Session Chairs:

Christian Gregory, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Papers:

"On Parents' Intertemporal Planning for Children's Human Capital"
Mark D. Agee, Pennsylvania State University (Contact Author)
Thomas D. Crocker, University of Wyoming

"The Impact of Insurance on Recommended Medical Care, Lifestyle Behaviors and the Health of Non-Elderly Diabetics"
Betty T. Tao, CNA Corporation (Contact Author)
Donna Gilleskie, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Weight Gain and Peer Social Network: Is There a Contagion Effect?"
Mir M. Ali, University of Toledo (Contact Author)
Aliaksandr Amialchuk, University of Toledo
Song Gao, Central University of Finance and Economics
Frank W. Heiland, Florida State University

"The Health Effects of Obesity 1982 - 2006"
Christian Gregory, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Tiffany Green, University of Wisconsin Madison
Betty T. Tao, CNA Corporation
Aliaksandr Amialchuk, University of Toledo
Christian Gregory, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Session Chairs:

Brian E. Chezum, St. Lawrence University

Papers:

"Does Attending a More Prestigious College Improve Health?"
David E. Frisvold, Emory University (Contact Author)
Jason M. Fletcher, Yale University

"The Impact of Maternal Employment on Child’s Mental Health: Evidence from NLSY-Child"
Sumanta Mukherjee, University of Kansas (Contact Author)
Guenther Fink, Harvard School of Public Health

"Unemployment and Mental Distress"
Attila Cseh, Valdosta State University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Health on Intergenerational Transfers of Wealth"
Brian E. Chezum, St. Lawrence University
Jodi Messer Pelkowski, Wichita State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Betty T. Tao, CNA Corporation
Asia Sikora, Cornell University
Maria Floro, American University
Hitomi Komatsu, American University