Session Chairs:

Richard V. Butler, Trinity University

Papers:

"Higher Education Opportunities and Local Employment Conditions "
Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Contact Author)
Cristina Lira, The University of Alabama
Samuel Addy, The University of Alabama

"The 21st Century Workforce: Is There a 'Skills Gap?' If So, How Can We Close It?"
Richard V. Butler, Trinity University (Contact Author)
Paulius Kosmarciukas, Trinity University

"Estimating the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Returns to Multiple Measures of MBA Quality"
Wayne A. Grove, Le Moyne College
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"Do Postdoctoral Fellowships Increase the Likelihood of Tenure? "
Omari H. Swinton, Howard University (Contact Author)
Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe, Bennett College for Women
William A. Darity, Jr., Duke University

"Placement of the 2008-09 Class of Economics Ph.D. Students"
Chad Turner, Nicholls State University (Contact Author)
Bhavneet Walia, Nicholls State University
Shane Sanders, Nicholls State University

Discussants:

Tommy Henry, Mississippi State University
Kylie Goggins, University of Kentucky
Azhar Iqbal, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Chad Turner, Nicholls State University
Alice Louise Kassens, Roanoke College

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Session Chairs:

Gergely Ujhelyi, University of Houston

Papers:

"Determinants of Adoption of a Performance Indicators System: Evidence of Mexican Municipalities"
Jorge Ibarra-Salazar, Tecnológico de Monterrey (Contact Author)
Carlos Lopez de Arkos, Tecnológico de Monterrey

"Political Affiliation of Elected Representatives and Public Goods Provisioning in India"
Shibalee Majumdar, The Ohio State University (Contact Author)

"Political Screening: Theory and Evidence from the Argentine Public Sector"
Ernesto Calvo, University of Houston
Gergely Ujhelyi, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Crime Spillovers and Hurricane Katrina"
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis
Ioana Sofia Pacurar, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gary Wagner, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Nick Mastronardi, United States Air Force Academy
Scott Cunningham, Baylor University
Andreas Buehn, Dresden University of Technology

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Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Kylie Goggins, University of Kentucky

Papers:

"Does Competition Improve Public School Efficiency? An Analysis of K-12 Public Education in Mississippi"
Kaustav Misra, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)

"Teacher Pension Incentives, Retirement Behavior, and Potential for Reform in Arkansas"
Josh B. McGee, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)

"Mergers Do Smaller Classes Increase Test Scores? Using New Entrants to Estimate Class Size Effects"
Courtney Collins, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Learning by Doing, Overconfidence, and Serial Entrepreneurs"
Jing Chen, Florida International University (Contact Author)

"Post-Socialist Culture and Entrepreneurship: An Empirical Analysis"
Petrik Runst, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Omari H. Swinton, Howard University
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Luis Gonzalez, University of Kentucky
Whitney Schott, University of Pennsylvania
Mary Beth Walker, Georgia State University

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Session Chairs:

Ioana Petrescu, American Enterprise Institute

Papers:

"Income Inequality and Consumer Behavior: An Application to Health"
Jessica Harriger, Western Illinois University (Contact Author)
Neha Khanna, Binghamton University
Andreas Pape, Binghamton University

"The Humanitarian Impact of Economic Sanctions "
Ioana Petrescu, American Enterprise Institute (Contact Author)

"Unemployment and Suicide in the United States: A New Look Using Mass-Layoffs"
Richard Dunn, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)
Tim J. Classen, Loyola University Chicago

"Clinical Depression, Earnings and Employment"
Alice Louise Kassens, Roanoke College (Contact Author)
William M. Rodgers, III, Rutgers University

"The Effect of Health Conditions and Behaviors on Future Labor Market Outcomes"
Anil Nathan, College of the Holy Cross
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Padmaja Ayyagari, Yale University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Kruti Dholakia, The University of Texas at Dallas
Ahlam Fakhar, Al Akhawayn University
Murat Mercan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Alice Louise Kassens, Roanoke College
Jessica Harriger, Western Illinois University

