Session Chairs:

Robert P. Rebelein, Vassar College

Papers:

"An Analysis of Alternative Indexation Methods in Social Security"
Michael J. Collins, U.S. Government Accountability Office (Contact Author)
Charles Ford, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Charles Jeszeck, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Kenneth Stockbridge, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Seyda Gultas Wentworth, U.S. Government Accountability Office

"Housing Wealth and the Elderly"
Kara E. Levine, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)

"The Taxation of Social Security Benefits and Elderly Labor Supply: An Unexplored Natural Experiment"
Karen Smith Conway, University of New Hampshire
Timothy F. Page, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

"Assessing the Welfare Effects of Medicare Reform"
Ronald W. Gecan, Charles River Associates
Robert P. Rebelein, Vassar College (Contact Author)

"SCHIP Crowd-Out Prevention and Uninsureds"
Donald Nichols, Washington University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

R. Morris Coats, Nicholls State University
Karen Smith Conway, University of New Hampshire
Christina M.L. Kelton, University of Cincinnati
Kara E. Levine, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Monica Cain, Winston-Salem State University

Papers:

"A Comparison of Birth Outcomes Among North Carolina African American Women Participating in Alternate Medicaid Prenatal Care Programs"
Monica Cain, Winston-Salem State University (Contact Author)

"Medicaid Funding and Health Outcomes"
Swati Mukerjee, Bentley College
Michael A. Quinn, Bentley College (Contact Author)

"Persistence of High Health Care Expenditures Among Children in Medicaid"
Caprice Knapp, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Elizabeth Shenkman, University of Florida
David Sappington, University of Florida
W. Bruce Vogel, University of Florida
Desmond Schatz, University of Florida

"Differences in the Cost of Antidepressants Across State Medicaid Programs"
Christina M.L. Kelton, University of Cincinnati (Contact Author)
Robert P. Rebelein, Vassar College
Pamela C. Heaton, University of Cincinnati
Yann Ferrand, University of Cincinnati
Jeff J. Guo, University of Cincinnati

Discussants:

Naoko Akashi, California State University - Fullerton
Susan Chen, Purdue University

Session Chairs:

Sara LaLumia, College of William and Mary

Papers:

"Accounting for the U.S. Wealth Distribution, 1984-2003"
Shutao Cao, University of Texas - Austin (Contact Author)

"The Earned Income Tax Credit and Reported Self-Employment Income"
Sara LaLumia, College of William and Mary (Contact Author)

"A Comparative Analysis of Value Added Tax and Retail Sales Tax"
Hari S. Luitel, St. Cloud State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Michael L. Jones, Bridgewater State College
Robert P. Rebelein, Vassar College