Organizers:

David C. Ribar, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Session Chairs:

David C. Ribar, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Papers:

"Classroom Peer Effects in Student Achievement: Evidence from Taiwan"
Kamhon Kan, Academia Sinica (Contact Author)

"Out-of-Pocket Expenditures on Traditional and Western Medicines: A Censored System Approach"
Steven T. Yen, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)
Hung-Hao Chang, National Taiwan University
Tsui-Fang Lin, National Taipei University

"Quantifying the Free-Rider Effect: Evidence from Adult Children’s Financial Support for Their Elderly Parents in Rural China"
Zhou Yang, Virginia Tech (Contact Author)

"Intergenerational Mobility of Health: Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey"
Haiyong Liu, East Carolina University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Niels-Hugo Blunch, Washington and Lee University
John A. Bishop, East Carolina University

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Organizers:

Thesia I. Garner, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Session Chairs:

John A. Bishop, East Carolina University

Papers:

"Developing Thresholds for the Supplemental Poverty Measure"
Thesia I. Garner, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)

"Supplemental Poverty Measure: Preliminary Estimates"
Kathleen Short, U.S. Census Bureau (Contact Author)
Trudi Renwick, U.S. Census Bureau

"Interdistributional Inequality, Poverty, and Welfare: Relationships Among Methods Using Lower Partial Moments of Distributions"
John A. Bishop, East Carolina University (Contact Author)
Jong-Rong Chiou, Tam Kang University
Lester A. Zeager, East Carolina University
Buhong Zheng, University of Colorado Denver

"Parents’ Socioeconomics Status and Children’s Obesity"
Yingying Dong, California State University at Fullerton
Haiyong Liu, East Carolina University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

John A. Bishop, East Carolina University
Hoseong Kim, University of Alabama
Lester A. Zeager, East Carolina University

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