Session Chairs:

Yongwon Cho, Washington State University

Papers:

"Effects of Cigarette Tax on Child Food Insecurity"
Winnie Fung, Wheaton College (Contact Author)
Omar Robles, Bureau of Labor Statistics

"The Effect of Public Transportation Accessibility on Food Insecurity"
Deokrye Baek, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)

"The Effects of Drinking and Sports on Popularity of Overweight Adolescents: Implications for Public Policy"
Mir M. Ali, Food and Drug Administration (Contact Author)
Aliaksandr Amialchuk, The University of Toledo
Iryna Pentina, University of Toledo

"The Implications of Business Cycles and Parental Indebtedness for Adolescent Obesity"
Sharri C. Byron, Auburn University Montgomery (Contact Author)
Angela Fertig, The University of Georgia

"The Effect of School Food Programs on Childhood Obesity"
Yongwon Cho, Washington State University (Contact Author)
Bidisha Mandal, Washington State University

Discussants:

Winnie Fung, Wheaton College
Jason M Hockenberry, Emory University and NBER
Jonathan Rothbaum, George Washington University
Nicole Nestoriak, Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Session Chairs:

Jonathan Rothbaum, George Washington University

Papers:

"Determinants of Youth Poverty: A Kentucky, County-Level Analysis"
Kylie Goggins, Saginaw Valley State University (Contact Author)
Kaustav Misra, Mississippi State University

"Life on the Edge: Living near Poverty in the United States, 1962-2010"
Misty Heggeness, U.S. Census Bureau
Charles Hokayem, U.S. Census Bureau (Contact Author)

"Inequality and Endogenous Dynasties: Aiyagari-Huggett Meet Barro-Becker and Epstein-Zin"
Juan Carlos Cordoba, Iowa State University
Xiying Liu, Iowa State University (Contact Author)
Marla Ripoll, University of Pittsburgh

"Distribution-Sensitive Mobility: A Cutoff-Based Approach to Mobility Measurement"
James E. Foster, George Washington University
Jonathan Rothbaum, George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Trust, Welfare States and Income Equality: What Causes What?"
Andreas Bergh, Lund University (Contact Author)
Christian Bjornskov, Aarhus University

Discussants:

Andreas Bergh, Lund University
Kylie Goggins, Saginaw Valley State University
Charles Hokayem, U.S. Census Bureau
Xiying Liu, Iowa State University
Aliya Sassi, University of New Hampshire

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