Organizers:

Lara Gardner, Southeastern Louisiana University

Session Chairs:

Haiyong Liu, East Carolina University

Papers:

"Income Inequality Along Waist Lines: Weight Related Differences in Employment Behavior Over the Life Cycle"
Matthew Harris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Contact Author)

"Parents’ Socioeconomics Status and Children’s Obesity"
Haiyong Liu, East Carolina University (Contact Author)
YingYing Dong, University of California at Irvine

"Income, Medications, and Health: Evidence from Elderly Women in Russia"
Alicia Sparling, Davidson College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Haiyong Liu, East Carolina University
Matthew Harris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alicia Sparling, Davidson College

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Session Chairs:

Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Papers:

"A Structural Approach to Explain Teachers’ Attrition and Returning Decisions Accounting for Fertility Behavior"
Celia Patricia Vera, Stony Brook University (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Social Networks Skills on Labor Market Outcomes"
Joshua Hill, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

"Employment Differences and Inequality Along Waist Lines"
Matthew Harris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Contact Author)

"Employment and Aggregate Uncertainty in the U.S."
Weishi (Grace) Gu, Cornell University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Neil R. Meredith, West Texas A&M University
Charmaine Tan, Civil Service College Singapore
Matthew Harris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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