Session Chairs:

Lynn MacDonald, Saint Cloud State University

Papers:

"Birth Spacing and Child Health in Indonesia"
Le Wang, University of Minnesota (Contact Author)
Daniel L. Millimet, Southern Methodist University

"Do Changes in Income Affect Mortality? The Case of Mexico?"
Fidel Gonzalez, Sam Houston State University
Troy Quast, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)

"Are Chinese Health-Oriented Food Consumers? A Panel Study of Household Food Demand in China from 1989 to 2004"
Meng Zhao, University of Minnesota (Contact Author)

"The Distribution of Nutritional Status Across Countries"
Priya Bhagowalia, Purdue University (Contact Author)
Susan Chen, Purdue University
William Masters, Purdue University

Discussants:

Lynn MacDonald, Saint Cloud State University
Jin-Hyuk Kim, Cornell University

Session Chairs:

Joshua Dennis Hall, Drexel University

Papers:

"Institutions and the Rural-Urban Gap in Developing Countries"
Bornali Bhandari, Fitchburg State College
Christina Steiger, University of Oregon (Contact Author)

"Heterogeneity in Ability and Inheritance, Disparities and Development"
Sherif Khalifa, California State University, Fullerton (Contact Author)

"Impact of Trade Liberalization on Within and Across Country Income Inequality"
Joshua Dennis Hall, Drexel University (Contact Author)

"Short Term Investments in Agriculture: Is there a Gender Bias?"
Priya Bhagowalia, Purdue University (Contact Author)
Susan Chen, Purdue University
Gerald E. Shively, Purdue University

Discussants:

Bornali Bhandari, Fitchburg State College
Michael Bonnal, University of Alabama