Organizers:

Sarah M. Estelle, Hope College

Session Chairs:

Sarah M. Estelle, Hope College

Papers:

"Publicly-Provided Health Insurance and Health Behavior: The Case of Medicaid Expansions for Pregnant Women"
Dhaval M. Dave, Bentley University (Contact Author)
Robert Kaestner, University of Illinois at Chicago
George Wehby, University of Iowa

"Health Insurance Premiums, Medical Care Utilizations, and the Well-Being of the Elderly"
Yuping Tsai, Carter Consulting, Centers for Disease Control (Contact Author)

"Adjusting BMI for Measurement Error with Invalid Validation Data"
Joshua Pinkston, University of Louisville (Contact Author)
Charles Courtemanche, Georgia State University
Jay Stewart, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

"Breaking Bad: Are Meth Labs Justified in Dry Counties?"
Jose Fernandez, University of Louisville (Contact Author)
Stephan F. Gohmann, University of Louisville
Joshua Pinkston, University of Louisville

Discussants:

Dhaval M. Dave, Bentley University
Yuping Tsai, Carter Consulting, Centers for Disease Control
Jose Fernandez, University of Louisville
Joshua Pinkston, University of Louisville

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Organizers:

Joni Hersch, Vanderbilt University
Jennifer Bennett Shinall, Vanderbilt University

Session Chairs:

Joni Hersch, Vanderbilt University

Papers:

"Why Obese Workers Earn Less: Occupational Sorting and Its Implications for the Legal System"
Jennifer Bennett Shinall, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of the School Breakfast Program on Childhood Obesity"
David E. Frisvold, University of Iowa (Contact Author)

"Do Restaurant Calorie Posting Requirements Reduce Obesity?"
Charles Courtemanche, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Obesity and Control: A Complicated Relationship"
Florence Neymotin, Nova Southeastern University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University
Joni Hersch, Vanderbilt University

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