| Thursday, May 29 |
| Morning Session: Chuck Pierret, Chair |
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| 8:30-9:00 |
Welcome and opening comments by Chair & guest speaker #1 |
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| 9:00-12:00 |
Schooling Papers [brief break mid-morning]
- Lochner, Belley & Frenette. "Family Income, Ability and Post-Secondary Attendance in the US and Canada"
- Wolpin & Merlo. "Youth Crime and High School Completion”
- Walker. “Enhancing Opportunities or Efficient Tracking: Entry Decision into Two- and Four-Year Colleges"
- Kaestner & Grossman. “The Effect of Obesity on Teen and Young Adult Educational Achievement”
- Hill, Holzer & Chen. “Against the Tide: Household Structure, Opportunities, and Outcomes among White and Minority Youth”
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| 12:00-1:45 |
Lunch [with guest speaker #2] |
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| Afternoon Session: Randy Olsen, Chair |
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| 2:00-5:00 |
Employment Papers
- Pierret & Gladden. “Employment Before Age 16: Does it Make a Difference?”
- Altonji, Bharadwaj & Lange. "Changes in the Characteristics of American Youth: Implications for Adult Outcomes"
- Black, Charles & Sanders. “The Problem with Men"
- Grogger. "Speech Patterns and Racial Wage Differences"
- Finlay. "Effect of Employer Access to Criminal History Data on the Labor Market Outcomes of Ex-Offenders and Non-Offenders"
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| Friday. May 30 |
| Morning Session: Dan Black, Chair |
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| 8:30-10:00 |
Family Behaviors Papers
- Wu & Kaufman. “Two Decades of Change in Premarital First Births: Cohort Comparisons from the NLSY79 and NLSY97”
- Manlove, Scott, Ikramullah & Perper. “Relationship context and the transition to a nonmarital birth”
- Olsen. "What Makes an Acceptable Spouse: A One and a Half Sex Model Using the NLS"
- Moore & Mbwana. "Preventing Risky Sex and Adolescent Parenthood: Does the Effectiveness of Parenting Practices Differ for Children with Varied Risks?"
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| 10:00-10:30 |
Break |
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| 10:30-12:00 |
Risky Behaviors Papers
- Bellair. re: Neighborhood disadvantage, gang membership drug dealing and violence
- Altonji, Cattan & Ware. "Identifying Sibling Influences on Teenage Risky Behavior”
- Pergamit. re: Kids Who Run Away From Home: How do They do as Young Adults?
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| 12:00-1:45 |
Lunch [with Guest Speaker #3] |
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| Afternoon Session: Bob Michael, Chair |
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| 2:00-3:30 |
Methodology Papers
- Datta. "High School Experience: Comparing Self-Report and Transcript Data from the NLSY97"
- Aughinbaugh & Gardecki. “An Analysis of Attrition in the NLSY97"
- Black, Xia & Michael. “The Propensity to Agree to be an NLSY97 Respondent: Evidence from the Screener Data”
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