Session Chairs:

Shelley White-Means, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Papers:

"To Switch or Not to Switch?"
Jill Kearns, East Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

"Son Preference, Female Autonomy, and Maternal Health in Rural India"
Sharmistha Self, Missouri State University (Contact Author)
Richard Grabowski, Southern Illinois University

"Teen Birth and STD Outcomes After Abstinence-Only Sex Education"
Sondra Collins, University of Southern Mississippi (Contact Author)

"Breastfeeding and Child Obesity"
Donna Rothstein, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)

"Identifying the ‘Good Jobs’ Among the ‘Lousy’ Ones: Job Quality and Economic Independence of Welfare Users"
Hau Chyi, Xiamen University (Contact Author)
Orgul D. Ozturk, University of South Carolina

Discussants:

Steven Garasky, IMPAQ International, LLC
Wilhelmina Leigh, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

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Session Chairs:

Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy, Iowa State University

Papers:

"Food Stamps and Obesity in the U.S.: Panel Data Analysis of Long-term Effects Among Adults, 1999-2007"
Donka M. Mirtcheva, The College of New Jersey (Contact Author)
Andrea Ortu, The College of New Jersey
Meaghan Vitale, The College of New Jersey

"The Influence of Body Weight on Social Network Ties Among Adolescents"
Mir M. Ali, Food and Drug Administration (Contact Author)
Aliaksandr Amialchuk, The University of Toledo
John A. Rizzo, Stony Brook University

"Effects of Family, Friends, and Relative Prices on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by African American Youths"
Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy, Iowa State University (Contact Author)
Helen H. Jensen, Iowa State University
Steven Garasky, IMPAQ International, LLC
Carolyn Cutrona, Iowa State University
Frederick Gibbons, Dartmouth College

"Richard Nixon, Milton Friedman, and the Family Assistance Plan"
Frederick J. Oerther, III, Greensboro College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Frederick J. Oerther, III, Greensboro College
Donka M. Mirtcheva, The College of New Jersey
Mir M. Ali, Food and Drug Administration
Ashley Provencher, Eastern Connecticut State University

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