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:

David L. Sjoquist, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

David L. Sjoquist, Georgia State University

Papers:

"State Merit-Aid Programs and College Major: A Focus on STEM"
David L. Sjoquist, Georgia State University
John Winters, Oklahoma State University

"The Specificity of General Human Capital: Evidence from College Major Choice"
Josh Kinsler, University of Rochester
Ronni Pavan, University of Rochester

"Was that SMART? Institutional Financial Incentives and Field of Study"
Jeffrey T. Denning, The University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)
Patrick Turley, Harvard University

"College Major Competitiveness and Attrition from the Sciences"
Marc Luppino, Federal Trade Commission
Richard H. Sander, University of California, Los Angeles

Discussants:

Christopher M. Cornwell, The University of Georgia
Celeste K. Carruthers, The University of Tennessee
M. Kathleen Thomas, Mississippi State University
Amanda L. Griffith, Wake Forest University

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