Monday 8:00 - 9:45 a.m. SEA |
Session 14J Geography, Labor Mobility, and Taxation |
Session Chairs: |
Youngok Lim, Drew University |
Papers: |
"Locked in the House: Do Underwater Mortgages Reduce Labor Market Mobility?" "The Relationship Between Location Choice and Earnings Inequality" "The Changes in the Work-Related Training Patterns of Foreign-Versus U.S.-Born Workers Since 1990" "The Impact of a Personal Property Tax on Automobile Consumption" |
Discussants: |
Jeffrey Thompson, University of Massachusetts |
Monday 3:00 - 4:45 p.m. SEA* |
Session 04M* Wages and Employment |
Organizers: |
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University |
Session Chairs: |
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University |
Papers: |
"Employment Changes in Jobs and Their Effect on the Employment Cost Index" "Nominal Wage Rigidity in the U.S. in the Great Recession" "Does the Law of One (Real) Wage Hold?" "A Case for Fairness? The Effect of Pay Inequality and Incentives on Firm Performance" |
Discussants: |
John Winters, University of Cincinnati |