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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Session Chairs:

Paul Kagundu, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Agricultural Technology, Schooling Participation, and Child Labor in Developing Countries: Cotton Expansion in Burkina Faso"
Harounan Kazianga, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

"Constraints to Household Savings: The Case of Uganda"
Urmimala Sen, Georgia State University
Paul Kagundu, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"New Evidence on Unions and Firm’s Performance Case Studies from Latin America"
Fernando Rios-Avila, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Intra-Household Decision-Making and Household Savings: The Case of Uganda"
Urmimala Sen, Georgia State University
Paul Kagundu, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Harounan Kazianga, Oklahoma State University
Yared M. Seid, Georgia State University
Katherine Christina Theyson, Sewanee: The University of the South
Fernando Rios-Avila, Georgia State University

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Session Chairs:

Narek K. Sahakyan, Wisconsin Center for Education Research

Papers:

"Home Field Advantage and Uncertainty of Outcome in Major League Soccer: Evidence from Stoppage Time"
Steven B. Caudill, Rhodes College (Contact Author)
Katherine Yewell, Rhodes College

"Impact of Contract Time Horizon on Performance and Human Capital Investment"
Yongwon Cho, Washington State University (Contact Author)

"The Triumph of Passion: How Strong Domestic Clubs Lead to National Soccer Success"
Narek K. Sahakyan, Wisconsin Center for Education Research (Contact Author)
Michael W. Nicholson, U.S. Agency for International Development
Dave Kritzberg, Appian Data services

Discussants:

Ronald Crowe, Our Lady of the Lake University
Yongwon Cho, Washington State University
Fernando Rios-Avila, Georgia State University

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Organizers:

Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Julie L. Hotchkiss, 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
Fernando Rios-Avila, Georgia State University

"Immigrant Employment Through the Great Recession: Individual Characteristics and Metropolitan Contexts"
Cathy Yang Liu, Public Management and Policy
Jason T. Edwards, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

"Did Operation Streamline Slow Illegal Immigration?"
Jesus Canas, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Pia M. Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (Contact Author)
Christina Daly, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

"The Impacts of the Great Recession on Undocumented Agricultural Labor"
Maoyong Fan, Ball State University
Anita Alves Pena, Colorado State University

Discussants:

Kusum Mundra, Rutgers University, Newark
Cynthia A. Bansak, St. Lawrence University
Sandra Orozco-Aleman, Mississippi State University

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