Organizers:

Jeff DeSimone, University of South Florida

Session Chairs:

Jeff DeSimone, University of South Florida

Papers:

"Obesity Risk Perceptions"
Derek S. Brown, RTI International (Contact Author)

"Drinking, Educational Attainment and Early Labor Market Outcomes"
Pinka Chatterji, Harvard Medical School (Contact Author)
Jeff DeSimone, University of South Florida

"Student Performance and Time of Day"
Angela K. Dills, Clemson University (Contact Author)
Rey Hernandez, St. Lawrence University

"Arresst Avoidance: Law Enforcement and the Price of Retail Cocaine"
Beth A. Freeborn, College of William and Mary (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sara Markowitz, Rutgers University
Rey Hernandez, St. Lawrence University
Bethany L. Peters, Rhodes College
Edward J. Schumacher, Trinity University

Organizers:

Jeff DeSimone, University of South Florida

Session Chairs:

Richard Smith, University of South Florida - St. Petersburg

Papers:

"Medicaid Policy Changes in Mental Health Care and Their Effect on Mental Health Outcomes"
Alison Evans Cuellar, Columbia University
Sara Markowitz, Rutgers University (Contact Author)

"The Determinants of Earnings and Employment Among Health Care Managers"
Edward J. Schumacher, Trinity University (Contact Author)

"Organ Allocation"
Derek S. Brown, RTI International
Bethany L. Peters, Rhodes College (Contact Author)

"Value Added of the Florida Trauma System"
Etienne Pracht, College of Public Health - University of South Florida (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Angela K. Dills, Clemson University
Pinka Chatterji, Harvard Medical School
Richard Smith, University of South Florida - St. Petersburg
Farasat A. S. Bokhari, Florida State University

Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University

Papers:

"Smoking, Labor Force Attachment, and the Wages of Older Female Workers"
Brian S. Armour, Centers for Disease Control
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Georgia State University
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"Long-Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect"
Erdal Tekin, Georgia State University
Janet Currie, University of California - Los Angeles

"Searching for Peer Group Effects: A Test of the Contagion Hypothesis"
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado - Denver
Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado - Denver

"The Taste for Vengeance"
Naci Mocan, University of Colorado - Denver (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Pinka Chatterji, Harvard Medical School
Christopher J. Ruhm, University of North Carolina - Greensboro
Angela K. Dills, Clemson University
Sara Markowitz, Rutgers University