Session Chairs:

Mihaela I. Pintea, Florida International University

Papers:

"Work and/or Fun: Modeling Utilitarian and Hedonic Values of Shopping, Research, and More"
Wan-Ju Iris Franz, Houston Baptist University (Contact Author)

"Toward a Unified Theory of Fertility"
Bhavneet Walia, Nicholls State University (Contact Author)
Shane Sanders, Nicholls State University

"Subsistence and Suicide: An Empirical Analysis of Japanese Data"
Yoshiaki Shimazaki, Akita Prefectural University (Contact Author)
Christian Crowley, U.S. Department of the Interior

"Keeping up with the Joneses with Multiple Reference Groups and Female Labor Force Participation"
Mihaela I. Pintea, Florida International University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jessica Harriger, Western Illinois University
Raul Alberto Ponce Rodriguez, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez
Mihaela I. Pintea, Florida International University
Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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Session Chairs:

Divya Balasubramaniam, The University of Georgia

Papers:

"Do Remittances Crowd out the Government´s Redistributive Policies?"
Raul Alberto Ponce Rodriguez, Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez (Contact Author)
Ikuho Kochi, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

"A Life Insurance Deterrent to the Spread of HIV and AIDS in Africa"
Pedro de Araujo, Colorado College
James Murray, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (Contact Author)

"Gender Differences in Healthcare Provisions for Children: Evidence from Two Hindi-speaking States in India"
Sajal Lahiri, Southern Illinois University
Sharmistha Self, Missouri State University (Contact Author)

"Got Water? Social Divisions and Access to Public Goods in Rural India"
Divya Balasubramaniam, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)
Santanu Chatterjee, The University of Georgia
David B. Mustard, The University of Georgia

Discussants:

Duncan Chaplin, Mathematica Policy Research
Sharmistha Self, Missouri State University
James Murray, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Melissa Boyle, College of the Holy Cross

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