Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Papers:

"Screening for Commitment: The Effect of Maternity Leave Use on Wages"
Colleen Manchester, University of Minnesota
Lisa M. Leslie, University of Minnesota
Tae-Youn Park, University of Minnesota

"To Switch or Not to Switch?"
Jill Kearns, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Earning Gap Across Gender in the U.S."
Kusum Mundra, Rutgers University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jill Janocha, American University
Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida
Phanindra V. Wunnava, Middlebury College

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Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Kathryn H. Anderson, Vanderbilt University

Papers:

"Women's Work in the AER Papers & Proceedings"
Ellen Meade, American University (Contact Author)
Martha Starr, American University

"The Role of Immigrants' Legal Status in Homeownership"
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University (Contact Author)
Kusum Mundra, Rutgers University

"Competition and Cost Pass-through in Differentiated Oligopolies"
Paul R. Zimmerman, Federal Trade Commission
Julie Anne Carlson, Federal Trade Commission (Contact Author)

"Modeling Conflict in the Empirical Macroeconomic Framework: A Sensitivity Analysis"
Solomon Polachek, Binghampton University
Daria Sevastianova, University of Southern Indiana (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Serena H. Huang, University of Kansas
Anita Alves Pena, Colorado State University
Aniruddha Bagchi, Kennesaw State University
Jenny Minier, University of Kentucky

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Organizers:

Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Papers:

"New Estimates of Previous Illegal Experience Among New Legal Immigrants in the 2003 Cohort"
Guillermina Jasso, New York University (Contact Author)

"Immigration, Legal Status, and Public Aid Magnets"
Anita Alves Pena, Colorado State University (Contact Author)

"Employer Monopsony Power in the Labor Market for Undocumented Workers"
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"How Important Are Legal Status Adjustments for Labor Market Advances? Recent Evidence from Spanish Immigrants"
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University (Contact Author)
Miguel A. Malo, Universidad de Salamanca
Fernando Muñoz-Bullón, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Discussants:

Kusum Mundra, Rutgers University
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University
Marie T. Mora, The University of Texas-Pan American

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Session Chairs:

Kusum Mundra, Rutgers University

Papers:

"The Impact of Immigrant Networks on Mobility of Refugees Within the United States"
Selcuk Eren, Bard College (Contact Author)
Paul Hagstrom, Hamilton College

"Immigrant-Based Networks and the U.S. Bilateral Trade: Role of Immigrant Occupation and Income"
Kusum Mundra, Rutgers University (Contact Author)

"Reassessing the Effect of Language Skills on Earnings"
Chunbei Wang, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Le Wang, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

"Participation in Special Language Programs (Bilingual and ESL) and Academic Performance of LEP and Non-LEP Hispanic Students "
Noelia R. Paez, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)
Dennis W. Jansen, Texas A&M University
Timothy J. Gronberg, Texas A&M University

Discussants:

Selcuk Eren, Bard College
Noelia R. Paez, Texas A&M University
Miao Chi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Debjani Kanjilal, The University of Memphis

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