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Upcoming Regional Meetings

Eastern Economic Association
http://www.ramapo.edu/eea/conference.html
2012 Annual Meeting March 9 - 11, 2012
Boston, Boston Park Plaza

Midwest Economic Association
http://web.grinnell.edu/mea/
2012 Annual Meeting, March 29 - April 1, 2012
Chicago, IL, Hotel Orrington (on Chicago’s North Shore)

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Western Economic Association International
http://www.weainternational.org/
87th Annual Conference, June 29 - July 3, 2012
San Francicso, Hilton Union Square

Southern Economic Association
http://www.southerneconomic.org/
Southern Annual Meeting, November 19-21, 2011
Washington Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC

CSWEP Sessions at the 2012 ASSA/AEA Annual Meeting, January 6 – 8, 2012
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Chicago, Illinois

Jan 06, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus KL
Session: Economic Circumstances and Child Health

Chair: SEEMA JAVACHANDRAN (Northwestern University)
Discussants: SHINGYI WANG (New York University), REMA HANNA (Harvard University), ANNE CASE (Princeton University), RICHARD AKRESH (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

The Weight of the Crisis: Evidence from Newborns in Argentina
CLIMENT QUINTANA-DOMEQUE (Universitat d'Alacant) and CARLOS BOZZOLI (BIW)

Seasonal Effects of Water Quality on Maternal and Infant Health in India
NIDHIYA MENON (Brandeis University) and ELIZABETH BRAINERD (Brandeis University)

The Effect of Prenatal Stress on Birth Weight: Evidence from the al-Aqsa Intifada
HANSI MANSOUR (University of Colorado Denver) and DANIEL REES (University of Colorado Denver)

Child Health and Conflict in Cote d'Ivoire
CAMELIA MINOIU (International Monetary Fund) and OLGA SHEMYAKINA (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Jan 06, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus KL
Session Title: Maternity Leave, Family Formation and Caregiving

Chair: TERRA MCKINNISH (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Discussants: CHRISTINE PIETTE DURANCE (UNC), SHOSHANA GROSSBARD (UCSan Diego), ANDREA BELLER (University of Illinois, Urbana – Champaign), DANIEL REES (University of Colorado – Denver)

The Effects of Maternity Leave on Children’s Birth and Infant Health Outcomes in the United States
MAYA ROSSIN (Columbia University)

Love and Money by Parental Match-Making: Evidence from Chinese Couples
FALI HUANG (Singapore Management University), GINGER JIN (University of Maryland), and LIXIN COLIN XU (World Bank)

Sex Ratios and Family Formation: The Role of the Vietnam Draft
MARIANNE BITLER (University of California-Irvine) and LUCIE SCHMIDT (Williams College)

Do Couples Self-Insure? The Effect of Informal Care on Joint Labor Supply Decisions NORMA COE (Boston College), COURTNEY HAROLD VAN HOUTVEN (Duke University), and MEGHAN SKIRA (Boston College)

Jan 06, 2012 2:30 pm, Hyatt Regency, Gold Coast
Session: Growth Inputs: From Human Capital to Nation Building

Chair: LINDA GOLDBERG (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
Discussants: KATHERYN RUSS (University of California Davis), LORI BEAMAN (Northwestern University) HEATHER ROYER (UCSB) and ERICA GROSHEN (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

Nation Building and Economic Growth
ELLYN CREASEY (US Navy), AHMEND RAHMAN (US Naval Academy), and KATHERINE SMITH (US Naval Academy)

Conditional Cash Transfers, Political Participation and Voting Behavior
JAVIER BAEZ (World Bank), ADRIANA CAMACHO (Universidad de Los Andes), and EMILY CONOVER (Hamilton College), ROMÁN A. ZARÁTE (Universidad de los Andes)

Compulsory Schooling in Turkey, Educational Attainment, and the Gender Gap
JENNIFER WARD-BATTS (Wayne State University) and KAITLIN ANITSHIN (Arturo Velasquez Institute)

Effects of School Quality on Student Achievement: Discontinuity Evidence from Kenya ADRIENNE LUCAS (Wellesley College) and ISAAC MBITI (Southern Methodist University)

Jan 07, 2012 8:00 am, Hyatt Regency, Regency B
Session Title: Exploiting Experiments and Quasi-Experiments to Identify Gender Related Outcomes

Chair: TRACY REGAN (University of Arizona)
Discussants: CATALINA ALMUEDO-DORANTES (San Diego State University), MARTHA BAILEY (University of Michigan), TODD SORENSEN (University of California – Riverside), DINA SHATNAWI (U.S. Naval Postgraduate School)

Identification of the Effect of Depression on Risky Sexual Behavior: Exploiting a Natural Experiment
SUSAN AVERETT (Lafayette College) and YANG WANG (Lafayette College)

