Session Chairs:

John Robst, University of South Florida

Papers:

"Uninsurance and Spillovers in the US Health Care System: Evidence from AMI Patients"
Meltem Daysal, University of Maryland, College Park (Contact Author)

"Incentives in Managed Care Careve-Out Plans"
John Robst, University of South Florida (Contact Author)

"HMO and the Erosion of Patient Trust: Revisited"
Hong Liu, Central University of Finance and Economics (Contact Author)
Hai Fang, University of Miami

Discussants:

Yulia Khodneva, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Anusua Datta, Philadelphia University
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado Denver

Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Marjorie Baldwin, Arizona State University

Papers:

"Coasian Complications: How the Interactions of Waiting Times, No-Fault, and Unilateral Divorce Laws Affect Divorce Rates"
Tongyai Iyavarakul, Duke University
Marjorie B. McElroy, Duke University

"The Long Term Effects of the Divorce Revolution: Health, Wealth, and Labor Supply"
Kristin Mammen, Barnard College, Columbia University (Contact Author)

"Child Support Enforcement and Gender Disparity in Retirement Wealth"
Yunhee Chang, University of Mississippi (Contact Author)

"Valuing Substitute Families: Financial Support for Foster and Adoptive Families"
Mary Eschelbach Hansen, American University
Paul Jacobs, American University

Discussants:

Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky
Angela Fertig, University of Georgia
David Macpherson, Florida State University
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado Denver

Organizers:

Jeffrey S. DeSimone, The University of Texas at Arlington

Session Chairs:

Richard B. Smith, University of South Florida St. Petersburg

Papers:

"Wage Analyses Using Job Versus Worker Attributes: An Application to Nursing"
Edward J. Schumacher, Trinity University (Contact Author)
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University

"In Sickness and in Health: Links Between Relationship Status and Health Outcomes"
Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College (Contact Author)
Julia Sorkin, Lafayette College
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado Denver

"The Impact of High School Sports on Youth Outcomes"
Joseph Price, Brigham Young University (Contact Author)
Daniel H. Simon, Cornell University
Betsey Stevenson, University of Pennsylvania

"Height, Sports and Achievement in High School"
Jeffrey S. DeSimone, The University of Texas at Arlington (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Cagatay Koc, The University of Texas at Arlington
Richard B. Smith, University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Dhaval Dave, Bentley College
Orgul D. Ozturk, University of South Carolina

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