These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Andrew Newman (Boston University)

Friday, January 4, 8:00 AM

Friday, January 4, 8:00 AM
Session: Marriage Markets: Theory and Empirics (AEA)
Presiding: Christopher Flinn (New York University)

Social Norms and Demographic Shocks: Marriage Markets and Dowries in Medieval Tuscany
Maristella Botticini (University of Torino)

Are Working Women Good for Marriage?
Zvika Neeman (Boston University)
Andrew Newman (Boston University)
Claudia Olivetti (Boston University)

Household Time Allocation and Modes of Behavior: A Theory of Sorts
Daniela Del Boca (Univeristy of Torino)
Christopher Flinn (New York University)
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Sunday, January 6, 8:00 AM

Sunday, January 6, 8:00 AM
Session: The Economics of Family and Work (AEA)
Presiding: Raquel Bernal (Northwestern University)

The Economic of Child Adoption: Evidence from Micro-level Data
Raquel Bernal (Northwestern University)
Luojia Hu (Northwestern University)
Chiaki Moriguchi (Northwestern University)
Eva Nagypal (Northwestern University)

Are Working Women Good for Marriage?
Zvika Neeman (Boston University)
Andrew Newman (Boston University)
Claudia Olivetti (Boston University)

Learning and Female Labor Force Participation
Alessandra Fogli (New York University)
Laura Veldkamp (New York University)

Explaining Wealth and Consumption Variation over the Life-Cycle and Across Households: a Dynamic Model of Labor Supply, Savings and Fertility
John Knowles (University of Pennsylvania)
Melissa Tartari (Yale University)
Petra Todd (University of Pennsylvania)


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