| Saturday 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. KAEA  | 
						Session 18B Gender Inequality, Immigrants, and Labor Market Friction  | 
            
Organizers:  | 
          Inhyuck Steve Ha, Western Carolina University  | 
Session Chairs:  | 
          Hyeongwoo Kim, Auburn University  | 
Papers:  | 
					
           "The Effect of Home-Country Gender Status on the Labor Supply of U.S. Immigrants" "Are Immigrants a Shot in the Arm for the Local Economy?" "The Incompatibility of Economic Development and Gender Inequality" "Less Bang for the Buck? A Natural Experiment in NIH Funding"  | 
            
Discussants:  | 		
          Sucharita  Sinha Mukherjee, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University  | 
| Saturday 1:00 - 2:45 p.m. KAEA  | 
						Session 18C Growth, Public Debt, and Financial Market Stability  | 
            
Organizers:  | 
          Inhyuck Steve Ha, Western Carolina University  | 
Session Chairs:  | 
          Yunsun Huh, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay  | 
Papers:  | 
					
           "Stock Market Co-Movements: Who's the Leader?" "Designing a Simple Loss Function for the Fed: Does the Dual Mandate Make Sense?" "The Public Debt vs GDP Growth Conundrum: Causality, Nonlinearity and Original Sin" "The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program for Farmers in the U.S.: Role of Incentives in Program Participation" "Financial Integration, Capital Controls and the Stability of Financial Markets: The Case of Korea"  | 
            
Discussants:  | 		
          Yu Na Lee, University of Minnesota,Twin Cities  |