Session Chairs:

John T. Addison, University of South Carolina

Papers:

"Minimum Wage Increases in a Soft U.S. Economy"
John T. Addison, University of South Carolina (Contact Author)
McKinley L. Blackburn, University of South Carolina
Chad Cotti, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

"Youth Minimum Wages: The Short and Long-Run Impacts on Workers' Careers"
Ana Rute Cardoso, University of California, Berkeley (Contact Author)

"Minimum Wages in the U.K. and the Pay and Productivity of Young Workers"
Andy Dickerson, The University of Sheffield (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Minimum Wages in the German Construction Sector – What Regional Micro Data Can Tell Us"
Joachim Möller, Institut fur Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung der Bundesagentur fur Arbeit (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University
Ana Rute Cardoso, University of California, Berkeley
John T. Addison, University of South Carolina

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Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Papers:

"Individual Worker Experience Across Business Cycles"
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"Wage Rigidity During Recessions: Evidence from the SIPP"
Lei Fang, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)
Pedro Silos, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"The Effect of Minimum Wage Increases on Gross Domestic Product"
Joseph J. Sabia, San Diego State University (Contact Author)

"Rising Unemployment Duration in the United States: Composition or Behavior?"
Robert G. Valletta, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College
Bruce Fallick, Federal Reserve Board
McKinley L. Blackburn, University of South Carolina
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University

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Session Chairs:

Edgar O. Olsen, University of Virginia

Papers:

"Interarea Price Indices Based on the Data Underlying the Time-Series CPI"
Bettina H. Aten, Bureau of Economic Analysis (Contact Author)

"A Panel of Price Indices for Housing Services, Other Goods, and All Goods for All Areas in the United States 1982-Present"
Dirk W. Early, Southwestern University (Contact Author)
Paul Carrillo, The George Washington University
Edgar O. Olsen, University of Virginia

Discussants:

Paul Sullivan, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University

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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"
Michael Lettau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)

"Nominal Wage Rigidity in the U.S. in the Great Recession"
Bruce Fallick, Federal Reserve Board (Contact Author)
Michael Lettau, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
William Wascher, Division of Research and Statistics

"Does the Law of One (Real) Wage Hold?"
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
John Winters, University of Cincinnati

"A Case for Fairness? The Effect of Pay Inequality and Incentives on Firm Performance"
R. Kaj Gittings, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

John Winters, University of Cincinnati
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Peter McHenry, The College of William & Mary
John Garen, University of Kentucky

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