Organizers:

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University

Session Chairs:

Marie T. Mora, The University of Texas-Pan American

Papers:

"Paid Employment, Self-Employment, and the Labor Force Participation of Hispanic Populations"
Alberto Davila, The University of Texas-Pan American
Marie T. Mora, The University of Texas-Pan American (Contact Author)
Havidán Rodriguez, The University of Texas–Pan American

"The Productivity-Employment Link in Mexican Maquiladoras"
Andre Varella Mollick, The University of Texas-Pan American (Contact Author)
Rene Cabral, Tecnológico de Monterrey

"Determinants of Sectoral FDI in Latin America"
Luisa R. Blanco, Pepperdine University (Contact Author)
Isabel Ruiz, Sam Houston State University
W. Charles Sawyer, Texas Christian University
Rossitza B. Wooster, Portland State University

"Pay-What-You-Want Pricing and Competition: Breaking the Bertrand Trap"
Yong Chao, University of Louisville
Jose Fernandez, University of Louisville (Contact Author)
Babu Nahata, University of Louisville

Discussants:

Madeline Zavodny, Agnes Scott College
Carolina Rodriguez Zamora, Banco de México
Alberto Davila, The University of Texas-Pan American

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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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Organizers:

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University

Session Chairs:

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University

Papers:

"The Effect of Degree Attainment on Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Social Experiment"
Daniel J. Parisian, State University of New York at Binghamton (Contact Author)
Carlos A. Flores, California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo
Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Syracuse University
Vikesh Amin, Central Michigan University

"Effects of Mortgage Lending on House Sales and House Prices in Mexico: The Case of Co-financed Credits for High-income Infonavit Beneficiaries"
Carolina Rodriguez Zamora, Banco de México (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Pia M. Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Jose Fernandez, University of Louisville
Marie T. Mora, The University of Texas-Pan American

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