Session Chairs:

Winnie Fung, Wheaton College

Papers:

"Does Prenatal Care Really Matter?"
Ji Yan, Appalachian State University (Contact Author)

"Who Compensates and Who Reinforces? Parental Investment Responses to Child Endowment Shocks"
Brandon Restrepo, The Ohio State University (Contact Author)

"Short and Long-Term Effects of Prenatal Blood Testing Laws"
Winnie Fung, Wheaton College (Contact Author)
Omar Robles, Bureau of Labor Statistics

"The Effect of Anti-Smoking Policy on Birth Outcomes: The Relative Effects of Cigarette Taxes and Smoking Bans"
Reagan Anne Baughman, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Reagan Anne Baughman, University of New Hampshire
Ji Yan, Appalachian State University
Brandon Restrepo, The Ohio State University
Deniz Gevrek, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Session Chairs:

Ishita Dey, University of Georgia

Papers:

"Child Bonus and Fertility: Evidence from the 2008 Chilean Pension Reform"
Carolina Felix, Emory University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Child Support on Children's Health Outcomes"
Reagan Anne Baughman, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

"Do Intergenerational Returns to Education Vary by Family Structure?"
Ishita Dey, University of Georgia (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Reagan Anne Baughman, University of New Hampshire
Carolina Felix, Emory University
Ioana Sofia Pacurar, University of Memphis
Ishita Dey, University of Georgia

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Session Chairs:

Reagan Anne Baughman, University of New Hampshire

Papers:

"Estimating Multi-Product Hospital Cost Efficiencies by Payer Types with Quality and Other Controls"
Ioana Sofia Pacurar, University of Memphis (Contact Author)
Albert A. Okunade, The University of Memphis

"Health State Dependence of Marginal Utility of Consumption: Are There Gender Differences?"
Meenakshi Beri, Wayne State University (Contact Author)
Jennifer Ward-Batts, Wayne State University

"Does AIDS Treatment Stimulate Negative Behavioral Response? A Field Experiment in South Africa"
Plamen Nikolov, Harvard University (Contact Author)

"Distributional Effects of Tobacco Control Policies on Adult Smoking Behavior"
Erik Nesson, Emory University (Contact Author)

"Addressing Endogeneity and Nonlinearity in the Education/Smoking Relationship"
James H. Cunningham, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Andrew Hussey, The University of Memphis
Christopher Brunt, Lake Superior State University
Attila Cseh, Valdosta State University
Reagan Anne Baughman, University of New Hampshire

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