Session Chairs:

Takeshi Yagihashi, Old Dominion University

Papers:

"Are We Paying a Premium for Health? Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey"
Juan Du, Old Dominion University (Contact Author)
Takeshi Yagihashi, Old Dominion University

"Effects of Increase in Average Income and Education on Income Related Inequality in Physician Service Utilization"
Satis Chandra Devkota, Wayne State University (Contact Author)
Allen C. Goodman, Wayne State University

"Factors Affecting Immunization Coverage, 1999-2008: A Nationwide Assessment Using a Delay-Based Approach"
Donka M. Mirtcheva, The College of New Jersey (Contact Author)
Manan Sampat, The College of New Jersey

Discussants:

Donka M. Mirtcheva, The College of New Jersey
Juan Du, Old Dominion University
Benjamin C. Hansen, University of Oregon

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Session Chairs:

D. Mark Anderson, Montana State University

Papers:

"The Health Impacts of Economic Conditions at School-Leaving"
Catherine Maclean, Cornell University (Contact Author)

"Back to School Blues: Seasonality of Youth Suicide and the Academic Calendar"
Benjamin C. Hansen, University of Oregon (Contact Author)
Matthew Lang, Xavier University

"The Economic, Psychological, and Behavioral Consequences of Having Been Stalked"
Timothy M. Diette, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)
Darrick Hamilton, The New School
Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University
William A. Darity, Jr., Duke University

"Why Is Dropping Out of High School Bad? Dropouts and Sexually Transmitted Infections"
D. Mark Anderson, Montana State University (Contact Author)
Claus C. Portner, Seattle University

"Effectiveness and Efficiency of Mental Health Services for Children in Foster Care"
Ashley Provencher, Eastern Connecticut State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Benjamin C. Hansen, University of Oregon
Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy, Iowa State University
Melanie Cozad, The University of Tennessee
Sarah Riley, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Plamen Nikolov, Harvard University

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Organizers:

Sarah M. Estelle, Rhodes College

Session Chairs:

Kerry Anne McGeary, Ball State University

Papers:

"The Effect of Household Health Shocks on Educational Attainment of Youth"
Eric Johnson, Kent State University
Curtis L. Reynolds, Kent State University (Contact Author)

"The Relevance of Religious Adherence to Mother-Daughter Communication and Adolescent Sexual Risky Behavior"
Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College
Sarah M. Estelle, Rhodes College (Contact Author)

"The Hazards of High Medical Care Use"
Jennifer Kohn, Drew University (Contact Author)

"Spousal Effects in Smoking Cessation: Matching, Learning, or Bargaining?"
Kerry Anne McGeary, Ball State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jennifer Kohn, Drew University
Kerry Anne McGeary, Ball State University
Benjamin C. Hansen, University of Oregon
Matea Pender, The College Board

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Session Chairs:

Keith Finlay, Tulane University

Papers:

"Explaining the Outcome Gap Between Different Types of Indigent Defense Counsel: Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard Effects"
Michael Roach, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

"Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Federal Sentencing: A Quantile Regression Approach"
Beth A. Freeborn, Federal Trade Commission (Contact Author)
Monica E. Hartmann, University of St. Thomas

"Deterability by Age"
Gregory DeAngelo, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Contact Author)
Benjamin C. Hansen, University of Oregon
Shawn D. Bushway, University at Albany, The State University of New York

"Effects of Changes in Criminal Majority Statutes"
Keith Finlay, Tulane University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Gregory DeAngelo, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Michael Roach, Middle Tennessee State University
Beth A. Freeborn, Federal Trade Commission
Jeremy Sandford, University of Kentucky

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