Organizers:

David J. Molina, University of North Texas

Session Chairs:

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University

Papers:

"The Complexity of Immigrant Generations for U.S. Hispanics and Asians"
Stephen Trejo, University of Texas at Austin (Contact Author)
Brian Duncan, University of Colorado Denver

"Education, Migration, and the Economic Outcomes of Island-Born and Mainland-Born Puerto Ricans"
Marie T. Mora, The University of Texas-Pan American (Contact Author)
Alberto Davila, The University of Texas-Pan American
Havidán Rodriguez, The University of Texas–Pan American

"Autism, Parental Age, Education, and Birth Spacing: Can Economics Explain Some of the Rise?"
Jose Fernandez, University of Louisville (Contact Author)
Noelia Paezs, Hawaii Pacific University

Discussants:

Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Jose Fernandez, University of Louisville
Sandra Orozco-Aleman, Mississippi State University

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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:

Donna Gilleskie, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Session Chairs:

Donna Gilleskie, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Papers:

"The Relationship Between Employment Decisions and Optimal Exercise and Dining Behavior"
Matthew Harris, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"Choice Dynamics in IVF Treatment"
Juan Pantano, Washington University in St. Louis (Contact Author)
Bart Hamilton, Washington University in St. Louis
Emily Jungheim, Washington University in St. Louis
Brian McManus, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

"Deadbeat Dads"
Meghan Skira, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)
Geoff Sanzenbacher, Boston College
Shannon Seitz, Analysis Group

Discussants:

Jose Fernandez, University of Louisville
Luca Flabbi, IDB, Georgetown University
Carl Sanders, Washington University in St. Louis

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