Session Chairs:

Jane Osburn, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Papers:

"Do Sheepskin Effects Vary by Gender and Race? An Evaluation of the Return to College Degrees 1993– 2003"
Ronald Caldwell, Jr., The University of Kansas (Contact Author)
Donna K. Ginther, The University of Kansas

"Occupational Inflation in Household Surveys"
Christina Houseworth, Litigation Analytics, Inc. (Contact Author)
Jonathan D. Fisher, New York Census Research Data Center

"Establishment Wage Differentials and Occupational Employment: A Study of Aircraft Parts Manufacturing"
Jane Osburn, Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Ronald Caldwell, Jr., The University of Kansas
Christina Houseworth, Litigation Analytics, Inc.
Johnny Ducking, University of Kentucky

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Session Chairs:

Menna Bizuneh, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Had the Fed Driven the Interest Rates Too Low for Too Long, Leading to the Housing Bubbles?"
Han Li, The University of Kansas (Contact Author)
Shigeru Iwata, The University of Kansas

"Income Asymmetries and the Permanent Income Hypothesis"
Juan Ignacio Urquiza, University of Houston (Contact Author)

"Is the East African Community an Optimum Currency Area?"
John Ssozi, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (Contact Author)

"Funding Liquidity and Monetary Policy in the United States: Business Cycles and Asset Pricing Implications"
Ching Wai (Jeremy) Chiu, Duke University (Contact Author)

"Household Debt and the Macroeconomy: A VAR Analysis"
Bradford Howland Patterson, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jonathan D. Fisher, New York Census Research Data Center
Wan-Ju Iris Franz, Houston Baptist University
Zijun Luo, Kansas State University
Vance Ginn, Texas Tech University
Simone Silva, Murray State University

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Session Chairs:

Wan-Ju Iris Franz, Houston Baptist University

Papers:

"Understanding the Mood-Food Cycle"
Bing Jiang, Emory University (Contact Author)

"Household Adjustments to Gasoline Price Changes"
Jonathan D. Fisher, New York Census Research Data Center (Contact Author)
Daniel Vine, Federal Reserve Board of Governors

"Conspicuous Consumption, Peer Group Effects and Inequality: An Empirical Application"
Jessica Harriger, Western Illinois University (Contact Author)
Neha Khanna, Binghamton University

"Do People with Food Service Experience Tip Better?"
Matt Parrett, Bridgewater State University (Contact Author)

"Economics of Compulsive Buying"
Wan-Ju Iris Franz, Houston Baptist University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Matt Parrett, Bridgewater State University
Jessica Harriger, Western Illinois University
Bing Jiang, Emory University
Jonathan D. Fisher, New York Census Research Data Center
Shuoxun (Hellen) Zhang, Texas A&M University

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