Organizers:

Anil Rupasingha, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Alan Barefield, Mississippi State University

Papers:

"Business Development and Immigrant Country of Origin"
Craig Carpenter, Michigan State University
Scott Loveridge, Michigan State University

"Patience and Local Economic Development"
Scott Loveridge, Michigan State University
Timothy M. Komarek, Valdosta State University

"Social Capital and Rural Small Business"
Bjorn Markeson, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Contact Author)

"Home Equity Lending and Small Business: Relaxing Credit Constraints in Texas"
Ian M. Schmutte, The University of Georgia
Chadi Abdallah, International Monetary Fund
William D. Lastrapes, The University of Georgia

Discussants:

Phanindra V. Wunnava, Middlebury College
Carlianne Patrick, Georgia State University
Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Benjamin W. Pugsley, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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Organizers:

Michael Dalton, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Session Chairs:

Patrick Coate, University of Michigan

Papers:

"Household Structure and Domestic Migration"
Patrick Coate, University of Michigan
Kyle Mangum, Georgia State University

"Mitigating the Consequences of a Health Condition: The Family in the PSID"
Michael Dalton, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dan Lafave, Colby College

"Variations on a Theme: The Cyclicality of Unemployment and the Relevance of Endogenous Home Production"
Julio Garin, The University of Georgia
Robert Lester, University of Notre Dame

"Unraveling the Truth About Self-Employed Women"
Carlianne Patrick, Georgia State University
Heather Stevens, California State University, Long Beach
Amanda Weinstein, Ohio State University

Discussants:

Patrick Coate, University of Michigan
Dan Lafave, Colby College
Kyle Mangum, Georgia State University
Michael Dalton, Bureau of Labor Statistics

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