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:

Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Papers:

"Rising Wages in the US and Their Influence on Growth"
Mariano Alierta, Annuorum SL (Contact Author)

"Income Inequality and Economic Growth: An Overlapping Approach"
Sandra Trejos, Clarion University of Pennsylvania (Contact Author)

"Testing for Convergence in Income Levels in OECD Countries Using Nominal and Real PPP Incomes"
Jan Bentzen, University of Aarhus (Contact Author)

"Prerequisites for Prosperity: An Examination of the Relationships Among Economic Growth, Economic and Political Freedom, and Societal Values"
Michelle A. Vachris, Christopher Newport University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Michiko Y Hayhurst, Texas Woman's University
Mariano Alierta, Annuorum SL
Michelle A. Vachris, Christopher Newport University
Jan Bentzen, University of Aarhus