Session Chairs:

Melissa McInerney, The College of William & Mary

Papers:

"Evidence on the Sensitivity of 'Value of a Statistical Life' Estimates to Fatality Risk Measures"
Carol Scotton, Knox College (Contact Author)

"Regional Differences in Value of Statistical Life"
Hua Zan, The Ohio State University (Contact Author)
Robert L. Scharff, The Ohio State University

"Kids at Risk: Children’s Employment in Hazardous Occupations in Brazil"
Deborah S. DeGraff, Bowdoin College (Contact Author)
Andrea Ferro, Federal University of Sao Carlos
Deborah Levison, University of Minnesota

"Do Employers Accommodate Injured Workers in Response to Higher Workers’ Compensation Costs?"
Erin Todd Bronchetti, Swarthmore College
Melissa McInerney, The College of William & Mary (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Deborah S. DeGraff, Bowdoin College
Carol Scotton, Knox College
Hua Zan, The Ohio State University
Janice Compton, University of Manitoba

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Session Chairs:

Serife Genc, University of Pittsburgh

Papers:

"Human Capital Externalities and Employment Differences across Metropolitan Areas of U.S."
John Winters, Auburn University at Montgomery (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Work-Limiting Disability on Labor Force Participation"
Douglas Webber, Cornell University (Contact Author)
Melissa Bjelland, Cornell University

"The Effect of Outside Income Sources on Households’ Labor Market Behavior"
Andrew Stephenson, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Skill Premium in U.S. and Canada"
Serife Genc, University of Pittsburgh (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Andrew Stephenson, Georgia State University
John Winters, Auburn University at Montgomery
Janice Compton, University of Manitoba
Maria Minniti, Southern Methodist University

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Session Chairs:

Melissa Boyle, College of the Holy Cross

Papers:

"Spousal Labor Market Effects from Government Health Insurance: Evidence from a Veterans Affairs Expansion"
Melissa Boyle, College of the Holy Cross (Contact Author)
Joanna N. Lahey, Texas A&M University

"Selection, Productivity, and the Distribution of the Marriage-Earnings Premium"
Lisa Giddings, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
John M. Nunley, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (Contact Author)

"Economic Incentives and Strategic Considerations of Intergeneration Coresidence – Empirical Evidence from China"
Jie Pan, Loyola University Maryland (Contact Author)
Janice Compton, University of Manitoba

Discussants:

John M. Nunley, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Jie Pan, Loyola University Maryland
Neha Nanda, Florida State University

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Session Chairs:

Janice Compton, University of Manitoba

Papers:

"The Mom Effect: Family Proximity and the Labour Force Status of Women in Canada"
Janice Compton, University of Manitoba (Contact Author)
Jie Pan, Loyola University Maryland

"U.S. and Domestic Migration Decisions of Mexican Workers"
Gihoon Hong, University of Virginia (Contact Author)

"Give Us Your Wired and Skilled: Measuring the Impact of Immigration Policy on Employers and Shareholders"
Carl Lin, Rutgers University (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Family Income Volatility During Childhood on Adult Outcomes"
Bradley Hardy, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Carl Lin, Rutgers University
Bradley Hardy, University of Kentucky
Gihoon Hong, University of Virginia
James Bang, Virginia Military Institute

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