Session Chairs:

Asia Sikora, Cornell University

Papers:

"Medicaid and Medicare Costs: Effects of Rising Obesity Rates, Hospital Ownership Structure, Aging Population and Government Policy"
Anusua Datta, Philadelphia University (Contact Author)
Donald Vandegrift, The College of New Jersey

"Measuring the Effect of Body Weight on Occupational Attainment"
Xiaoshu Han, Mount Union College (Contact Author)

"A Head Above the Rest: Height and Adolescent Psychological Wellbeing"
Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado Denver
Joseph J. Sabia, American University (Contact Author)
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado Denver

"Brains Versus Brawn: Occupational Determinants of Cognitive Ability Among Older Americans"
Asia Sikora, Cornell University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Barry R. Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago
Kristine Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jonathan D. Fisher, Litigation Analytics, Inc.
Zeynep Isgor, University of Illinois at Chicago

Session Chairs:

Jonathan D. Fisher, Litigation Analytics, Inc.

Papers:

"The Effect of Welfare Reform on Marriage Decision: Evidence from Micro Data"
Pimrak Pakdeethai, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Institutions Augmented Solow Model with Poverty Trap"
Edinaldo Tebaldi, Bryant University (Contact Author)
Ramesh Mohan, Bryant University

"Finding the Poor Older Americans"
Jonathan D. Fisher, Litigation Analytics, Inc. (Contact Author)
David S. Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau
Joseph Marchand, University of Alberta
Timothy Smeeding, Syracuse University
Barbara B. Torrey, Population Reference Bureau

Discussants:

Jan Schnellenbach, University of Heidelberg
Patryk Babiarz, Purdue University
Pimrak Pakdeethai, Texas A&M University
Edinaldo Tebaldi, Bryant University