Session Chairs:

Ian Partridge, The University of Texas at Austin

Papers:

"Why Do High-Wage States Offer Generous Social Insurance Programs If High-Wage Individuals Dislike Them?"
Jason L. Saving, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Contact Author)

"User-Friendly Benefit-Cost Analysis of an Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project"
John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio (Contact Author)

"Opportunities Created by Cyclical Construction Demand: Implications for State and Local Fiscal Policy"
Keith Waltz, The University of Texas at San Antonio (Contact Author)
John Merrifield, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Discussants:

Shibalee Majumdar, The Ohio State University
Divya Balasubramaniam, The University of Georgia
Adam Jones, The University of Georgia

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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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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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