Session Chairs:

Hong Liu, State University of New York - Stony Brook

Papers:

"How to Balance Job, Family and Home Life: Effects on Health and Well-Being"
Ozlem L. Sari, University of Saskatchewan (Contact Author)

"Is the Quantity-Quality Trade-Off Really a Trade-Off for All?"
Daniel L. Millimet, Southern Methodist University
Le Wang, University of Minnesota (Contact Author)

"Obesity, Wages, and Labor Force Participation"
Hong Liu, State University of New York - Stony Brook (Contact Author)
Debra Sabatini Dwyer, State University of New York - Stony Brook

"Causal Effects Between Obesity, Health Limitation and Chronic Disease Among Older Americans"
Huan Ni, Kennesaw State University (Contact Author)

"Economic Influences on the Pediatric Obesity Rate (1971-2004)"
Sharon I. O'Donnell, Baylor College of Medicine and Children's Nutrition Research Center (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Susan Chen, Purdue University
Anca Maria Cotet, Clemson University

Session Chairs:

Xiaoshu Han, University of Texas - Austin

Papers:

"Does Extending Health Insurance Coverage to the Uninsured Improve Population Health Outcomes?"
Jennifer L. Rice, Eastern Michigan University (Contact Author)
James A. Thornton, Eastern Michigan University

"Death and Taxes: The Impact of Progressive Taxation on Health"
Anca Maria Cotet, Clemson University (Contact Author)

"Medical Expenditure Puzzles"
Xiaoshu Han, University of Texas - Austin (Contact Author)

"Health Care Expenditures Among Children With Life-Limiting Illnesses"
Caprice Knapp, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Donna Wegener, University of Florida
Elizabeth Shenkman, University of Florida

Discussants:

Monica Cain, Winston-Salem State University
Sara E. Helms, University of Alabama - Birmingham