Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Papers:

"Unemployment and Health Behaviors over the Business Cycle: Longitudinal Evidence"
Greg Colman, Pace University
Dhaval M. Dave, Bentley University (Contact Author)

"When It Rains It Pours: Under What Circumstances Does Job Loss Lead to Divorce"
Melissa Ruby Banzhaf, U.S. Census Bureau

"Multiple Job Holding, Local Labor Markets, and the Business Cycle"
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University
Muhammad M. Husain, Georgia State University

"Wherefore Laborforce Nonparticipants: Shifts in Nonparticipant Reasons During the 2008 Recession"
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Fernando Rios-Avila, Georgia State University

Discussants:

R. Kaj Gittings, Louisiana State University
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado Denver
Susan L. Averett, Lafayette College
Susan Chen, University of Alabama

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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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