Organizers:

John A. Bishop, East Carolina University

Session Chairs:

John A. Bishop, East Carolina University

Papers:

"Experimental Measures of Economic Well-Being"
Thesia I. Garner, Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)
Kathleen Short, U.S. Census Bureau
Discussant: Andrew Grodner, East Carolina University

"How Regressive Are State Taxes"
Keith Malone, University of North Alabama (Contact Author)
Discussant: Kathleen Short, U.S. Census Bureau

"The Comparative Well-Being of Racial and Ethnic Minorities"
Christopher K. Johnson, University of North Florida (Contact Author)
Hoseong Kim, University of Alabama
Discussant: John A. Bishop, East Carolina University

"Undernutrition in China: A Stochastic Dominance Analysis"
John A. Bishop, East Carolina University (Contact Author)
Jong-Rong Chiou, Tam Kang University
Haiyong Liu, East Carolina University
Discussant: Hoseong Kim, University of Alabama

Organizers:

Jamie Brown Kruse, East Carolina University and Center for Natural Hazards Research

Session Chairs:

Jamie Brown Kruse, East Carolina University and Center for Natural Hazards Research

Papers:

"Measuring the Labor Market Impacts of the Hurricane Katrina Migration: Evidence from Houston, TX"
Molly F McIntosh, Princeton University (Contact Author)
Discussant: TBA

"The Impact of Natural Disasters on Health Disparities: Evidence from Hurricane Katrina Evacuees"
Haiyong Liu, East Carolina University (Contact Author)
Okmyung Bin, East Carolina University
Craig E. Landry, East Carolina University
Jamie Brown Kruse, East Carolina University and Center for Natural Hazards Research
Vivian Ho, Rice University
Discussant: TBA

"When Oceans Attack: Using a Generalized Difference-in-Difference Technique to Assess the Impact of Hurricanes on Local Labor Markets"
Ariel R Belasen, Saint Louis University (Contact Author)
Solomon Polachek, University of New York
Discussant: TBA

"The Long Road Back: Signal Noise in the Post-Katrina Context"
Emily Chamlee-Wright, Beloit College (Contact Author)
Discussant: TBA