Session Chairs:

Yongjing Zhang, George Mason University

Papers:

"Estimating the Determinants of Lottery Demand Using Disaggregated Data"
Linda S. Ghent, Eastern Illinois University (Contact Author)
Alan P. Grant, Baker University

"Monopolistic Competition, Growth and Public Good Provision"
Paul Pecorino, University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"On Ricardian Equivalence in local Public Finance"
Wallace E. Oates, University of Maryland (Contact Author)
Spencer Banzhaf, Georgia State University
James Sanchirico, Resources for the Future
Randall P. Walsh, University of Colorado at Boulder

"Early 20th Century Drug Prescription Laws: A Public Choice Analysis"
Alexandre Padilla, Metropolitan State College of Denver (Contact Author)
Arthur A. Fleisher, III, Metropolitan State College of Denver
Shigeto Naka, University of Tsukuba
Shigeto Naka, University of Tsukuba

Discussants:

Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida
Linda S. Ghent, Eastern Illinois University

Organizers:

Melanie Guldi, Mount Holyoke College
Orgul D Ozturk, University of South Carolina

Session Chairs:

Melanie Guldi, Mount Holyoke College

Papers:

"The Effect of Parental Medicaid Expansions on Job Mobility"
Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Matthew Kim, University of St. Thomas
Discussant: Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame

"Welfare and Work Participation of Single Mothers and Children’s Cognitive Development"
Orgul D Ozturk, University of South Carolina (Contact Author)
Hau Chyi, Wise Xiamen University
Discussant: Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College

"Welfare Reform and Its Impact on the Welfare Caseload, Marriage, Poverty, and Fertility"
Hal W. Snarr, North Carolina A&T State University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Lisa Dickson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

"Have States’ Welfare Policies Adopted Under TANF Incentivized Migration?"
Mark L. Burkey, North Carolina A&T State University
Melanie Guldi, Mount Holyoke College (Contact Author)
Discussant: Kasey Buckles, University of Notre Dame

Organizers:

Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida

Session Chairs:

Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida

Papers:

"Smoking and Pregnancy Outcomes Among Young Adults"
Angela Fertig, University of Georgia
Monica Gaughan, University of Georgia
Discussant: Scott Hankins, University of Kentucky

"The Effect of Minimum Wage Increases on Less-Educated Single Mothers"
Joseph J. Sabia, University of Georgia (Contact Author)
Discussant: Amalia R. Miller, University of Virginia

"The Consequences of Welfare Reform for Prenatal WIC Participation and Birth Outcomes"
Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Discussant: Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky

"The Earned Income Tax Credit and Poverty Among Single Mothers and Their Children"
Molly Dahl, Congressional Budget Office (Contact Author)
Thomas C DeLeire, Michigan State University
Discussant: Sally Wallace, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Gokhan Karahan, Delta State University

Papers:

"Income Expectations and Migration Decisions of Households in the United States"
Selcuk Eren, Hamilton College (Contact Author)

"Should Human Capital Policies Target Non-Cognitive Ability?"
Jeffrey Tsai, University of California, Irvine (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gokhan Karahan, Delta State University
Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida