Session Chairs:

Sean E. Mulholland, Stonehill College

Papers:

"The Contribution of Offshoring to the Convexification of the U.S. Wage Distribution"
Sarah Kroeger, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Contact Author)

"Private Unions, Public Unions, and Income Inequality"
Sean E. Mulholland, Stonehill College (Contact Author)
Paul Fazio, Stonehill College

"Human Capital Heterogeneity and the Urban Wage Premium"
Christopher Cunningham, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Michaela Patton, The University of Alabama
Robert R. Reed, III, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"A Real and Permanent Minimum Wage"
Peter Brummund, University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Michael Strain, American Enterprise Institute

"The Impact of Remittances on Poverty and Income Inequality in Kenya: A Quantile Regression Analysis"
James T. Bang, St. Ambrose University (Contact Author)
Aniruddha Mitra, Bard College

Discussants:

Peter Brummund, University of Alabama
Viviane M. Bastos, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Akbar Marvasti, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James T. Bang, St. Ambrose University
Sarah Kroeger, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Organizers:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Session Chairs:

Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"Why is BMI Negatively Correlated with Wages? New Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health Network"
Matthew Trombley, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Contact Author)

"Wage Gaps, Migration, and Development: A View from Both Sides of the Border"
Michael Good, Florida International University (Contact Author)

"From Refuge to Riches? An Analysis of Refugees’ Earnings Assimilation in the United States"
Animesh Giri, Emory University (Contact Author)

"Industrialization and Women’s Labor Time in South Africa"
Leanne Roncolato, American University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

David E. Frisvold, University of Iowa
Arthur H. Goldsmith, Washington and Lee University
James T. Bang, St. Ambrose University
Joni Hersch, Vanderbilt University

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