Session Chairs:

Irina Panovska, Washington University in St. Louis

Papers:

"Structural Changes in Employment Dynamics"
Irina Panovska, Washington University in St. Louis (Contact Author)

"Benefits Cost and Employment Dynamics in Recent U.S. Recoveries"
Weishi (Grace) Gu, Cornell University (Contact Author)

"Employment-at-Will Exceptions and Jobless Recovery"
James P. DeNicco, Drexel University (Contact Author)

"Heterogeneous Workers, Optimal Job Seeking, and Aggregate Labor Market Dynamics"
Brendan Epstein, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Contact Author)

Discussants:

M. Saif Mehkari, University of Richmond
Simon Bilo, George Mason University
Julio Garin, University of Georgia
Brendan Epstein, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Weishi (Grace) Gu, Cornell University

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Session Chairs:

Michael Bonnal, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Papers:

"A Structural Approach to Explain Teachers’ Attrition and Returning Decisions Accounting for Fertility Behavior"
Celia Patricia Vera, Stony Brook University (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Social Networks Skills on Labor Market Outcomes"
Joshua Hill, Middle Tennessee State University (Contact Author)

"Employment Differences and Inequality Along Waist Lines"
Matthew Harris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Contact Author)

"Employment and Aggregate Uncertainty in the U.S."
Weishi (Grace) Gu, Cornell University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Neil R. Meredith, West Texas A&M University
Charmaine Tan, Civil Service College Singapore
Matthew Harris, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Session Chairs:

Sharmistha Self, Missouri State University

Papers:

"Explaining Long Run Saving Rates in Developing Asia: Role of Female Labor Force Participation Rates"
Sharmistha Self, Missouri State University (Contact Author)

"Borrowing Constraints, Collateral Fluctuations, and the Labor Market"
Julio Garin, University of Georgia (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Technology Shocks on Hours Worked at the Sector Level: A FASVAR Approach"
Mzwandile Ginindza, Emory University Economics Dept. (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Maryam Naghsh Nejad, West Virginia University
Weishi (Grace) Gu, Cornell University
Michael Morrison, University of New Mexico

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