The Effects of Intrauterine Malnutrition on Sex Ratio at Birth and Fertility Outcomes: Evidence from the 1974 Bangladesh Famine
CHRISTINA PETERS (Metropolitan State College of Denver), REY HERNÁNDEZ- JULIÁN (Metropolitan State College of Denver), HANI MANSOUR (University of Colorado – Denver)

Who’s the Boss at Home after Receiving Conditional Cash Transfers?
ADRIANA CAMACHO (University of the Andes), and CATHERINE RODRIGUEZ (University of the Andes)

Does Gender Matter for Academic Promotion? Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment
NATALIA ZINOVYEVA (Institute of Public Goods and Policies), and MANUEL BAGUES (Carlos III University)

Jan 07, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Toronto
Session: Family structure and intra-household bargaining: Causes and Consequences

Chair: ERICA FIELD (Duke University)
Discussants: SANTASH ANAGOL (University of Pennsylvania), ELIZABETH BRAINARD (Brandeis University), MARGARET MCCONNELL (Harvard School of Public Health) and NANCY QIAN (Yale University)

Kinship and Financial Networks, Formal Financial Access and Risk Reduction
CYNTHIA KINNAN (Northwestern University) and ROBERT TOWNSEND (MIT)

Female Bargaining Power and Household Decision Making: Evidence from Mexico FRANCISCA ANTMAN (University of Colorado at Boulder)

Credit to Women Entrepreneurs: The Curse of the Trustworthier Sex
ISABELLE AGIER (Universite Paris I Sorbonne) and ARIANE SZAFARZ (Universite Libre de Bruxelles)

Gender, Household Bargaining, and Property Rights
SHING-YI WANG (New York University)

Jan 08, 2012 10:15 am, Hyatt Regency, Columbus CD
Session Title: Women and the Firm

Chair: MARJORIE MCELROY (Duke University)
Discussants: SABRINA WULFF PABLONIA (BLS), JULIE SMITH (Lafayette College), CRISTIAN BARTOLUCCI (Collegio Carlo Alberto), JOHANNA L. FRANCIS (Fordham University)

Affirmative Action in Korea: Impact on Women’s Employment, Corporate Performance and Economic Growth
JIN HWA JUNG (Seoul National University), HYO-YONG SUNG (Sungshin Women’s University) and HYUN-SOOK KIM (Soongsil University)

Business Cycles and Gender Diversification: An Analysis of Staffing Patterns by Industry and Firm Size
CYNTHIA BANSAK (St. Lawrence University), MARY GRAHAM (Clarkson University), ALAN ZEBEDEE (Clarkson University)

Layoff Decisions at Women-Owned Businesses
DAVID MATSA (Northwestern University) and AMALIA MILLER (University of Virginia)

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus: Gender and Mergers and Acquisitions
KAI LI (University of British Columbia), MAURICE LEVY (University of British Columbia) and FENG ZHANG (University of British Columbia)

CSWEP Sessions at the Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting
November 19 - 21, 2011
Washington Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC
http://www.southerneconomic.org

Sunday, November 20th
10:00 – 11:45 a.m. Session 18G: Gender Assets and Welfare Outcomes

Session Chair: Mieke Meurs (American University)
Discussants: Cheryl Doss (Yale University), Caren Grown (USAID)

Macroeconomics, Distribution and Human Development Stephanie Seguino (University of Vermont, Contact Author)

Gender, Empowerment and Mobility of the Poor in Uganda, Emcet Tas (American University, Contact Author)

Women's Employment and Asset Ownership in Afghanistan, 2007-08, Hazel Malapit (World Bank, Contact Author), Elena Bardasi (World Bank)

Modeling Household Asset Allocation as Determined by Ownership, Risk Preferences, and Bargaining Power of Members Within the Household, Marya Hillesland (American University, Contact Author)

2:00 – 3:45 p.m. Session 18H: Health Outcomes and Occupational Advancement

Session Chair: Shelley White-Means (The University of Tennessee Health Science Center)
Discussants: Steven Garasky (IMPAQ International, LLC), Wilhelmina Leigh (Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies)

The Impact of Affirmative Action on the Occupational Advancement of Minorities and Women During 1973-2003, Fidan Kurtulus (University of Massachusetts Amherst, Contact Author)

Son Preference, Female Autonomy, and Maternal Health in Rural India, Sharmistha Self (Missouri State University,Contact Author) and Richard Grabowski (Southern Illinois University)

Teen Birth and STD Outcomes After Abstinence-Only Sex Education, Sondra Collins (University of Southern Mississippi, Contact Author)

4:15 – 5:45 p.m. Session 18I: Women Economists in the Federal Government: Influencing Policy

Organizer: DONNA K. GINTHER (The University of Kansas)
Moderator: DONNA K. GINTHER (The University of Kansas)
Panelists: Katharine Abraham (Council of Economic Advisers), Rachel Croson (Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences National Science Foundation), Joyce Manchester (Health and Human Resources Division, Congressional Budget Office), Anne Polivka (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

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