2008 Sessions for Matthew Freedman

 
Sunday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 3N
Sorting and Matching in the Labor Market

Session Chairs:

Stephen Rubb, Sacred Heart University

Papers:

"Asymmetric Information and the Theory of Heterogeneous Education-Occupation Mismatches"
Stephen Rubb, Sacred Heart University (Contact Author)
Michael A. Quinn, Bentley College

"Skills Mismatch and the Duration of Unemployment in the United States"
Daniel Kuehn, George Washington University (Contact Author)

"Sorting and Matching in Industrial Clusters"
Matthew Freedman, Cornell University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Marios Michaelides, IMPAQ International, LLC
Jeremy Schwartz, The George Washington University
Matthew Freedman, Cornell University


 
Sunday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SEA
Session 6O
Anti-Poverty Policies: Determinants and Effects

Session Chairs:

Sharon H. Mastracci, University of Illinois at Chicago

Papers:

"Determinants of State Minimum Wage Laws: A Bayesian Spatial Probit Approach"
Donald J. Lacombe, Ohio University
Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Ohio University (Contact Author)

"Do Employment Subsidies Work? Evidence from Regionally Targeted Subsidies in Turkey"
Meltem Daysal, University of Maryland, College Park (Contact Author)
Carmen Pages, Inter-American Development Bank
Gordon Betcherman, The World Bank

"Effects of State Minimum Wage Increases on Employment, Hours, and Earnings of Low-Wage Workers: Evidence from Illinois"
Sharon H. Mastracci, University of Illinois at Chicago (Contact Author)
Joseph Persky, University of Illinois at Chicago

"Juvenile Delinquency, Justice System Involvement, and High School Dropout"
Leonidas Murembya, Baker College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Wei Kang, Middle Tennessee State University
Matthew Freedman, Cornell University
Judy Yang, Georgetown University
Linda Loubert, Morgan State University


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