Session Chairs:

Simona Bignami-Van Assche, University of Montreal

Papers:

"Cigarette Purchase Size, Self Control and addition"
Govind Hariharan, Kennesaw State University (Contact Author)

"How Do Working Hours Constraints Lead to the Lack of Physical Activity?"
Chung-Ping A. Loh, University of North Florida (Contact Author)

"Spend Down and the Probability of Entering a Nursing Home"
Jodi Messer Pelkowski, Wichita State University (Contact Author)
Brian E. Chezum, St. Lawrence University

"The Effect of Health Care Consumption on Worker Absence"
Christina H. Rennhoff, Saint Joseph's University (Contact Author)

"On the Relationship Between Male Sex Reputation, Attitude Towards Violence Against Women, and Female HIV Risk in Jamaica"
Godfrey A. Gibbison, Georgia Southern University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Huan Ni, State University of New York - Stony Brook
Steven T. Yen, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Session Chairs:

BeomSoo Kim, University of Maryland

Papers:

"Does HIV/AIDS Disproportionately Affect the Poor? Cross-Country Evidence"
Simona Bignami-Van Assche, University of Montreal
Ari Van Assche, University of California - Davis

"Racial, Sexual and Gender Dispasrities in HIV/AIDS Prevalence: An Empirical Study of Male-Biased Bargaining Power and Sexual Health Outcome"
Scott Cunningham, University of Georgia (Contact Author)
Christopher M. Cornwell, University of Georgia

"Racial Disparities in the Quality of Health Care Affecting Immigrants: Analyzing Minnesota Health Care Program"
Ben Senauer, University of Minnesota
Bosu Seo, University of Minnesota (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Brian E. Chezum, St. Lawrence University
Andrea Kutinova, University of New Hampshire
Jodi Messer Pelkowski, Wichita State University
Christina H. Rennhoff, Saint Joseph's University

Session Chairs:

Steven T. Yen, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Papers:

"The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Intra-Household Time Allocation in Rural Malawi"
Jere Behrman, University of Pennsylvania
Simona Bignami-Van Assche, University of Montreal
Peter Fleming, University of Pennsylvania
Flora Nankhuni, University of Pennsylvania
Ari Van Assche, University of California - Davis (Contact Author)
Catherine Van De Ruit, University of Pennsylvania

"Bringing Faith Into the Picture: Socioeconomic and Religious Determinants of Youth Alcohol Consumption and Binge Drinking"
James J. Jozefowicz, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Contact Author)
Vanessa A. Wayne, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Discussants:

Govind Hariharan, Kennesaw State University

Session Chairs:

Sean E. Mulholland, Moravian College

Papers:

"Parental Leave Schemes and Child Care in the Scandinavian Countries - A Model to Aspire To?"
Nabanita Datta Gupta, Aarhus School of Business - Denmark
Nina Smith, Aarhus School of Business - Denmark
Mette Verner, Aarhus School of Business - Denmark (Contact Author)

"Family Welfare and Child Domestic Labor: A Theoretical Model"
Pramod Singh Khadka, Georgetown University (Contact Author)

"How Expensive Are Children Who Live Somewhere Else?"
Ekaterina Stepanova, University of Washington (Contact Author)
Byron Tsang, University of Washington

"Why Have Maternal Labor Force Participation Rates Reached a Plateau?"
Wendy A. Stock, Montana State University
Christiana Stoddard, Montana State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Simona Bignami-Van Assche, University of Montreal