Organizers:

Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Papers:

"Assessing the Impacts of the Entrepreneurial Pipeline in U.S. Counties: Jobs and Income"
Timothy M. Komarek, Michigan State University
Scott Loveridge, Michigan State University

"Access to Capital and Spatial Variation of Microenterprises in the Rural United States"
Anil Rupasingha, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)

"Minority-Owned Small Businesses’ Access to Finance"
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Alan Barefield, Mississippi State University
R. Andrew Luccasen, III, Mississippi University for Women
Ian M. Schmutte, The University of Georgia

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Organizers:

Ian M. Schmutte, The University of Georgia

Session Chairs:

Ian M. Schmutte, The University of Georgia

Papers:

"Do Volatile Firms Pay Volatile Earnings? Evidence Using Linked Worker-Firm Data"
Michael Strain, American Enterprise Institute (Contact Author)

"Firm-Level Monopsony and the Gender Pay Gap"
Douglas Webber, Cornell University (Contact Author)

"Gross Employment, Job Flows, and the Role of Education in the Great Recession"
John M. Abowd, Cornell University
Lars Vilhuber, Cornell University (Contact Author)

"Why It Matters Who You Know: Evidence on the Role of Job Information Networks"
Ian M. Schmutte, The University of Georgia (Contact Author)

Discussants:

R. Kaj Gittings, Louisiana State University
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Elizabeth S. Bradley, The University of Georgia
Michel Serafinelli, University of California, Berkeley

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Organizers:

Michael S. Kofoed, The University of Georgia
Elizabeth S. Bradley, The University of Georgia

Session Chairs:

Elizabeth S. Bradley, The University of Georgia

Papers:

"How Late Is Too Late? The Influence of Summer Outreach on FAFSA Completion and College Enrollment for the Uncommitted High School Graduate"
Eric Bettinger, Stanford University
Bridget Terry Long, Harvard University
Phil Oreopoulos, University of Toronto
Laura Owen, Johns Hopkins University (Contact Author)

"Undeclared: The Effect of Financial Aid on Postsecondary Courses of Study"
Celeste K. Carruthers, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)
Umut Ozek, American Institutes for Research

"State Merit-based Financial Aid Programs and College Attainment"
David L. Sjoquist, Georgia State University
John Winters, University of Cincinnati (Contact Author)

"Is It Where You Go or What You Study? The Relative Effects of College Quality and College Major on Earnings"
Eric R. Eide, Brigham Young University (Contact Author)
Mark H. Showalter, Brigham Young University
Michael J. Hilmer, San Diego State University

Discussants:

Mark L. Hoekstra, Texas A&M University
Mark H. Showalter, Brigham Young University
Jason M. Rivera, The University of Georgia
Ian M. Schmutte, The University of Georgia

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Organizers:

M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Robert E. Moore, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Risk and Female Promotions"
Melayne Morgan McInnes, University of South Carolina
Orgul D. Ozturk, University of South Carolina

"Combat Exposure and Risky Health Behaviors: New Evidence from Deployment Assignments"
Resul Cesur, University of Connecticut
Joseph J. Sabia, San Diego State University

"Are Recessions Good for Your Health Behaviors? Impacts of the Financial Crisis in Iceland"
Tinna Laufey Asgeirsdóttir, University of Iceland (Contact Author)
Hope Corman, Rider University
Kelly Noonan, Rider University
Thorhildur Olafsdottir, University of Iceland
Nancy E. Reichman, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

"Adolescent Risky Behavior, Government Restrictions, and Young Adult Outcomes"
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado Denver
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Discussants:

Melissa Ruby Banzhaf, U.S. Census Bureau
Erik Nesson, Ball State University
Ian M. Schmutte, The University of Georgia
Rachana Bhatt, Georgia State University

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