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Session 31:
Welfare Reform and Union Formation

Thursday, May 1
10:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Grand Ballroom D
3rd Floor
Chair: Kathryn Edin, Northwestern University
Discussant: Daniel T. Lichter, Ohio State University

1.  Relationship Skills Training and Marriage among Low-Income Couples  •   Paul Amato, Pennsylvania State University

2.  Why Don't Poor Women Get Married, but Have Children They Can't Afford?  •   Kathryn Edin, Northwestern University; Liana C. Sayer, University of Pennsylvania; Nathan Wright, Northwestern University

3.  Can Social Welfare Policy Increase Marriage or Decrease Divorce? Evidence from the Minnesota Family Investment Plan  •   Lisa A. Gennetian, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC); Virginia Knox, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC)

4.  The Hand or the Heart: The Adverse Effects of Multiple Partner Fertility on Family Formation  •   Ronald Mincy, Columbia University

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