2011 Sessions for M. Melinda Pitts

 
Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SEA*
Session 21I*
Unauthorized Immigrant Workers

Organizers:

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

Session Chairs:

M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Papers:

"The Wage Impact of Undocumented Workers"
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

"The Impact of Mandated Employment Verification Systems on Labor Market Outcomes: Does E-Verify Affect Hiring Practices?"
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, San Diego State University (Contact Author)
Cynthia A. Bansak, St. Lawrence University

"What Are the Effects of State Level Legislation Against the Hiring of Unauthorized Immigrants?"
Sarah Bohn, Public Policy Institute of California (Contact Author)
Magnus Lofstrom, Public Policy Institute of California
Steven Raphael, University of California, Berkeley

"Differential Monopsony Power, CES Production Functions, and the Substitutability of Low-Skilled Workers"
Todd Sorensen, University of California, Riverside (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sue K. Stockly, Eastern New Mexico University
Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Hispanic Center
J. David Brown, U.S. Census Bureau

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA*
Session 05K*
Micro Foundations of Labor Market Dynamics

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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