Session Chairs:

Christian Brown, Middle Tennessee State University

Papers:

"English Proficiency and Earnings of Foreign-Born Immigrants in the U.S. from 1980 to 2000 and the Role of Minority-Language Enclaves"
Ying Zhen, Wesleyan College (Contact Author)

"High School Employment and the Economic Assimilation of the Children of Immigrants"
Giuseppe Rionero, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Alcohol Use on the Wage Returns to Education"
Jeremy Bray, RTI International
Arnie Aldridge, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Contact Author)
Jesse Hinde, RTI International

"Comparing the Effects of Legal and Illegal Drug Use on Work Absenteeism"
Wesley Austin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Contact Author)
Sarah J. Skinner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

"On the Evolution of Incarceration-Induced Labor Frictions"
Christian Brown, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Wesley Austin, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Ying Zhen, Wesleyan College
Scott D. Drewianka, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Christopher J. Boudreaux, Florida State University
Arnie Aldridge, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Session Chairs:

Charles Hokayem, U.S. Census Bureau

Papers:

"DB Versus DC: Labor Supply and Welfare of Business Cycle"
Insook Lee, University of California, Berkeley (Contact Author)

"The Labor Supply and Welfare Effects of Early Access to Medicare Through Social Security Disability Insurance"
Seonghoon Kim, Ohio State University (Contact Author)

"Anti-Poverty Program Participation: Do the Urban Poor Self-Exclude in Brazil?"
Sean Higgins, Tulane University (Contact Author)

"The Role of Family Transfers in Response to Unemployment"
Michael Dalton, Duke University (Contact Author)

"Rising Income Inequality and Economic Growth – Are Americans Better Off? Evidence from Subjective Well-Being Data"
Boris Nikolaev, University of South Florida (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David J. Molina, University of North Texas
Hsinling Hsieh, Northern Michigan University
Andreas Bergh, Lund University
Burhan Biner, DePaul University
Ying Zhen, Wesleyan College

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