Session Chairs:

Niels-Hugo Blunch, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"The Impact of Welfare Reform on Rates of Abortion"
Rand Ressler, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Contact Author)
Melissa Waters, Southern University
R. Carter Hill, Louisiana State University

"Household Composition, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and Adult Obesity"
Lorenzo Almada, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Does WIC Improve Birth Outcomes? New Evidence from Sibling Births"
Ji Yan, Appalachian State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ji Yan, Appalachian State University
Lara Gardner, Southeastern Louisiana University
Rand Ressler, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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Session Chairs:

Jorge Ibarra-Salazar, Tecnologico de Monterrey

Papers:

"Obesity a Public Health Problem in the Developing World: A Study on School Going Children in Rural and Urban India"
Divya Balasubramaniam, Saint Joseph's University (Contact Author)
Echu Liu, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

"Out of Pocket Health Expenditure and Inequalities: The Case of Senegal"
Sophie Faye, Suffolk University (Contact Author)

"Without Crowding Out the Family – The Effects of National Health Insurance on Elderly Living Arrangements"
Hsinling Hsieh, Northern Michigan University (Contact Author)
Echu Liu, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Hsien-Ming Lien, National Cheng-Chi University
Shin-Yi Chou, Lehigh University

"A New Formula to Assign Conditional Transfers to Mexican Municipalities"
Jorge Ibarra-Salazar, Tecnologico de Monterrey (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Niels-Hugo Blunch, Washington and Lee University
Moon Haque, The University of Memphis
Paula Cordero Salas, University of Alabama
Daniel G. Arce, The University of Texas at Dallas

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