989) and Cohort Fertility Since the Late Nineteenth Century”
10:00 Discussant’s Comments -- Josh Angrist
10:10 General Discussion

10:25 Coffee Break

10:45 M. Daniele Paserman and Eric D. Gould: “Waiting for Mr. Right: Rising Inequality and Declining Marriage Rates”
11:10 Discussant’s Comments -- Jeff Frank
11:20 General Discussion