Organizers:

Nazneen Ahmad, Weber State University

Session Chairs:

Khawaja A. Mamun, Sacred Heart University

Papers:

"Tobacco Free Economy: A SAM-based Multiplier Model to Track Transmission Mechanism of Demand Driven Interventions in Bangladesh"
Muhammad Husain, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Contact Author)

"Do Parents Selectively Time Birth Relative to Ramadan? Evidence from Matlab, Bangladesh"
Md Nazmul Ahsan, University of Southern California (Contact Author)

"Child Labor and Minimum Wage: Formal and Informal Sector Labor Market"
Rubana Mahjabeen, University of Wisconsin-Superior (Contact Author)
Abdullah Mamun, University of Kansas, (Deceased)

Discussants:

Rubana Mahjabeen, University of Wisconsin-Superior
Khawaja A. Mamun, Sacred Heart University
Pallab Mozumder, Florida International University
Muhammad Husain, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Session Chairs:

Jonathan Bauchet, Purdue University

Papers:

"Bigger Is Better: Group Size and Loan Repayment in Microfinance"
Jonathan Bauchet, Purdue University (Contact Author)
Sugato Chakravarty, Purdue University

"Evaluating the Impact of the Indian National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on the Girl Child"
Nayana Bose, Washington and Lee University
Shreyasee Das, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (Contact Author)

"Sex of the First Child, Fertility, Birth Interval and Parental Inputs in Northern India"
Md Nazmul Ahsan, University of Southern California
Riddhi Bhowmick, University of Southern California (Contact Author)

"Women’s Reservation and India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme"
Nayana Bose, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Nayana Bose, Washington and Lee University
Shreyasee Das, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Robert M. Gonzalez, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Claus C. Portner, Seattle University

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