Thursday, March 31 / 3:30 PM - 5:20 PM   •   Rooms 407-409

Session 52:
Income and Wealth Inequality

Chair: Michael Hurd, RAND
Discussant: David Weir, University of Michigan
Discussant: Nicole Maestas, RAND

  1. What's Happening to the American Dream? Changes in the Transition to Home Ownership 1968-1997 • Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Duke University

  2. Health and Wealth of Elderly Couples: Causality Tests Using Dynamic Panel Data Models • Pierre-Carl Michaud, Tilburg University ; Arthur H. Van Soest, RAND

  3. Changes in Consumption at Retirement: The Role of Income and Wealth Inequality • Susann Rohwedder, RAND

  4. Trends in Women’s Labor Supply and the Family Income Inequality: 1982-2001 • Taek-Jin Shin, University of California, Berkeley

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