Saturday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. |
Session 112G Topics in Policy Economics |
Session Chairs: |
Monica Cain, Winston-Salem State University |
Papers: |
"A Winning Combination? An Empirical Investigation of College Spending and Athletics" "The Determinants of Environmentalism: A Spacial Correlation Analysis of License Plate Sales" "Food Stamp Program Participation, Food Insecurity and Food Expenditure" "The Impact of Local Taxes on Parental Choice of Education" |
Discussants: |
David Welsch, Idaho State University |
Sunday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. |
Session 189N Individual Choice and Health |
Session Chairs: |
Simona Bignami-Van Assche, University of Montreal |
Papers: |
"Cigarette Purchase Size, Self Control and addition" "How Do Working Hours Constraints Lead to the Lack of Physical Activity?" "Spend Down and the Probability of Entering a Nursing Home" "The Effect of Health Care Consumption on Worker Absence" "On the Relationship Between Male Sex Reputation, Attitude Towards Violence Against Women, and Female HIV Risk in Jamaica" |
Discussants: |
Huan Ni, State University of New York - Stony Brook |
Sunday 12:30 - 2:15 p.m. |
Session 229Q Race, Gender, Poverty and Healthcare II |
Session Chairs: |
Steven T. Yen, University of Tennessee - Knoxville |
Papers: |
"The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Intra-Household Time Allocation in Rural Malawi" "Bringing Faith Into the Picture: Socioeconomic and Religious Determinants of Youth Alcohol Consumption and Binge Drinking" |
Discussants: |
Govind Hariharan, Kennesaw State University |