Session Chairs:

Jen-Ruey Tsaur, National Central University

Papers:

"Growth and Wages: Better Perspectives as Real Wages are Rising"
Mariano Alierta, Annuorum SL (Contact Author)

"Institutions and Economic Growth: Predictive Value of Different Institutional Quality Indices"
Tomi Ovaska, Youngstown State University (Contact Author)
Julio H. Cole, Universidad Francisco Marroquín

"Social Capital, Investment, and Economic Growth"
Robert R. Reed, III, The University of Alabama
Jen-Ruey Tsaur, National Central University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Richard Dunn, Texas A&M University
Abdoulaye Seck, Suffolk University
Jorge Ibarra-Salazar, Tecnológico de Monterrey

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Session Chairs:

Asia Sikora, Cornell University

Papers:

"Intergenerational Transfers and Altruism"
Asia Sikora, Cornell University (Contact Author)
H. Elizabeth Peters, Cornell University

"Labor Supply and Household Meal Production: New Results from the Health and Retirement Survey"
Richard Dunn, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"The Mitigation of Transaction Costs in Unilateral Divorce States"
Michael Hanlon, University of Washington (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jing Liu, The University of Texas at Austin
Denvil Duncan, Georgia State University
John J. Hisnanick, U.S. Census Bureau

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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:

Enrique Martinez-Garcia, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Papers:

"Patterns of Bilateral Remittance Flows: Does Institutional Quality and Individual Happiness Play a Role?"
Faruk Balli, Massey University (Contact Author)
Cahit Guven, Deakin University
Rukmani Gounder, Massey University
Hatice Ozer-Balli, Massey University

"Investment and Trade Patterns in a Sticky-Price, Open-Economy Model"
Enrique Martinez-Garcia, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Contact Author)
Jens Sondergaard, Georgetown University

"Responses to Remittances: The Effect of Outside Income Sources on Jamaican Households’ Behavior"
Andrew Stephenson, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Andrew Stephenson, Georgia State University
Richard Dunn, Texas A&M University

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