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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Session Chairs:

Penelope B. Prime, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Productivity Gains from Geographic Concentration of Human Capital: Is Specialization or Diversity More Important?"
Robert R. Reed, III, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Christopher Cunningham, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Michaela Patton, The University of Alabama

"Exploring Wage Determination by Education Level: A U.S. MSA Analysis for 2005-2011"
Penelope B. Prime, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Donald R. Grimes, University of Michigan

"Noisy Little ZIP Codes: The Role of Population Size in Community Level Measures"
Kylie Jaber, Saginaw Valley State University (Contact Author)
Kaustav Misra, Saginaw Valley State University

Discussants:

Kylie Jaber, Saginaw Valley State University
Brandon Tilley, University of West Georgia
Fahad Gill, Middle Tennessee State University
Dimitrios Nikolaou, Illinois State University

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Organizers:

Kyle Mangum, Georgia State University

Session Chairs:

Christopher M. Cornwell, The University of Georgia

Papers:

"The Rate of Wage Compression: Evidence from the Brazilian Labor Market"
Peter Brummund, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"Racial Identity and Job Mobility: Evidence from Brazil"
Ian M. Schmutte, The University of Georgia
Christopher M. Cornwell, The University of Georgia
Jason M. Rivera, The University of Georgia

"Speculative Fever: Microevidence for Investor Contagion in the Housing Bubble"
Kyle Mangum, Georgia State University
Patrick Bayer, Duke University
James Roberts, Duke University

Discussants:

Daniel Kreisman, Georgia State University
Christopher M. Cornwell, The University of Georgia
Christopher Cunningham, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

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