Session Chairs:

David N. van der Goes, Lehigh University

Papers:

"Social Capital and Health of Elderly People with the Advent of the Baby-Boom Generation’s Aging"
Bosu Seo, University of Manitoba (Contact Author)
Ben Senauer, University of Minnesota

"Health and Economic Growth – A Theoretical and Longitudinal Study on the Developed and Less Developed Economies"
I-Ming Chiu, Rutgers University-Camden (Contact Author)

"The Color of Gray: Aging Population and Its Effect on Economic Growth in China, 1978-2020"
Michiko Y Hayhurst, Texas Woman's University (Contact Author)
Mark O. Tengesdal, Texas Woman's University

Discussants:

Xiaoshu Han, Mount Union College
Lewis S. Davis, Union College
Phuong V. Ngo, Boston University
Jie Chen, College of Staten Island/City University of New York

Session Chairs:

Dennis Pearson, Austin Peay State University

Papers:

"Availability of Physical Activity Facilities: Physical Activity Participation and Weight Status of Children and Adolescents"
Zeynep Isgor, University of Illinois at Chicago (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Maternal Employment and Child Care Choices on Childhood Overweight"
Mai N. Hubbard, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Father’s Heavy Alcohol Consumption on Children’s Health in Russia"
Jelena Zurovac, University of Washington (Contact Author)

"The Influence of Birth Order on Risk Attitudes and Behaviors"
Erica Morgan, University of South Carolina (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Bosu Seo, University of Manitoba
Jane Uebelhoer, Marymount University
Aysegul Timur, Hodges University
Paul J. Ferraro, Georgia State University