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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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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