Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Papers:

"Tax Progressivity and Income Inequality"
Denvil Duncan, Georgia State University
Klara Sabirianova Peter, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Access to Education Under a Welfare Program and the Return to Schooling"
Hui-chen Wang, University of Mississippi (Contact Author)

"The Phillips Curve and US Monetary Policy: What the FOMC Transcripts Tell Us"
Ellen Meade, American University
Daniel L. Thornton, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Discussants:

Lisa Barrow, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University
Ellis W. Tallman, Oberlin College

Organizers:

Mary Beth Walker, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Mary G. McGarvey, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Papers:

"Job Lock and the Role of Public Health Insurance During Employment Transitions"
Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Matthew Kim, University of St. Thomas

"Does Marriage Really Matter? Investments in Prenatal Care and Birth Outcomes"
Alison Jacknowitz, American University (Contact Author)
Lucie Schmidt, Williams College

"Neighborhood Crime and Teacher Turnover"
Mary G. McGarvey, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mary Beth Walker, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"The Poverty Reduction Success of Public Transfers for Working Age Immigrants and Refugees in the United States"
Christopher R. Bollinger, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Paul Hagstrom, Hamilton College

Discussants:

Sam Allgood, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Klara Sabirianova Peter, Georgia State University
Duncan Chaplin, Mathematica Policy Research
Alison Jacknowitz, American University