Session Chairs:

Denise Hoffman, Mathematica Policy Research

Papers:

"Labor Market Inefficiency During the Current Business Cycle: Evidence from Industry Beveridge Curves"
Chad Cotti, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Scott D. Drewianka, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Contact Author)

"Skills Disconnect at the State Level: Disparities of Education and Structural Unemployment"
Michael A. Brown, Wells Fargo (Contact Author)
John Silvia, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Kaylyn Swankoski, Wells Fargo

"Participant Outcomes Under the Revised Ticket to Work Regulations"
Denise Hoffman, Mathematica Policy Research (Contact Author)
Gina Livermore, Mathematica Policy Research

Discussants:

Christian Brown, Middle Tennessee State University
Timothy N. Bond, Purdue University
Hsinling Hsieh, Northern Michigan University

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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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Session Chairs:

Charles Hokayem, U.S. Census Bureau

Papers:

"DB Versus DC: Labor Supply and Welfare of Business Cycle"
Insook Lee, University of California, Berkeley (Contact Author)

"The Labor Supply and Welfare Effects of Early Access to Medicare Through Social Security Disability Insurance"
Seonghoon Kim, Ohio State University (Contact Author)

"Anti-Poverty Program Participation: Do the Urban Poor Self-Exclude in Brazil?"
Sean Higgins, Tulane University (Contact Author)

"The Role of Family Transfers in Response to Unemployment"
Michael Dalton, Duke University (Contact Author)

"Rising Income Inequality and Economic Growth – Are Americans Better Off? Evidence from Subjective Well-Being Data"
Boris Nikolaev, University of South Florida (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David J. Molina, University of North Texas
Hsinling Hsieh, Northern Michigan University
Andreas Bergh, Lund University
Burhan Biner, DePaul University
Ying Zhen, Wesleyan College

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