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:

Brian E. Chezum, St. Lawrence University

Papers:

"Does Attending a More Prestigious College Improve Health?"
David E. Frisvold, Emory University (Contact Author)
Jason M. Fletcher, Yale University

"The Impact of Maternal Employment on Child’s Mental Health: Evidence from NLSY-Child"
Sumanta Mukherjee, University of Kansas (Contact Author)
Guenther Fink, Harvard School of Public Health

"Unemployment and Mental Distress"
Attila Cseh, Valdosta State University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Health on Intergenerational Transfers of Wealth"
Brian E. Chezum, St. Lawrence University
Jodi Messer Pelkowski, Wichita State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Betty T. Tao, CNA Corporation
Asia Sikora, Cornell University
Maria Floro, American University
Hitomi Komatsu, American University