2013 Sessions for Jennifer Bennett Shinall

 
Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 08D*
Migration, Forced and Voluntary-Case Studies from Three Countries

Organizers:

Kathryn H. Anderson, Vanderbilt University

Session Chairs:

Kathryn H. Anderson, Vanderbilt University

Papers:

"Sex Ratio and Migration: Evidence from China"
Ren Mu, Texas A&M University
Meiyan Wang, Institute of Population and Labor Economics, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

"Remittances and Investment in Assets and Education: Results from Kyrgyz Panel Data"
Charles M. Becker, Duke University (Contact Author)
Nurgul Ukueva, American University of Central Asia

"Remittances and the Human Capital of Children: New Evidence from Kyrgyzstan During Revolution and Financial Crisis, 2005-2009"
Kathryn H. Anderson, Vanderbilt University (Contact Author)
Antje Kroeger, German Institute for Development Evaluation

Discussants:

Olga Shemyakina, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jennifer Bennett Shinall, Vanderbilt University
Kathryn H. Anderson, Vanderbilt University

 

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Monday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 01L*
Obesity and Public Policy

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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