Organizers:

Donna Gilleskie, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Session Chairs:

Donna Gilleskie, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Papers:

"Lighting the Fires: Explaining Youth Smoking Initiation and Experimentation in the Context of a Rational Addiction Model with Learning"
Brett Matsumoto, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Contact Author)

"Parental Health as Foreshadowing? The Effect of Parental Health Shocks on the Smoking Behavior of Adult Offspring"
Michael Darden, Tulane University (Contact Author)
Donna Gilleskie, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Genes, Smoking, and Health over the Life Cycle: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey"
Kevin Thom, New York University (Contact Author)
David Cesarini, New York University
Andrew Caplin, New York University
Patrick Turley, Harvard University
Daniel Benjamin, Cornell University

Discussants:

Juan Pantano, Washington University in St. Louis

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Organizers:

Limor Golan, Washington University in St. Louis

Session Chairs:

Elena Pastorino, University of Minnesota

Papers:

"Cognitive Skill Gaps in India: Can (Late) Nutrition Still Ameliorate Them?

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Maria E Canon, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Contact Author)

"Non Linear Pricing of Food in Village Economies"
Elena Pastorino, University of Minnesota (Contact Author)
Orazio Attanasio, University College London

"Skill/Task Requirements of Jobs and Economic Independence of Welfare Recipients"
Orgul D. Ozturk, University of South Carolina
Hau Chyi, Xiamen University

Discussants:

Carl Sanders, Washington University in St. Louis
Victoria Prowse, Cornell University
Kevin Thom, New York University

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