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February 28–March 1, 2025

Agenda
Friday February 28
Noon–5:30 p.m. Check-in
Location: Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Business Administration I, Room 135
Noon Check-in and lunch
1:00 p.m. Session 1: Sports and Labor Supply

Are Players on Rookie Contracts Underpaid or Overpaid?
Presenter: Johnny Ducking, University of Mississippi
Discussant: Stacey Brook, University of Central Florida
1:50 Peer Health Shocks and Labor Supply
Presenter: Joshua Martin, Vanderbilt University
Discussant: John Solow, University of Central Florida
2:40 Break
3:00 Session 2: Skilled Labor and Labor Market Discrimination

Long-term and Multi-generational Impacts of Skilled Birth Attendance
Presenter: Meiping (Aggie) Sun, Fordham University
Discussant: Giulia La Mattina, University of South Florida
3:50 OK Boomer? Burden of Proof Law and Age Discrimination
Presenter: Scott Barkowski, University at Buffalo
Discussant: Meghan Skira, University of Georgia
4:40 The Effect of a Foreign Accent in Hiring Discrimination
Presenter: Elisa Taveras, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Discussant: Madeline Zavodny, University of North Florida
6:00 Reception
Location: Celeste Hotel
7:45 Dinner (location TBD; attendees pay own way)
 
Saturday, March 1
8:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Second Day Sessions
Location: The Exchange, Business Administration I, Room 148
8:30 Breakfast
9:00 Session 3: Labor Supply over the Lifetime

The Effect of Social Security Coverage on the Career Longevity of Teachers
Presenter: Dongwoo Kim, University of Memphis
Discussant: Melinda Morrill, North Carolina State University
9:50 Life-Cycle Fertility, Human Capital, and Family Polices: A Discrete-Continuous Choice Framework
Presenter: Andres Hincapié, University of North Carolina
Discussant: Ning Li, Salisbury University
10:40 Break
11:00 Session 4: Minimum Wage and Employment

Tip Credit Effects on Employment, Earnings, and Establishments
Presenter: Sayorn Chin, Lafayette College
Discussant: Angela Dills, Western Carolina University
11:40 Shrinking the Gap: How Minimum Wage Policy Affects Gender Wage Inequality
Presenter: Ignacio González, American University
Discussant: Orgül Öztürk, University of South Carolina
12:45 p.m. Boxed lunch