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Session Chairs:

Dipanwita D. Sarkar, The University of Louisiana at Monroe

Papers:

"Gender Pay Gap Among Top Executive Officers"
Valdemar Smith, University of Aarhus (Contact Author)
Mette Verner, University of Aarhus
Nina Smith, University of Aarhus

"Estimating Gender Differentials in Earnings of MBA Graduates"
Wayne A. Grove, Le Moyne College
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)
Michael Jetter, The University of Memphis

"Gender Inequality and the Spread of HIV/AIDS in India"
Aparna Mitra, University of Oklahoma (Contact Author)
Dipanwita D. Sarkar, The University of Louisiana at Monroe

"Female-Headed Households and Poverty: Evidence from the National Family Health Survey"
Ramaprasad Rajaram, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"Gender and Portfolio Choice: Are Women More Risk Averse when Selecting Pension Funds?"
Jose Olivares, Universidad del Desarrollo (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Valdemar Smith, University of Aarhus
Christy Spivey, The University of Texas at Arlington
Hitomi Komatsu, American University
Jose Olivares, Universidad del Desarrollo
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis

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Session Chairs:

Miao Chi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Papers:

"Analyzing the Effects of Parental Divorce on Short-Term and Long-Term Outcomes of Adolescents: A Propensity Score Matching Approach"
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Debjani Kanjilal, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)

"Money and Marriage: Implications of Wage Inequality on Marriage Outcomes"
Jing Liu, The University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)

"Impact of International Marriage Migration on Local Divorce Rates"
Elaine Liu, University of Houston (Contact Author)
Jin-Tan Liu, National Taiwan University

"Intermarriage and the Economic Assimilation of Immigrants in the United States"
Miao Chi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Elaine Liu, University of Houston
Michael Hanlon, University of Washington
Chunbei Wang, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Asia Sikora, Cornell University

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Session Chairs:

Jay Walker, The University of Memphis

Papers:

"Determinants of Birth Outcomes in Texas by Race"
Kruti Dholakia, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"Is Child Work Injurious to Health?"
Aditi Roy, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)

"(Un)planned Parenthood and HIV/AIDS"
Jay Walker, The University of Memphis (Contact Author)
Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy, The University of Memphis

"Social Network and Weight Misperception Among Adolescents"
Mir M. Ali, The University of Toledo (Contact Author)
Aliaksandr Amialchuk, The University of Toledo
Francesco Renna, The University of Akron

"Maternal Smoking and Birth Outcomes: Evidences from a Regression Discontinuity Design"
Ji Yan, Washington University in St. Louis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Danny R. Hughes, American College of Radiology
Kruti Dholakia, The University of Texas at Dallas
Aditi Roy, Southern Methodist University
Ji Yan, Washington University in St. Louis
Lauren R. Heller, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

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Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Mir M. Ali, The University of Toledo

Papers:

"Disability and Disability Compensation: Does a Veteran Bias Exist?"
David N. van der Goes, Lehigh University (Contact Author)

"Disability, Transitions, and Wages"
Denise Whalen, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Contact Author)

"Opportunity Costs Surrounding Exercise and Dietary Behaviors: The Effect of Commuting on Health-Related Activities"
Thomas J. Christian, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Youth Smoking in Lower-Income Countries: The Influence of Cigarette Prices in the Context of Anti-Smoking Sentiment and Cigarette Advertising"
Deliana Kostova, Emory University (Contact Author)

"The Distributional Impacts of Access to Safe Water and Sanitation on Child Nutrition in India: A Quantile Regressions Approach"
Divya Balasubramaniam, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
David Macpherson, Trinity University
Kenneth P. Sanford, University of Kentucky
John Robst, University of South Florida
Lara Gardner, Southeastern Louisiana University

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