Organizers:

Sarah M. Estelle, Hope College

Session Chairs:

Sarah M. Estelle, Hope College

Papers:

"Measuring Changes in the Costs of Teenage Childbearing"
Daniel M. Leeds, Michigan Department of Education (Contact Author)
Emily Gray Collins, University of Michigan

"Proximate and Economic Determinants of Obesity: A Cross-National Analysis"
Dhaval M. Dave, Bentley University
Nadia Doytch, Brooklyn College-CUNY
Inas Rashad Kelly, Queens College of The City University of New York (Contact Author)

"Incarceration vs. Treatment-Based Approaches to Juvenile Crime: Effects on Education"
Dhaval M. Dave, Bentley University (Contact Author)
Alison Evans Cuellar, George Mason University

"Meth, Death, and Alcohol: The Unintended Consequences of Alcohol Prohibition on Methamphetamine Use"
Jose Fernandez, University of Louisville (Contact Author)
Stephan F. Gohmann, University of Louisville
Joshua Pinkston, University of Louisville

Discussants:

Xu Wang, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Resul Cesur, University of Connecticut
Matthew D. Lang, Xavier University
Jillian Beaugez Carr, Texas A&M University

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Session Chairs:

Deliana Kostova, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Papers:

"Effects of Smoking on Obesity: Evidence from a Randomized Clinical Trial"
Charles Courtemanche, Georgia State University
Rusty Tchernis, Georgia State University
Benjamin Ukert, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Smoking and Morbidity"
Lyudmyla Kompaniyets, Washington State University (Contact Author)
Robert Rosenman, Washington State University

"Impact of Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion on Cigarette Use and Smoking Cessation Among U.S. Adults: Results from 2012-2013 National Adult Tobacco Survey"
Xu Wang, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Contact Author)
Xin Xu, Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

"Schooling and Smoking Behavior Across the Life Course: Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws and College Openings"
Asia Sikora Kessler, University of Nebraska Medical Center (Contact Author)
Donald Kenkel, Cornell University
J. Catherine Maclean, University of Pennsylvania

"Smokeless Tobacco Use in India: The Role of Prices and Advertising"
Deliana Kostova, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Contact Author)
Dhaval M. Dave, Bentley University

Discussants:

Asia Sikora Kessler, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Benjamin Ukert, Georgia State University
Eric Schmidbauer, University of Central Florida
Jungtaek Lee, State University of New York at Albany
Xu Ji, Emory University

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