Session Chairs:

Michael Parker, University of Louisiana - Monroe

Papers:

"Endogenous Mortality and Persistence of Income Inequality"
Jayanta Sarkar, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

"Market Access and Poverty in China"
M. Shahe Emran, George Washington University
Zhaoyang Hou, George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Sociopolitical Instability, Income Shocks and Savings of Households in Peru"
Solomon Aklilu, St. Lawrence University (Contact Author)

"Traffic Fatalities, the Kuznets Curve, and Public Sector Corruption"
Nejat Anbarci, Florida International University
Monica Escaleras, Florida Atlantic University (Contact Author)
Charles A. Register, Florida Atlantic University

"Fractionalization, Political Support, and Provision of Public Goods"
Hiranya K. Nath, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Michal Jerzmanowski, Clemson University
Garett Jones, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

Organizers:

Khawaja A. Mamun, Southern Methodist University

Session Chairs:

Khawaja A. Mamun, Southern Methodist University

Papers:

"A Comparison of Alternative Specifications of the Household's Child Activity Decision Equation: An Application to Schooling and Child Labor Decisions in Rural Bangladesh"
Mohammad Najeeb Shafiq, Abt Associates, Inc. (Contact Author)

"Household Division and Child Outcomes in Rural Bangladesh"
Ali Ehsan Protik, Brown University (Contact Author)

"Trade Liberalization, Growth and Inequality in Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis"
Khawaja A. Mamun, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)
Hiranya K. Nath, Sam Houston State University

"Mother's Education and Child Health: Is There Any Threshold?"
Meherun Ahmed, University of Washington (Contact Author)
Kazi Iqbal, University of Washington

"Elderly Migration Expectations: Institutionalization Versus Moving to Adult Children"
Paula M. Kazi, Michigan State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

M. Shahe Emran, George Washington University
Tanweer Akram, Economy.com
ABM Nasir, North Carolina Central University
Ahmad Ahsan, The World Bank
Hosne Mridha, North Carolina Central University