CSWEP is sponsoring six sessions at the American Economic Association meeting in Boston, January 7-9, 2000. Three sessions will be on gender-related topics; anyone doing research with gender implications is encouraged to submit an abstract. Particular topics of interest include but are not restricted to research involving gender issues in economic history or thought or women in economic history or economic thought. There will also be three sessions in the area of public economics. While all research topics in the area of public economics are welcome, we are particularly interested in abstracts on the following topics: pensions/social security reform, externalities and the environment, and health care policy.

Send abstracts by February 1, 1999 to:

Abstracts should also include:

• objectives
• background
• methodology
• results/expected results

Attach a separate cover sheet listing

• name
• affiliation
• mailing address, e-mail address, phone and fax numbers
• the new JEL bibliographic code

In compliance with the AEA, one author of each paper must be an AEA member.

Abstracts in other areas, or proposals for entire sessions, are invited to send their ideas to Professor Dale W. Jorgenson, Department of Economics, Harvard University, 122 Littauer Center, Cambridge, MA 02138-3001; please mark envelope "AEA Meetings 2000." One author must be an AEA member. The Association discourages multiple proposals from the same person (under no circumstances should more than two be submitted by the same proposer).