Session Chairs:

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

Papers:

"The Unintended Consequences of Agricultural Subsidies: An Empirical Evaluation of the Agricultural Labor Market"
Belinda Acuņa, University of California, Santa Barbara (Contact Author)

"When Sex Is Not Enough: Policy Strategies to Increase Condom Use Among High-Risk Female Sex Workers in Tijuana"
Katie Pittenger, University of California, Davis
Adela De La Torre, University of California, Davis

"Measuring the Wage Costs of Limited English: Issues with Using Interviewers Versus Self Reports in Determining Latino Wages"
Darrick Hamilton, The New School (Contact Author)
Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University
William A. Darity, Jr., Duke University

"The International Transferability of Skills and the Labor Market Outcomes of Recent Immigrants"
Karla Diaz Hadzisadikovic, Columbia University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sue K. Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University
Marie T. Mora, The University of Texas-Pan American
Carlos Vargas-Silva, Sam Houston State University
Benjamin Matta, New Mexico State University

Session Chairs:

Sue K. Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University

Papers:

"Hate Crimes and State Labor Market Conditions in the Early 2000s"
Marie T. Mora, The University of Texas-Pan American (Contact Author)
Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Hispanic Center

"Savings Incentives and Prices: A Study of the 529 College Savings Plan Market"
Vicki Bogan, Cornell University (Contact Author)

"An Instrumental Variable Analysis of the Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Low- and Middle-Income Countries"
Juan J. DelaCruz, Lehman College - CUNY (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Luisa Rocio Blanco Raynal, Pepperdine University
Carlos Vargas-Silva, Sam Houston State University
Isabel Ruiz, Sam Houston State University

Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Carlos Vargas-Silva, Sam Houston State University

Papers:

"Remittances and Relative Prices"
Carlos Vargas-Silva, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)
Hiranya K. Nath, Sam Houston State University

"Price Differences Across Colombian Cities: Gravity or the Guerillas?"
Isabel Ruiz, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)
Hiranya K. Nath, Sam Houston State University

"Remittances and Segmented Markets"
Christopher P. Ball, Quinnipiac University (Contact Author)
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Discussants:

Jingping Gu, Texas A&M University
Rossitza B. Wooster, Portland State University
Luisa Rocio Blanco Raynal, Pepperdine University

Organizers:

Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas

Session Chairs:

Yelena Takhtamanova, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Papers:

"Household Credit and Monetary Policy Transmission"
Jingping Gu, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Transmission Mechanism of Monetary Policy Using FAVAR: The Cases of Brazil and Mexico"
Martha Cruz Zuniga, Catholic University of America (Contact Author)

"Revising the Sticky-Information Phillips Curve"
Yelena Takhtamanova, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Mark Wheeler, Western Michigan University
Carlos Vargas-Silva, Sam Houston State University
Javier A. Reyes, University of Arkansas