Session Chairs:

Peter R. Mueser, University of Missouri

Papers:

"Earnings of Displaced Workers and the Business Cycle: An Analysis Using Administrative Data"
Kenneth A. Couch, University of Connecticut (Contact Author)
Nicholas Jolly, University of Connecticut
Dana Placzek, State of Connecticut

"Unemployment and the Business Cycle: How Should Unemployment Insurance Adjust?"
Jeremy Schwartz, The George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Tradeoffs Between Wages and Other Job Characteristics with an Application to Unemployment Insurance"
Dan Becker, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"Women and Unemployment in the New Economy: The Interaction of Gender, Occupation and Industry"
Marios Michaelides, IMPAQ International, LLC
Peter R. Mueser, University of Missouri (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Mette Verner, University of Aarhus
Guenther Fink, Harvard School of Public Health
Dan Becker, University of Virginia
Kenneth A. Couch, University of Connecticut

Session Chairs:

Mette Verner, University of Aarhus

Papers:

"Gender Differences in Income Inequality Among Immigrant Populations to the United States"
Mehmet Erdem Yaya, University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Gary Hoover, University of Alabama

"Gender, Unemployment and Underemployment in South Africa Reexamined: What Time-use Data Reveals"
Maria Floro, American University
Imraan Valodia, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Hitomi Komatsu, American University (Contact Author)

"Gender Differences in Rank Within the Academic Profession: The Case of Denmark"
Mette Verner, University of Aarhus (Contact Author)

"Human Capital Augmentation Versus the Signaling Value of MBA Education"
Andrew Hussey, University of Memphis (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Yan Li, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
Hitomi Komatsu, American University
Andrew Hussey, University of Memphis
Mehmet Erdem Yaya, University of Alabama