Session Chairs:

Cynthia A. Bansak, St. Lawrence University

Papers:

"An Unintended Consequence of Border Enforcement"
Carolina Rodriguez-Zamora, The University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)

"The 'Negative' Assimilation of Immigrants: A Special Case"
Barry R. Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago (Contact Author)
Paul W. Miller, University of Western Australia

"How do Remittances Impact Human Capital Formation of School Age Boys and Girls?"
Cynthia A. Bansak, St. Lawrence University (Contact Author)
Brian E. Chezum, St. Lawrence University

Discussants:

Carolina Rodriguez-Zamora, The University of Texas at Austin
Barry R. Chiswick, University of Illinois at Chicago
Cynthia A. Bansak, St. Lawrence University

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