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

Organizers:

David Brasington, Louisiana State University
John Merrifield, University of Texas - San Antonio

Session Chairs:

Angela K. Dills, Clemson University

Papers:

"Conduct, Class Size, and Comprehension"
Angela K. Dills, Clemson University (Contact Author)
Sean E. Mulholland, Moravian College

"Staffing Classrooms: Do Teacher Hiring Practices Affect Teacher Quality?"
William D. Duncombe, Syracuse University (Contact Author)

"The Effects of Competition on the Provision of Education in Florida"
Dean Stansel, Florida Gulf Coast University (Contact Author)

"Jockeying for Position: High School Student Mobility and Texas' Top-Ten Percent Rule"
Julie Berry Cullen, University Of California - San Diego
Mark C. Long, George Washington University
Randall Reback, Barnard College

Discussants:

Not yet assigned

Organizers:

Kathy J. Hayes, Southern Methodist University

Papers:

"Mass Instruction or Higher Learning: the Effects of Collegiate Class Size on Student Outcomes"
Eric Bettinger, Case Western Reserve University
Bridget Long, Harvard Graduate School of Education

"The Effects of Schooling and School Teachers on Parental Time in Education Production"
Jeff DeSimone, University of South Florida (Contact Author)
Angela K. Dills, Clemson University

"Teacher Cream Skimming: Do Charter Schools Attract the Most Effective Teacher?"
Lori L. Taylor, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Not yet assigned