These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Joseph Ferrie (Northwestern University)

Sunday, January 6, 8:00 AM

Sunday, January 6, 8:00 AM
Session: Health and Economic Outcomes: Linkages across the Life Cycle (AEA)
Presiding: Hoyt Bleakley (University of Chicago)

'On the Street Where You Live': Effects of a Child's Neighborhood on Later Life Outcomes
Joseph Ferrie (Northwestern University)
Karen Rolf (University of Nebraska)
Werner Troesken (University of Pittsburgh)

U.S. Above-Ground Nuclear Tests of the 1950s and Subsequent Health and Socioeconomic Outcomes in North Carolina
Douglas Almond (Columbia University)
Michael Greenstone (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Under the Weather: Health, Schooling, and Socioeconomic Consequences of Early-Life Rainfall
Dean Yang (University of Michigan)
Sharon Maccini (University of Michigan)

Malaria in the Americas: A Retrospective Analysis of Childhood Exposure
Hoyt Bleakley (University of Chicago)


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An article in the Journal of Economic Perspectives entitled, "The Growth of Finance" by Harvard Business School professors, Robin Greenwood and David Scharfstein, was recently explored by the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

U.S. News & World Report cites Princeton-based Burton Malkiel's article in the Journal of Economic Perspectives as a preferred source of "sound financial advice" for investors.

The Huffington Post reports on a study addressing the influence of lifestyle factors on shrinking height in the elderly published in the April issue of AEJ: Applied Economics.

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