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:

Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Reducing Underage Alcohol and Tobacco Use: Evidence from the Introduction of Vertical Identification Cards"
Rachana Bhatt, Georgia State University (Contact Author)

"Drunk Driving in the U.S.: The Role of Social Forces and the Role of Law"
Darren Grant, Sam Houston State University (Contact Author)

"Labor-Market Returns to the GED Using Regression Discontinuity Analysis"
Christopher Jepsen, University of Kentucky
Peter R. Mueser, University of Missouri
Kenneth R. Troske, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Evaluating Workplace Mandates with Flows Versus Stocks: An Application to California Paid Family Leave"
Mark Curtis, Georgia State University
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Mary Schroeder, University of Iowa

Discussants:

D. Mark Anderson, Montana State University
Dhaval M. Dave, Bentley University
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Chad Cotti, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

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Organizers:

John Garen, University of Kentucky

Panelists:

James D. Gwartney, Florida State University "Comparative Economics Versus the Omniscient Benevolent Dictator"

Dwight R. Lee, Southern Methodist University "The Comparative Morality of Markets and Government: An Analytical Examination of an Implicit Bias"

John Garen, University of Kentucky "Economics, Altrusim, and Private and Public Charity"

Brian Strow, Western Kentucky University

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University

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