AEAweb: AEA Sessions in 2008 ASSA Conference

These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Eva Meyersson Milgrom (Stanford University)

Friday, January 4, 8:00 AM

Friday, January 4, 8:00 AM

Session: Job and Occupational Mobility (AEA)

Presiding: Giuseppe Moscarini (Yale University)

Firm vs. Occupation in Labor Markets: A Cross Analysis of Wage, Mobility, and Promotion
Illoong Kwon (SUNY Albany)
Eva Meyersson Milgrom (Stanford University)
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Big Fish in Small Pond or Small Fish in Big Pond? Money and Status in the Labor Market
Ana Rute Cardoso (IZA Bonn)
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Separation Costs and Stochastic Productivity in a Matching Model of Job Turnover
Ioana Marinescu (University of Chicago)
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Occupational Mobility and the Business Cycle
Giuseppe Moscarini (Yale University)
Francis Vella (Georgetown University, Department of Economics)

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