Saturday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. SEA |
Session 16A Health and Development in Africa |
Organizers: |
Gabriel Picone, University of South Florida |
Session Chairs: |
Gabriel Picone, University of South Florida |
Papers: |
"Public Compensation Policies, Occupational Choice, and Aggregate Productivity" "Infant Mortality, Fertility, and Malaria: The Effect of Mosquito Net Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa" "Remittances and the Voter Turnout in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Macro and Micro Level Data" "Intermittent Preventive Treatment During Pregnancy, Mosquito Net Distribution, and Child Educational Outcomes" |
Discussants: |
Gabriel Picone, University of South Florida |
Saturday 3:00 - 4:45 p.m. SEA* |
Session 05D* Empirical Microeconomics |
Organizers: |
Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University |
Session Chairs: |
Pierre Nguimkeu, Georgia State University |
Papers: |
"Investigating Defensive Medicine: The Role of Access" "Health Shocks, Imperfect Information and Risk Sharing: Empirical Evidence" "The Employment Impact of Affirmative Action and Equity Regulations on Malaysia's Manufacturing Firms" "An Estimated Model of Informality with Constrained Entrepreneurial Choice" |
Discussants: |
Pierre Nguimkeu, Georgia State University |