Organizers:

Price Fishback, University of Arizona

Session Chairs:

Todd Sorensen, University of California, Riverside

Papers:

"New Deal or No Deal in the Cotton South"
Briggs Depew, University of Arizona (Contact Author)

"Mobilization or Education? The Human Capital Consequences of World War II"
Taylor Jaworski, University of Arizona (Contact Author)

"What Drives Regional Industrialization and the Spatial Concentration of Industry? Evidence from Germany 1847-1907"
Theresa Gutberlet, University of Arizona (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ahmed S. Rahman, United States Naval Academy
Ronald S. Warren, Jr., The University of Georgia
Marianne H. Wanamaker, The University of Tennessee

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Organizers:

Ronald S. Warren, Jr., The University of Georgia

Session Chairs:

Ronald S. Warren, Jr., The University of Georgia

Papers:

"Examining the Effect of Obesity and Appearance on Illicit Labor Market Outcomes"
Scott Cunningham, Baylor University (Contact Author)
John Cawley, Cornell University
Todd Kendall, Compass Lexecon

"Helping Hands: Health Outcomes, Socio-Economic Status, and Social Networks"
Esther Redmount, Colorado College (Contact Author)

"Alternative Indicators of Obesity and Their Effects on Wages"
Michael S. Kofoed, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College
Karen Smith Conway, University of New Hampshire
Charles Courtemanche, University of Louisville

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