Organizers:

Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Robert E. Moore, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Two Decades of the Shrinking Wage Gap: Implications for Family Welfare"
Melissa R. Trussell, Georgia State University
Julie L. Hotchkiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Robert E. Moore, Georgia State University
Fernando Rios-Avila, Levy Economics Institute

"Spousal Labor Supply Responses to Disability and Disability Receipt"
Susan E. Chen, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"Unemployment Insurance, Displacement, and Divorce"
Melissa Ruby Banzhaf, U.S. Census Bureau (Contact Author)

"Does Household Debt Influence the Labor Supply and Benefit Claiming Decisions of Older Americans?"
Nadia Karamcheva, The Urban Institute
Barbara A. Butrica, The Urban Institute

Discussants:

Phanindra V. Wunnava, Middlebury College
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Fernando Rios-Avila, Levy Economics Institute
Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Texas Tech University

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Organizers:

M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Session Chairs:

Astha Sen, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Drug Laws and Labor Market Outcomes: New Evidence from the CPS"
Joseph J. Sabia, San Diego State University
Glen Kirkpatrick, San Diego State University
Oren Rosenberg, San Diego State University

"Do Minimum Wage Increases Really Increase Teen Drunk Driving?"
M. Melinda Pitts, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado Denver
Joseph J. Sabia, San Diego State University

"Early Evidence on the Affordable Care Act"
Dhaval M. Dave, Bentley University
Greg Colman, Pace University

"Negative Home Equity and Labor Markets"
Christopher Cunningham, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Susan E. Chen, The University of Alabama
Christopher Carpenter, Vanderbilt University
James H. Marton, Georgia State University
Laura M. Argys, University of Colorado Denver

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