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Thursday, June 23

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.		Registration
9:00 - 9:15 a.m.		Welcome
9:15 - 11:00 a.m.		Session 1 : Time Use Methods John P. Robinson and Jonathan Gershuny, "Occupational Differences in Estimates of Time at Work" Presentation slides Susan W. Parker, Luciana Gandini, and Monica Orozco, "Comparing Time Use under Time Diaries with Retrospective Survey Questions: Evidence from a Random Experiment in Mexico" Presentation slides Harley Frazis and Jay Stewart, "How to Think about Time Use Data: What Inferences Can We Make about Long- and Short-run Time Use from Time Diaries?" Discussants : Rachel Connelly, Kimberly Fisher
11:00 - 11:15 a.m.		Break
11:15 - 12:30 p.m.		Poster Session
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.		Lunch
1:30 - 2:00 p.m.		Keynote Address Robert A. Pollak, "Allocating Time : Individuals' Technologies, Household Technology, Perfect Substitutes and Specialization"
2:00 - 3:15 p.m.		Session 2 : Household Structure and Time Use (2 papers) Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes and Almudena Sevilla Sanz "Immigration and Parenting Investments of College-educated Mothers in the U.S.: Evidence from Time Use Data" Katie Genadek, "The Effect of Divorce on Time Allocation" Presentation slides Discussant : Liana Sayer
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.		Break
3:30 - 5:15 p.m.		Session 3 : Student Time Use and Achievement (3 papers) Sara Helms and Timothy Diette, "High School Exit Exams and Student Behavior" Presentation slides Daiji Kawaguchi, "School-Day Reduction, Parental Background, and Students' Time Use" Sandra Hofferth and Ui Jeong Moon, "Do Activity Patterns Explain the Achievement of Children of Immigrants?" Discussants : Rebecca Ryan, Jay Stewart
5:15 - 6:15 p.m.		Reception

Friday, June 24

8:30 - 10:30 a.m.		Session 4 : Retirement, Disability, and Time Use (4 papers) Sarah Flood and Phyllis Moen, “Work Transitions and Time Allocations among Retiring-age American Men and Women” Elena Stancanelli and Arthur Van Soest, “About Time to Retire: A Regression Discontinuity Approach” Vicki A. Freedman, Frank Stafford, Norbert Schwarz, and Frederick Conrad, “Disability and Subjective Wellbeing among Older Couples” Peter Brandon, “Does Disability among Retired, Older Couples Elicit Gender-Neutral Time Allocations ?” Presentation slides Discussants : Suzanne Bianchi, John Haaga
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.		Break
10:45 - 12:30 p.m.		Session 5 : Business Cycle Effects on Time Use (3 papers) Melinda Sandler Morrill and Sabrina Pabilonia, "What Effect do Macroeconomic Conditions have on Families' Time Together ?" Presentation slides T.J. Christian, "Unemployment and Older Americans' Health-related Time Use" Presentation slides Bisakha Sen, "Is there an Association between Gasoline Prices & Physical Activity ? Evidence from American Time Use Data" Discussants : Daniel Hamermesh, Jennifer Hook
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.		Lunch
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.		Session 6 : Health Behaviors and Outcomes (3 papers) Charlene Kalenkoski and Karen Hamrick, "How does Time Poverty Affect Behavior? A Look at Eating and Physical Activity" Presentation slides Jane Kolodinsky and Amanda Goldstein, "Time Use and Food Pattern Influences on Obesity: How an Individual's Decision to Allocate their Time Affects Their Weight" Presentation slides Discussants : John Cawley, Catrine Tudor-Locke
3:00 - 3:05 p.m.		Concluding Session

Posters

Michelle Blocklin, Susan McHale, Kelly Davis, Kimberly Walter, David Almeida, Laura Klein, “Time Spent in Daily Activities and Stress Physiology in Adolescence.”

Rachel Connelly, Jean Kimmel, “Differences by Education in Couples' Division of Unpaid Household Labor and Child Care.”

Michael Corey, Rebecca Ryan, “Reconsidering Childcare Decisions : The Share Hypothesis.”

Adrian de la Garza, Carolina Rodriguez Zamora, “Time Use Patterns in Mexico and the United States.”

Mark Ellwood, “The Inefficiency of Overtime.”

Ilana Fischer, David Silver, Jeffrey S. Zax, “Dinner with the Children.”

Jonathan Gershuny, “Too Many Zeros : Estimating Long-term Time Use from Day-diary Data.”

Teresa Harms, Jonathan Gershuny, “Reviving U.S. Diary Studies from the 1920s and 1930s.”

Rachelle Hill, “Sleepless Nights or Sleeping Through It : The Impact of the 2008 / 2009 Economic Recession on American Sleep Patterns.”

Jennifer Hook, “Working at the Weekend : Fathers' Time with Children in the United Kingdom.”

Gray Kimbrough, “What Drives Gender Differences in Commuting Behavior ?”

Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, Benjamin Villena-Roldan, “Estimating Direct Effects of Parental Time-investment on Children's Cognitive and Non-cognitive Outcomes.”

Liana Sayer, “Gender Equality and Time Together for Partnered British, French, Dutch, and American Parents.”

Juliane Scheffel, “Do Wage Differentials Compensate Enough ? Compensating Wage Differntials and the Impact on Social Life.”

Younghwan Song, “Minimum Wages and Teen Time Use.”

Catrine Tudor-Locke, Claudia Leonardi, William D. Johnson, Timothy S. Church, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, “Time Spent in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors on the Working Day : The American Time Use Survey.”

Christina Wolfe, Jennifer L. Hook, “Housework Revisited : A Cross-national Comparison of Cohabiting and Married Households.”

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